"After gathering evidence from the UK, Germany, Denmark, the Netherlands, Spain and Portugal, UN special rapporteur Michel Forst said the repression faced by peaceful environmental activists was a major threat to #democracy & #humanrights.

"The environmental emergency that we are collectively facing and that scientists have been documenting for decades cannot be addressed if those raising the alarm and demanding action are criminalised for it."

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/feb/28/european-nations-must-end-repression-of-peaceful-climate-protest-says-un-expert
#climatecrisis #activism

European nations must end repression of peaceful climate protest, says UN expert

Nations should be cutting emissions to meet Paris agreement, says Michel Forst after year-long inquiry

^{Sandra Laville (The Guardian)}