Defending the Defenders - Safeguarding Human Rights and the Environment

In 2024 alone, at least 196 environmental activists were murdered. Moreover, many other climate justice activists are affected by repressions, threats and gender-based violence due to their activism. The aim of this side event is to make violence against environmental activists and human rights defenders more visible worldwide.

In an interactive format, environmental activists will report on lived realities and enter into an exchange with the audience. The ongoing repression against them underlines the need to take strong action against the systematic attacks on their work and their lives.