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Young climate activists taking part in a demonstration called by youth for a true law on climate, in Nantes, western France, in March 2021. AFP JUST weeks after security forces allegedly killed her friend and fellow human rights defender Melvin Dasigao and eight other campaigners, Filipina activist Mitzi Jonelle Tan was back on the streets protesting. Stop funding our destruction, the 23-year-old shouted outside British bank Standard Chartered at a demonstration in Manila last month against the financing of coal plants. As critical UN climate negotiations loom, young activists from countries already feeling the impact of the accelerating destruction of nature are rising above the challenges of living in remote areas – and even threats to their lives – to sound the alarm. ....
The Climate Clock is pictured during a protest ahead of Earth Day in New York. Reuters STOPPED in their tracks by the pandemic, citizens around the world are once again bracing to mobilise for the planet in a year marked by several major international summits on climate and biodiversity. In 2019, millions of people, led by student and youth organisations, flooded the world’s streets to demand that governments act to stave off the worst effects of global warming. But then came Covid-19, bringing the global movement to a screeching halt, with lockdowns and travel restrictions forcing mass events to be cancelled and activism to shift online. ....
Youth advocates face threats on the front line of climate change Intimidation by state actors in the Global South has not diminished young environmental advocates’ vigor, despite threats to their lives By Eleonore Hughes / AFP, PARIS Just weeks after Philippine security forces allegedly killed her friend and fellow human rights defender Melvin Dasigao and eight other campaigners, environmental advocate Mitzi Jonelle Tan was back on the streets protesting. “Stop funding our destruction,” the 23-year-old shouted outside a branch office of British bank Standard Chartered at a demonstration against the financing of coal plants in Manila last month. As critical UN climate negotiations loom, young advocates from countries already feeling the effects of the accelerating destruction of nature are rising above the challenges of living in remote areas and even threats to their lives to sound the alarm. ....
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