climate activism

United Nations issues scathing report on the UK’s escalating crackdowns on environmental protesters

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A United Nations envoy expressed deep concern over the treatment of climate activists in the United Kingdom, condemning the “increasingly severe crackdowns” on peaceful protesters. Michel Forst, the UN’s Special Rapporteur on Environmental Defenders, recently visited the UK, meeting with politicians, NGOs, activists, and lawyers. In his report published on Tuesday, Forst outlined the alarming … Read more

A climate researcher faces the potential loss of a university position for declining to take a flight back home.

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Dr. Gianluca Grimalda, a climate researcher at the Kiel Institute for the World Economy in Germany, faces the potential loss of his university position for taking a principled stand against air travel. Grimalda, currently in Papua New Guinea on a six-month research trip, has chosen to return to Germany without using a plane, aiming to … Read more