Violent attacks against environmental journalists on the rise, report finds

Indigenous people and human rights activists attend a vigil for justice in 2022 over the deaths of environmental journalist Dom Phillips and indigenous expert Bruno Pereira. Photograph: André Penner/AP

More than 70% of environmental journalists have been attacked for their work since 2009, according to a Unesco report, which warns of rising threats against those covering the climate crisis.

At least 749 environmental journalists have faced violence and intimidation in the last 15 years, the UN body found. It said that 44 reporters were murdered between 2009 and 2023 but that resulted in just five convictions.