Martin Wagner

Managing Attorney International Program

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Martin Wagner is the director of Earthjustice’s International program, which is based in San Francisco, CA. The International Program protects the human right of all people to a clean and healthy environment through application of international, foreign and U.S. law.

Martin graduated from Whitman College with a degree in geology and then became a community development volunteer with the Peace Corps in Senegal, West Africa. He attended the University of Virginia Law School, where he was executive editor of the Virginia Journal of International Law and graduated in the top ten percent of his class. Before coming to Earthjustice in 1996, Martin was a law clerk for Judge Robert Beezer of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and spent five years litigating environmental citizen suits in U.S. courts and representing victims of human rights violations in international institutions.

His docket at Earthjustice includes using U.S. courts and international institutions to promote and protect the human right to a healthy environment, stop climate change, and guarantee the right of all people to participate in the establishment, implementation and enforcement of environmental laws.

Martin also teaches international environmental law and international trade and the environment at the Golden Gate University School of Law. He is fluent in English, Spanish, French and Pulaar/Fulani.

The Latest by Martin Wagner

Portrait of a coal miner
September 6, 2016

Fighting South Africa’s Coal Cartel

Earthjustice attorneys Martin Wagner and Ramin Pejan recently returned from South Africa where they experienced the country’s beauty—but also the growing threat of destruction from coal mining and consumption.
The future of priceless World Heritage sites like the Great Barrier Reef depends on the immediate reduction of climate-change-inducing greenhouse-gas emissions, but many of the governments responsible for protecting these sites are failing to take strong
August 5, 2016

The Death of World Heritage Sites

The future of priceless World Heritage sites depends on the immediate reduction of climate-change-inducing greenhouse-gas emissions, but many of the governments responsible for protecting these sites are failing to take strong climate action and are actively pursuing dirty energy projects.
December 29, 2011

U.S. Lags As Europe Adopts Airline Pollution Rule

Emissions from aircraft are a substantial contributor to global warming. Taking into account greenhouse gas emissions, the warming effect of contrails and aviation-induced cirrus clouds, and anticipated growth in air traffic, scientists estimate that aircraft could be responsible for as much as 10 percent of human-caused global warming by 2050. So, of course the airlines…
December 3, 2010

After 18 Years of Climate Talks – It's Time To Act

New report says delay equals catastrophe
December 1, 2010

In Cancun On A Mission of Urgency

Earthjustice attorneys blog from world climate conference
December 23, 2009

Copenhagen Is Not the End

What really happened inside the climate conference—and what's next
December 15, 2009

"You Bring A Smile On God's Face"

Nobel winner Desmond Tutu speaks in Copenhagen
December 15, 2009

Kept Out In Copenhagen

Conference organizers put tight limits on observer participation
December 13, 2009

Let's Not Bracket Mother Earth

Bolivia leads movement to respect all natural beings
December 12, 2009

"My Country Is In Your Hands"

While U.S. fritters, Tuvalu could disappear underwater
December 10, 2009

Is There a Human Right to a Stable Climate?

Nations must put human rights on their agenda at Copenhagen
December 7, 2009

"Climategate" Makes Appearance At Copenhagen Conference

A world of scientific evidence doesn't deter climate change deniers
December 11, 2008

Shared (Di)vision

The world is now meeting in Poland to tackle global warming
December 9, 2008

Human Rights, or Human Wrongs?

The world is now meeting in Poland to tackle global warming
December 5, 2008

No Time to Waste

The world is now meeting in Poland to tackle global warming
July 11, 2008

The Bush Administration Needs a Nap

Although the Bush administration is only 7 years old, I would still hope it would act more mature than my 6 year-old. After reading the administration’s 588 page response to the Supreme Court’s order that it consider whether greenhouse gases endanger public health or welfare, however, I’m thinking my son has the edge. The first…