On Climate & Law: FitFor55 And Access To Justice With Margarida Martins (EEB)

In this first first episode resulted from a collaboration between Rethinking Climate, Youth & Environment Europe, and Legal Seeds, focuses on the right of access to justice in relation to the Fit for 55 legislative package. 

In light of the recent updates and amendments to rules part of the FF55, it is crucial to ensure that specific provisions on access to justice are included, in order to allow civil society the possibility to hold Member States accountable when not complying with the climate targets.

European NGOs, such as the European Environmental Bureau, advocate for the inclusion of access to justice provisions in EU climate laws: however, many are the challenges they face.

We asked Margarida to give us an update of the NGOs work around the topic, and to clarify the role of civil society in supporting the work of EU environmental NGOs.Margarida Martins is an Assistant for Environmental Democracy at the EEB. She works on environmental law and democracy, with a main focus on the rights guaranteed by the Aarhus Convention: access to environmental information, participation in decision-making, and access to justice. She holds a Master's degree in European Public Law & Governance from Maastricht University and a Bachelor's degree in Law from NOVA School of Law, Lisbon.

On climate and law, a podcast to discuss the legal sphere to implement stronger policies in fighting climate change with a resulting collaboration between Rethinking Climate and Youth and Environment Europe to promote clarity on this topic.