Speakers International Conference on Human Rights and Environmental Protection

Ugo Taddei leads the Clean Air team within ClientEarth. His work aims to enforce compliance with EU air quality laws through litigation before national courts in EU member states. He is involved in litigation in more than 10 EU member states, including the series of successful clean air cases in the UK and the legal actions in Germany resulting in court orders to restrict access of diesel vehicles in cities. Ugo joined ClientEarth in 2014 and is based in the Brussels office. Before joining ClientEarth, he was a lawyer with the Italian law firm SLCG in Florence and Milan (Italy), practising in commercial litigation and arbitration. He is a qualified lawyer in Italy. Ugo graduated with first class honours in both his undergraduate and postgraduate studies. He holds a degree in law from the University of Florence (Italy) and a degree in environmental law and policy from the University College London (LLM). He was awarded the Francis Taylor Building Prize for Environmental Law 2014.