Environment protest being criminalised around world, say experts
by Matthew Taylor from Environment | The Guardian on (#5GS66)
More than 400 climate scientists sign letter that says activists are being targeted at pivotal time in fight against global heating
Peaceful environmental protesters are being threatened, silenced and criminalised in countries around the world including the UK and the US, according to some of the world's leading climate scientists and academics.
More than 400 leading experts - including 14 authors from the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) - say that non-violent civil disobedience from groups like the school strikers, Extinction Rebellion and the Sunrise Movement have transformed the debate around the climate crisis in recent years.
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