In Conversation
Teulings shares how his team supports the climate and environmental activism work of Greenpeace International across the globe.
I work at Greenpeace International, which is the international governing body for the global Greenpeace network. Greenpeace has offices in over 55 countries, which are run by 26 completely independent national or regional organisations. Here at Greenpeace International, we don’t have a say over what they do, but we collaborate intensively and offer strategic support to those national offices.
Through our own expertise and through our networks we are able to identify strategic litigation opportunities that are supportive of and in line with campaign priorities on climate and biodiversity, and then we offer them to the campaign. Whether the campaign considers it the best tool for that particular project is up to them. Similarly, decisions on whether to engage in peaceful protest in the context of a campaign is up to the leadership in that campaign – it’s not up to us lawyers. We don’t decide, we advise.
