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Center for International Environmental Law

Not-for-profit environmental law firm

Summary

Not-for-profit environmental law firm

Field	Value
name	Center for International Environmental Law
abbreviation	CIEL
merged
established	1989
founder
dissolved
type	Nonprofit NGO
tax_id	52-1633220
registration_id
purpose
headquarters	Washington, DC, United States
location_city2	Geneva, Switzerland
methods
fields
leader_title	President/CEO
leader_name	Rebecca Brown (2025-present)
revenue	$10 mil
revenue_year	2024
expenses	$8.8 mil
expenses_year	2024
funding
website	Official website

The Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) is a public nonprofit environmental law organization based in Washington, DC, with an office in Geneva, Switzerland. It was founded in 1989. CIEL's team aims to use "the power of law to protect the environment, promote human rights, and ensure a just and sustainable society. CIEL seeks a world where the law reflects the interconnection between humans and the environment, respects the limits of the planet, protects the dignity and equality of each person, and encourages all of earth’s inhabitants to live in balance with each other." They help educate organizations, corporations, and the public on environmental issues and conduct their own research. CIEL also offer legal internship programs.

Issues

CIEL's work can be divided into three programs: Climate and Energy; Environmental Health; and Fossil Economy.

Research

CIEL has published several research reports and articles. Smoke and Fumes (2017) examined the oil and gas industry's efforts to fund the science and propaganda of climate denial, and has been cited in climate litigation against carbon majors. Plastic & Health (2019) and Plastic & Climate (2019) have been featured in publications that seek to explain the impact of the plastic crisis on health, climate, and the environment. In 2020, Pandemic Crisis, Systemic Decline examined the oil, gas, and petrochemical industry's attempts to use the COVID-19 pandemic for their own gain. In 2022, Pushing Back, a report about the petrochemical industry's development and what that means for communities, was published.

References

(n.d.). "Center for International Environmental Law - CIEL". Geneva Environmental Network.
(n.d.). "Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL)". Charity Navigator.
(n.d.). "Center for International Environmental Law/The". Bloomberg.
Jacobo, Julia. (2022-04-20). "Experts predict lasting environmental damage from Russia's invasion of Ukraine". ABC News.
(2010-09-20). "CIEL Announces Carroll Muffett as New President and CEO". CIEL.
(2020-09-21). "Center for International Environmental Law Spring 2021 Legal Intern". Harvard University.
(n.d.). "MASTER'S EXTERNSHIPS". Vermont Law School.
(2015). "Sohn Fellowship". CIEL.
(2022-02-22). "UN human rights experts urge treaty to address 'plastic tide'". United Nations Human Rights.
(n.d.). "Smoke & Fumes". Smoke & Fumes.
Mulvey, Kathy. (2017-08-24). "ExxonMobil Attacks New Study That Exposes Its Climate Deception…Again.". Union of Concerned Scientists.
Grasso, Marco. ["From Big Oil to Big Green: Holding the Oil Industry to Account for the Climate Crisis"]({{Google books).
Alberts, Elizabeth Claire. (2021-10-22). "Plastics set to overtake coal plants on U.S. carbon emissions, new study shows". Mongabay.
(n.d.). "Plastic & Climate: The Hidden Costs of a Plastic Planet (May 2019)". CIEL.
(n.d.). "Plastic & Health: The Hidden Costs of a Plastic Planet (February <r2019)". CIEL.
(2022). "Making Plastics Emossions Transparent". Coalition on Materials Emissions Transparency.
(n.d.). "Pandemic Crisis, Systemic Decline: Why Exploiting the COVID-19 Crisis Will Not Save the Oil, Gas, and Plastic Industries (April 2020)". CIEL.
(2021). "Covid-19 pandemic and the social determinants of health". BMJ.
(n.d.). "Pushing Back: A Guide for Frontline Communities Challenging Petrochemical Expansion (May 2022)". CIEL.
(2022-04-12). "Fighting Off a Petrochemical Future in the Ohio River Valley". Yes! Magazine.

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