The Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) is committed to strengthening and using international law and institutions to protect the environment, promote human health, and ensure a just and sustainable society. CIEL is a non-profit organization dedicated to advocacy in the global public interest, including through legal counsel, policy research, analysis, education, training and capacity building.

CIEL''s goals:

to solve environmental problems and promote sustainable societies through the use of law;
to incorporate fundamental principles of ecology and justice into international law;
to strengthen national environmental law systems and support public interest movements around the world; and
to educate and train public-interest-minded environmental lawyers.