Climate Change
Environmental Defenders Remain Among World’s Most Targeted Activists
A new report found that environmental defenders are increasingly encountering overlapping networks of government officials, corporations, criminal groups and private security forces.
Environmental and Indigenous rights defenders remained among the world’s most targeted human rights advocates in 2025, despite landmark rulings by international courts affirming governments’ obligations to protect both the environment and those who defend it.
Environmental Defenders Remain Among World’s Most Targeted Activists