This report reveals how the unregulated political influence of the fossil fuel industry -- a murky web of connections between governments and industry -- is driving political inaction on climate change and the repression of those calling for action. Forms of repression include:

• The introduction of harsh and at times unconstitutional, anti-protest laws targeting climate defenders

• The enforcement of punitive bail conditions and excessive penalties for minor protest-related offences

• Stifling civil society by defunding climate education and threatening to deregister charities that engage in climate activism

• Targeting activists with litigation, and surveilling and infiltrating climate defender groups