Environmental defenders remain among world’s most targeted activists ^46.7%

Grist - By Katie Surma, Inside Climate News - 6/27/2026, 1:00 PM

Appeal to Authority 45.4% - Negativity Bias 30.2% - Framing Effect 24.9%

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... more