Senior Lawyer*, Energy Regulations (Regional Focus)

This is an excellent opportunity for a senior lawyer with a strong energy law, policy and regulatory background and an in-depth knowledge of climate and environmental policies in Southeast Asia and Japan to make a key contribution to the work of ClientEarth’s in the region.  

You will use advanced legal and regulatory expertise to identify priorities for improving and strengthening laws and legal systems that better protect people and nature in Southeast Asia and Japan. Working with the Acting Associate Director, you will help set the strategic direction of the team’s energy regulatory work and ensure the effective delivery of ClientEarth’s priorities through advocacy, capacity-building and other legal levers. 

In this role, you will engage with partners across Southeast Asia and Japan to establish and strengthen energy regulations for renewable energy scale-up and fossil fuels and false solutions scale down/phase-out – towards accelerating the low-carbon transition and addressing climate change.  You will build and strengthen a network of relationships, and actively scope and further develop ClientEarth’s energy regulatory work, conduct legal, technical and factual research and drafting; and support our legal capacity-building work across the region.  

ClientEarth is a group of international legal experts on climate, energy and the environment. We use the law in partnership with governments, the private sector and civil socity to address climate change, capture the opportunities of the low-carbon transition and protect nature. 

This is a one year contract.

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