Youth activists face threats on the frontline of climate change

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.