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Climate demonstration in Vancouver, Canada, September 2019. The sign mocks the then US President Donald Trump for his ignorance in the fields of science in general and the environment in particular. Illustration: depositphotos.com

The oil tycoons' attack on democracy: promoted the rise of authoritarianism around the world and worsened the climate crisis

A new book by American researcher Eve Darian Smith describes how around the world, many countries are becoming less democratic. This retreat in democracy and "creeping authoritarianism," as the US State Department put it, is supported