115 4. Stop labeling climate advocates, environmental groups and defenders as enemies of the State based merely on their advocacy for climate action; 5. Prohibit vilification, surveillance, red-tagging, threats of retaliation, and other activities that limit the freedom of climate activists and environmental groups; 6. Effectively guarantee and preserve climate activists’ and environmental organizations’ and defenders’ freedoms of speech, association, and peaceful assembly, without fear of criminalization; 7. Protect citizens’ right to information by allowing environmental groups and defenders, journalists and climate advocates to freely report on environmental activities and give journalists and members of the press full access to information on the promotion of human rights and activities of climate activists and environmental groups; 8. Conduct efficient, timely, comprehensive, and impartial investigations into human rights violations against environmental groups and defenders. Where applicable, take action against those natural or legal persons found liable, in compliance with domestic and international law. x. Promote Climate Change Awareness and Education States must take a more proactive approach to promoting climate change awareness and instilling a deep understanding of human rights and climate justice. Formal and non-formal education must raise understanding of these issues by generating new insights not only on a scientific level, but also on a sociological and political level.523 In this regard, the Commission endorses the adoption of the Glasgow Action for Empowerment,524 to wit: 523 Mary Robinson Foundation Climate Justice, supra note 489, at 3. 524 Conference of Parties 26 (2021) Decision-/CP.26 Glasgow work programme on Action for Climate

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