Over 1,000 scientists in over 25 countries worldwide took disruptive, non-violent actions and engaged in civil disobedience targeting governmental, scientific and corporate institutions to highlight the urgency and injustice of the climate and ecological crisis. 1/
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12 scientists are held in prison for a non-violent climate protest in Germany. The judge has decided they'll remain in custody for up to a week.
There is something they want you to hear. Follow the thread for their testimonies. #UniteAgainstClimateFailure #ScienceInJail (1/n)
Scientist Rebellion joins a massive public demonstration in New York City today with a simple message
"No survival with fossil fuels".
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13 members of Scientist Rebellion are currently glued to a car inside a BMW showroom in Munich, demanding the immediate decarbonization of the transport sector. #UniteAgainstClimateFailure
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These extremely dangerous wildfire events along with floods are intensified drastically by climate change resulting from those in power refusing to end fossil fuel use! They are criminals guilty of global ecocide! Come together as a people & push back! 🌏🌎🌍
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60 scientists from 12 European countries are blocking the Federal Ministry of Digital Affairs and Transport in #Germany.
We demand an urgent decarbonisation of the German transport sector.
#UniteAgainstClimateFailure
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Scientist Rebellion still hold the George V bridge in Glasgow in protest of the failures of ! Activists have been occupying the bridge for 2 hours now. The people, united in non violent direct action, can achieve a lot!
#ScientistRebellion
#COP26
#DirectAction
To be serious on the climate crisis requires being anti-war.
Emissions from the military industrial complex are not included in most reports, including the IPCC.
Despite this we know the US war machine produces more emissions than 140 countries *combined*.
21 Scientist Rebellion activists arrested on George V Bridge! Today's protest was the largest number of Scientists ever arrested for climate direct action, proving that Scientists can lead by example in the fight for a future!
#ScientistRebellion
#COP26
Scientist Rebellion co-founder Dr. Tim Hewlett is facing a second trial this week, along with the Royal Society trial. He's being prosecuted for throwing paint at Shell HQ in 2022, during a worldwide protest involving over 1000 scientists. 1/2
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100 climate activists supporting ,
, & are blocking private jets at the biggest aviation sales event of Europe in Geneva, denouncing the outrageous luxury of mega-polluters. (1/6)
#BanPrivateJets #EBACE2023
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On the island of Maui. Winds associated with the powerful Category 4 Hurricane Dora, have resulted in devastating wildfires. Extreme & erratic weather behavior WILL CONTINUE to become MORE FREQUENT as supposed world leaders double down on fossil fuels.
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“We need a billion climate activists. I encourage everyone to consider where we're heading as a species, & to engage in civil disobedience & other actions. The time is now."
& 3 other scientists were arrested at , the world's largest investor in fossil fuels
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Today, in our second week of non-stop actions, 21 members of Scientist Rebellion are currently glued to a road in Munich in support of , demanding the immediate decarbonization of the transport sector. #UniteAgainstClimateFailure
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18 members of are in custody overnight for the crime of speaking the truth to the public, of requesting governments to act upon Climate Failure.
No scientist wants to do civil disobedience, but we must. Staying silent is condemning us all to death. #LevelWithUs
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Scientist Rebellion interrupts the opening of the World Health Summit (#WHS2022) in Berlin, Germany.
Over 50 scientists demand immediate national & international action to limit the escalating climate crisis.
#UniteAgainstClimateFailure
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Scientist Rebellion Belgium are blocking the private jet terminal of Brussels Airport along with our sibling group XR Belgium.
The emissions of the richest 1% vastly outstrip the emissions of ordinary people. This climate inequality must stop!
#BanPrivateJets
Today, scientists and citizens are taking action at airports around the world. The economical, climate and social injustice generated by the aviation industry must stop. Here at Berlin's airport, blocking the private jet gate ⬇️ #ClimateEmergency (1/n)
CLIMATE KAOS
Activists from Scientist Rebellion and Extinction Rebellion Spain sprayed the Walton family's $300 million mega yacht with biodegradable paint to denounce billionaires' enormous impact on the #ClimateCrisis.
#MakeThemPay
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Según han explicado a El Salto, con esta protesta los activistas quieren visibilizar y denunciar la responsabilidad que los multimillonarios tienen sobre la crisis climática.
Vídeo y texto @MarSala___
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45 degrees C (113F) in the winter!!!!
This isn't 'climate change' it's total breakdown!
Act now!
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Immense winter heatwave in South America.
45.0°C in Bolivia 
ties the warmest temperature ever recorded in the entire Southern Hemisphere winter.
41.9°C breaks the national record in Paraguay 
for the month of August
ties the warmest temperature ever recorded in the entire Southern Hemisphere winter.
41.9°C breaks the national record in Paraguay for the month of August
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28 members of Scientist Rebellion and are currently blockading the BlackRock building in Munich, resisting their role in deadly fossil fuel expansion and debt of the Global South. #UniteAgainstClimateFailure
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SCIENTIST JAILED FOR 27 MONTHS OVER PEACEFUL PROTEST!
Scientist Rebellion co-founder and human rights activist Mike Lynch-White sentenced to 27 months today for peacefully disrupting production of military components made in the UK and supplied to Israel with
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🔥April mobilisation update!🔥
We proudly announce that hundreds of rebel scientists will carry out direct non-violent actions of civil disobedience in 27 countries across the globe in our rebellion week on 4-9 April. 🧵1/n
9 members of #ScientistRebellion remain glued at pavilion in . Usually lobbies politicians in Berlin & Brussels. Instead, we ask CEO #OliverBlume to lobby for the climate by pushing & to install a speed limit of 100 km/h.
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Climate activists are blocking the Harrods Aviation private terminal at Luton Airport near London.
The greed of the extreme rich will not go unchallenged in the face of a climate emergency.
#BanPrivateJets
Governments have ignored the scientists who've warned that we're heading for catastrophe for decades.
That's why so many are now engaging in non-violent civil disobedience as a last ditch effort.
Join us & donate if you can: scientistrebellion.com/donate/
John, a PhD candidate in Mathematics, joined a coalition of groups targeting BlackRock finance in New York City.
John said " I took action because we are running out of time to maintain a livable planet. The science is clear: there can be no new oil and gas investments."
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We have occupied the Porsche Pavillon of the Volkswagen car museum, for more than 21 hours. We have sent our demands to the CEO of VW:
🎂 Please send your birthday wishes to Mike!
It’s now been almost seven months since Scientist Rebellion co-founder Mike Lynch-White was imprisoned and handed one of the longest ever UK sentences (more than 2-years) for non-violent civil disobedience.
#TheScienceIsClear
Fossil fuel companies lied for decades. They knew about climate change in the 50s, made accurate predictions about it in the 70s, but deceived & downplayed its threats while raking in record profits. We refuse to stay silent.
Register:us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regist
António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations said:
"The level of fossil fuel profits and climate inaction is unacceptable."
#ClimateCatastrophe
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Bystanders in Munich are clapping and showing support for our actions. You can join us here: scientistrebellion.com/how-to-join/
#DebtForClimate #UniteAgainstClimateFailure #ScientistRebellion #LevelWithUs
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Pain grips on scientists - facts cannot be silenced with pain compliance techniques.
Scientists from blocked Autobahn traffic in Berlin to remind the Federal Government of the scientific facts & the threat of collapse of the climate, ecosystems and society 1/
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We've seen a sudden spike in the number of paid trolls responding to our tweets.
Within seconds of tweeting anything anti-establishment, they spring into action.
We couldn't be happier to be perceived as a threat to the status quo.
Because we fucking are.
Scientists in Amsterdam, Netherlands, wrote quotes from the IPCC report and engaged with the public to get the message out that we need action NOW! #ScientistRebellion
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Police used water cannons on peaceful protesters at The Hague. The demand is that the governments put a stop to fossil fuel subsidies that total at least 37.5 billion euros a year.
#StopFossieleSubsidies
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Police water cannons are yet again turned on the scientists. Today an estimated 10,000 peaceful protestors in the Hague, are demonstrating against Dutch government subsidies to the fossil fuel industry, totalling at least 37.5 billion euros a year.
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Global capitalism is the root cause of the climate crisis.
We need a new economic model - focused on degrowth - that our planet and it's people first!
#degrowth #capitalism
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What makes a scientist leave their lab, classroom, or dedicated research to take risks on the street, to try and appeal directly to the people?
#UniteAgainstClimateFailure
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Scientist Rebellion Germany blocked a major road in Frankfurt - financial heart of extractive, expansive, destructive economic insanity. There can be no new investments in fossil fuels if we are serious about the climate crisis.
Serious Crisis? Serious Response. #EarthDay 1/
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Marta, History and Arts, "We are on the edge of ecological collapse, we cannot continue with our life as if nothing happened. It is our moral duty to rebel. Join us."
#UniteAgainstClimateFailure #LevelWithUs #ScienceInJail (2/n)
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The 1.5°C climate goal will be breached within 10 years or so. Leading climate scientists overwhelmingly believe there is no way back.
‼️ If you’re an academic and this frightens you, sign our letter to experts working on climate: bit.ly/3f4vtBm
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Scientist Rebellion founding action: UK Crown court jury finds co-founders Mike and Tim **Not Guilty** for their action at the ! More on this news tomorrow.
#scienceontrial #ClimateEmergency
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Revolutions are rare because the masses aren’t aware of their power. Global collaboration is made difficult by infused division. But mass mobilization is possible, and we have the numbers to tear them down from their balconies. And we are calling for a global revolution!
#ActNow
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Scientists shouldn't be afraid of their governments. Governments should be afraid of their scientists.
🥼We are scientists, and we choose to stand in the face of a tyrannical capitalist empire that thrives at the expense of everyone else.
We engage in civil disobedience to provoke these criminal governments and corporations to act on the climate emergency as they should.
#ActNow
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This disproportionate show of force is a disgusting response to scientists fighting for a livable future. But from LA to Madrid, governments and the cops that serve them continue to arrest protestors instead of making the changes we need to survive. end/
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LOS ANGELES CLIMATE PROTEST
Are you all seeing LAPD’s response to a few climate scientists chained to a door? There’s about 10 for each protestor.
LAPD is going all out in riot gear in preparation for the cop riot. Where are the elected officials in Los Angeles? This is absurd.
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"We are not doomists, we are realistic.We don't want people to give up the fight,we want to fight for every fraction of a degree."
This is,in a nutshell,our position.
Read this article👇🏽on different narratives of climate change.Interview w/ !
An oil spill in Peru caused by Repsol has contaminated a whole coastline and littered the shore with dead penguins. But the company doesn't want to pay. Make destroying the planet a crime, so we can hold companies to account!
#StopEcocideEU
#ScientistRebellion converts science into global action!
This action in The Hague, with 50 scientists participating and 7 arrested, is just one of over 60 that have taken place over the last week.
Please help us pay for actions and legal defense: scientistrebellion.com/donate/
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By all measures we're losing the climate fight, and we're losing it badly.
And if we do lose, it means the end of humanity as we know it.
There's no second chance, no do-over. This is it.
Nothing could more serious (including that paper you're writing).
Why were these 2 scientists arrested?
“I can't sit in the library & watch the world burn"-Rita Obrist
“I can’t simply stay in my lab anymore. Ecocide companies & governments are responsible for leading us on a +3°C trajectory” -Dr. Bourg
#TheScienceIsClear No new fossil fuels!
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Yesterday we made history with the first mass arrest of scientists over the #ClimateEmergency
We call on the people to join us in civil disobedience, whilst there's still time to act.
Society will very likely collapse by 2100, if we're lucky.
Massive crop failures, runaway warming, wars over dwindling resources will make our civilisation collapse like so many before it.
If you understand this, you have a responsibility to act.
Imagine trying to explain to your children 20 years from now why you didn't rebel against the system that so clearly threatens their lives.
We tell our children we will do anything to protect them, but now we must live up to that truth.
In deeds, and not just words.
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Right now at Volkswagen Factory in Wolfsburg! Scientist Rebellion is sending a loud message: decarbonise the transport industry now!
🥼 16 Scientists and activists have been held in prison for this action, at BMW.
Join the actions and demonstrations happening around Europe in support of them and our demands.
Listen to their words and understand that we act with urgency, as that is what the emergency demands.
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BREAKING:
Aitzkoa, medical doctor and researcher, has been arrested for sitting in the road and demanding that the Danish government take action on the climate and ecological crisis.
#TheScienceIsClear governments must act now!
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#BefriJorden act 2 is just starting! We are demanding the protection of nature, the end of pesticides and a stop to new investments in destructive forms of farming in Denmark! #dkpol #dkgreen 1/n
Today 49 members of #ScientistRebellion did an action at the Ministry of Transportation, our third action this week in #Berlin, along with our coalition partners under the name #UniteAgainstClimateFailure demanding the immediate decarbonization of the transport sector!
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Great picture.
It shouldn't exist.
We shouldn't have to do this.
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Agisilaos Koulouris, Human Physiology and Chemistry, "I am doing this because I am scared, but also because of love. Love for the people around me, and for the world that we can create. We need to act now."
#UniteAgainstClimateFailure #LevelWithUs #ScienceInJail (3/n)
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In Madrid, Spain, 53 of the roughly 100 scientists were arrested after throwing fake blood on the facade of the National Congress in Spain. 2/
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9 members of Scientist Rebellion demonstrated inside #Trondheim airport Værnes to #BanPrivateJets and #TaxFrequentFlyers. Norway is at the top of the charts in domestic air travel emissions per capita, and near the top in international air travel. #MakeThemPay (1/3)
Hundreds of activists, among them 129 scientists, blockaded 11 international private airports demanding to #BanPrivateJets on November 10th.
To secure a livable Earth, the unnecessary & unjust planet-destroying luxury emissions of the wealthy elite must go. #COP27
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There must be a rainbow at the end of this dark tunnel. 🌈
We have hope in humanity to not only unite in our sorrow but also in our collective efforts to stop those in power fueling this climate chaos across the globe! Checkout SR, GR, XR & more!
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We have been racking our brains but we can't remember the climate models that predicted a 40°C temperature anomaly in Antarctica - or temperatures touching 50°C in Canada last year. #ClimateCrisis
32,000 edit requests made by governments and industries to water down the content of IPCC reports. But the truth matters. We’re taking action at COP to call out this bullshit. This is an emergency, not a time to indulge the deceit of climate criminals. 🧵
We don't know who needs to hear this, but 'Green capitalism' isn't a thing.
We won't solve this crisis by investing in less evil things to extract profit from.
We need emergency degrowth and decarbonisation, something wall Street cannot tolerate.
Dr. Martin Wolterding has been arrested taking direct action on the City West Link in Sydney. He taught biology+marine ecology for over 4 decades as a professor. Martin was joined by @fireproofaus calling for a Large Arial Tanker fleet of waterbombing planes. #scientistrebellion
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In Los Angeles, USA, scientists occupied the entrance of a Chase Bank. Cops shut down access to the building, with dozens deployed to arrest the scientists who locked themselves to the bank, including . 11/
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Ban private jets! In this emergency, how dare the richest among us continue this obscene behaviour.
There is no reason to have private jets and every reason to stop them.
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In Copenhagen, Denmark, the street in front of the Climate Ministry was blocked by 40 people, half of them scientists, holding posters of scientific papers and reading the IPCC report. 3/
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Six scientist-activists protested today at Vaernes Airport, Trondheim against the carbon emissions produced by the world's wealthiest. Just 1% of the global population is responsible for 50% of air travel emissions.
#BanPrivateJets #TaxFrequentsFlyers #MakePollutersPay
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As scientists we‘re panicking, and you should be too! No more cold, detached language - this is f*cking terrifying.
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1.5c is dead. The Paris agreement is dead. The elites have committed the greatest crime in human history.
Get on the streets and force them out of power, no matter what it takes.
It's the very least the victims of the #ClimateCrisis deserve.
It was a non violent protest, not an "attack"
Read more about the demands here:
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"Climate activists are sometimes depicted as dangerous radicals. But the truly dangerous radicals are the countries increasing the production of fossil fuels." - , April 2022
Please help us with legal support: gofund.me/f16893b6
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Scientists, we beg you to say in public what you say in private.
That without unprecedented #ClimateAction RIGHT NOW we're guarenteeing the suffering and potential death of billions of people
We know the risk that comes along with saying this, but the risk of not is unthinkable
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Dr Rose Abramoff of & activists from & Rocking Chair Rebellion are blocking the Mountain Valley Pipeline drill in West Virginia US. This may be the first US Climate Scientist to risk felony charges to fight climate breakdown
They sprayed biodegradable red paint onto the superyacht before unfurling a banner reading: “Billionaires should not exist.” - CNN
US: North Carolina. The entrance of the Wilson Air Terminal at Charlotte Douglas International Airport is blocked. Emissions from the aviation industry are killing people. We demand climate justice. #BanPrivateJets #TaxFrequentFlyers #MakePollutersPay (1/n)
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In The Hague, Netherlands, over 50 scientists took part in a march giving speeches, calling for emergency action. Scientists blocked an entrance to the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy and read from the IPCC report; 7 were arrested. 4/
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In Berlin, 14 Scientists chained and glued themselves to the street blocking the Kronprinzenbrücke bridge for 4 hours in the centre of Berlin. 5/
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Lorenzo Masini, Plant Biotechnologies, "I am a life scientist, I love nature, and I love life. I invite you all to act together, because this is our planet, and these are our lives."
#UniteAgainstClimateFailure #LevelWithUs #ScienceInJail (4/n)
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BREAKING: Scientists who participated in the March to #EndFossilFuels were arrested today while shutting down the demanding they stop funding fossil fuel! 120 were arrested in total #DefundClimateChaos Hear from the scientists arrested:
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After floating towards the COP venue for around 20min I was stopped by the police. I was charged under an obscure maritime law which, by the admission of the arresting officers themselves, did not apply in this case. My boat and banner were confiscated, and I was released #COP26
Sevilla Airport received the simple message today - "Stop Private Jets".
The extreme luxury of the world's elites should not be allowed to destroy the climate for us all!
Imagine a government that put fossil fuel executives on trial, not peaceful activists.
Imagine a government that works to dismantle the fossil fuel industry, not give it billions in subsidies.
Imagine a government that *acted* like we're in an emergency, and not just said it.
Well shit. Those in power should have listened to scientists and indigenous, years ago. We told them to stop committing ecocide and end fossil fuel use. They refused to act! The people of earth need to push back harder then ever! Find your rebellion!
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🧵This morning #ScientistRebellion occupied King George V Bridge in Glasgow! #COP26 has failed, and the people must go into civil resistance! As scientists we feel that we must support those struggling to have their voices heard. 🧵
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Scientist Rebellion still hold the George V bridge in Glasgow in protest of the failures of @COP26! Activists have been occupying the bridge for 2 hours now. The people, united in non violent direct action, can achieve a lot!
#ScientistRebellion
#COP26
#DirectAction
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Our French group are taking action in Paris now to disrupt the annual shareholder meeting of fossil fuel giant .
Sadly the Police have blocked protestors from the street to allow 'business as usual' for the fossil fuel industry
#DirectAction
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In Bern, Switzerland, 18 Scientists marched to the capital Bern to paste parts of the IPCC report and other climate science on the walls of the Federal Palace, and were stopped immediately by the police. The scientific community cannot let science be ignored anymore! 6/
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If this the end of the human story, along with most life on Earth, then we can still write our final chapter.
We can go down fighting, united as a species unlike ever before.
Or we can individually throw our hands in the air and say 'What's the point? It's too late'
Myranda, PhD cand. in biology, arrested for protesting against ⬇️
"We are already seeing the devastating consequences of climate breakdown. We know it is only going to get worse. I am 4 months pregnant, what will I tell my child?" #TheScienceIsClear: NO NEW OIL AND GAS.
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With Western media turning a blind eye on it,a massive heatwave is hitting Pakistan and NorthWest India with temperatures ~45C/113F.These conditions make living and working unbearable. That's not the new normal,it's the start of something that will get worse!
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No relief in sight. Day after day in range 45-50C, even 10 days out. That's 113-122F. These are temperatures that kill. Pakistan and NW India are being hit hardest, but it is brutal throughout most of India. Although there is little reporting, the death toll must be staggering.
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In Washington DC, USA, scientists chained themselves to the White House to demand action on the climate crisis from and politicians. 10/
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Marceau Minot, Ecology, "As a scientist, I want to tell the world that we failed. 1.5ºC is gone"
#UniteAgainstClimateFailure #LevelWithUs #ScienceInJail (7/n)
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In Quito, Ecuador, a group of young scientists demanded that the Ministry of Environment stop expanding oil exploitation. 8/
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At the American Geophysical Union meeting in Chicago today Scientist Rebellion activists took action to raise the importance of scientists sounding the alarm on the climate crisis.
The message is simple - scientists must step out of the labs and take action onto the streets.
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