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70% of enviro journalists report attacks, threats, pressure — UN
By Nidz Godino
“Without reliable scientific information about ongoing environmental crisis, we can never hope to overcome it,” United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO ) director general Audrey Azoulay said in statement seventy percent of environmental journalists from 129 countries, polled in March, reported experiencing “attacks, threats or pressure” related to their job.
Of those, two in five subsequently experienced physical violence, it said in report released on World Press Freedom Day.
UNESCO warned of increase in violence against, and intimidation of, journalists reporting on environment and climate.
“And yet journalists we rely on to investigate this subject and ensure information is accessible face unacceptably high risks all over the world, and climate-related disinformation is running rampant on social media.”
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