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/
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/
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/
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/
In Berlin, 14 Scientists chained and glued themselves to the street blocking the Kronprinzenbrücke bridge for 4 hours in the centre of Berlin. 5/
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/
In Italy, the premises of @eni were occupied for 10 hours, with over 10 scientists locked-on. The activists demanded a public meeting with ENI CEO on ENI decarbonisation strategy. At the end of the day, the meeting was denied. They left, but the campaign will carry on. 7/
In Quito, Ecuador, a group of young scientists demanded that the Ministry of Environment stop expanding oil exploitation. 8/
in Sierra Leone, an teach-in event with several stakeholders generated engagement and calls for climate action to policy makers. 9/
In Washington DC, USA, scientists chained themselves to the White House to demand action on the climate crisis from @POTUS and politicians. 10/
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 @ClimateHuman. 11/
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/
In Abeokuta, Ogun Province, Nigeria, 300+ university students & lecturers joined a climate march and participated in education advocacy lecture on climate emergency led by @Toyinclimate . 13 (restarted)/
Scientist Rebellion also in action in the Democratic Republic of Congo. A conference on the climate and ecological crisis was held at the University of Kinshasa,with 200+ people attending. High-level talks with conservation agency and demonstrations took place in Goma. 14/
78y/o Dr. Martin Wolterding-formerly marine ecology professor-was our hero in Australia.He was arrested twice for roadblocks with @fireproofaus activists in Sydney.Rebels also active in Victoria & West Australia (paper pastings)+South Australia (teach-in).
In Bogotá, Colombia, several teach-ins livestreamed on internet were held,talking about decolonization of climate activism,climate debt, and how the climate crisis impacts societies under extractivism, colonialism and violence. With @limoros, @ana16_jaramillo@clasealacalle 16/
In Mexico, rebel scientists pasted papers to the walls and doors of the Science and Technology Research and Application Centre at the autonomous university of San Luis Potosí. 17/
In Argentina, rebel scientists went out universities in 5 cities to paste posters and raise awareness (Buenos Aires,Mar del Plata,Misiones,Córdoba,Rosario) and run a teach-in on the climate crisis, renewable energies & agroecology at Buenos Aires University. 18/
In Sweden,11 scientists occupied entrance @lunduniversity to give a teach-in on Climate & Ecological Emergency-in spite of uni officials asking for dislodgement.A demonstration was held in Stockholm @socialdemokrat party premises to denounce "Climate crime in progress" 19/
Meanwhile, in snowy Trondheim,Norway, great turnout by students & professors in university strike. There were touching personal testimonies and address by @ProfStromman in representation of the #IPCC. #ScientistRebellionStrike 20/
In Portugual,about 10 rebel scientists took non-violent direct action to demand climate action in front of the Environment Ministry in Lisbon. 21/
In Uganda, over 90 people turned up to block roads in Kyambogo and Makerere University events.
More than 80 papers were pasted all over the campuses.
3 people were arrested and later released. 22/
Ugandan actions made national TV news. 23/
In Panama,press conferences with national media were held; 10 scientists then protested at US,UK,CAN,GER embassies calling for emissions reduction+payments to global South+climate emergency declaration.Request to national govt:climate education,stop deforestation+mining. 24/
The day after, 15 scientists+20 supporters protested near a bridge,calling for immediate climate action. A local artist recited oath to Panamanian land for 500 times (as first settlement in the area,later destroyed by Henry Morgan,was established 500 years ago). 25/
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1💣 The weapon’s industry doesn’t care about any alliances, it only cares about profit.
“For four out of the five permanent members of the [U.N.] Security Council to top global arms sales that fuel wars around the globe is hypocritical, complicit and immoral” Oxfam International
2/ U.S. arms sales to foreign countries is more than $200 billion, mostly to countries that the U.S. condemns as anti-democratic monarchies - Kuwait, Saudi Arabia,... and other types of monarchies, including the U.K., the Netherlands,... and apartheid countries like Israel.
2/ It is common to hear myths that are apologetic in favor of infinite economic growth like “The job market is so competitive, more growth needed to create more jobs!” “ Taxes on the rich will kill jobs” while the financial broker dude believes “My job is crucial and important!”
3Economic growth doesn’t mean mo’ jobs! Mainstream economics posits that employment opportunities & incomes are determined by technical aspects of production, and thus the only way to alleviate poverty is to grow GDP. Then why are millions of people, who want to work, unemployed?
For 30 years the UN COP Climate Conferences have failed to deliver meaningful change. They have served as a ‘talking shop’ with the big polluters given seats at the top table to cast doubt over the sciences and delay meaningful action.
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This November’s COP29 event opens under the same bad auspices of last year. A petro-state – Azerbaijan - once again assumes the COP Presidency.
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COP29 president Mukhtar Bahadur is once again an oil executive, having worked in various roles for the Azerbaijan state-owned oil company SOCAR since the 1990s. Putting oil executives in charge is nothing short of a sham that undermines our inability to fight back.
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Lancet report confirms what Palestinian voices have always said: this is a genocide.
On July 5th, 2024 a report appeared in @TheLancet highlighting how the horrifying number of 40k slaughtered Palestinians is heavily underestimated.
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Using the conservative estimate from the secretariat of the Geneva Convention of 4 indirect deaths per reported death the authors estimated 186 000 assassinations attributable to the current genocide in Gaza.
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The number is close to the lower bound of the estimate by Palestinian author Susan Abulhawa, who reported a fork of 194,768-511,824 people, counting direct killings, starvation, and diseases. 3/8
As scientists and @SciRebFr , we are calling for a mobilization against the extreme right through voting, collective commitment, direct action, and collective organization. 🧵
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In 🇫🇷, several hundred scientists are calling for a mobilization against the fascist Rassemblement National through voting & collective commitment. RN is indeed an extreme right-wing party like any other, and it represents a real danger to democracy.
Just before the early parliamentary elections, it is important to take a stand and point out the threat posed by the Rassemblement National coming to power. Our opinion piece is currently being circulating through various media and collecting large support.
🚨There are currently 4 people on unlimited hunger strike against climate breakdown in Germany. They are demanding nothing more than an honest government statement by the German Chancellor which states three scientific facts.
1 The continued existence of human civilization is extremely endangered by the climate catastrophe.
2 There is no longer any remaining CO2 budget: there are already hundreds of tons too much CO2 in the air.
3 We have to radically change course now, even if it is years late.
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📢In a press conference today, they announced they will undergo one week of re-feeding to give time to the German Chancellor to meet for a discussion. They did this also to respond to the accusation of blackmailing the Government. 3/5