“Climate activism should not be considered an altruistic endeavor. Instead, climate action should be viewed as an act of survival, a necessity.”

This right here. We criminalize and punish people for harming others and even property. It’s time to use this view against climate change by updating and enforcing criminal liability against major actors.

The actions harm other people and the actors do not care because the damage is mostly external. This is exactly what criminal justice systems are there to fix.