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)
Matthew Wheeler, biohealth scientist previously wildland firefighter and member of @SRTurtleIsland ⬇️ "The wealthy chose ecocide. This is their fault. They need to be held accountable, we need to #BanPrivateJets immediately." #MakeThemPay (2/4)
Will Livernois, a bioelectronics researcher and member of @SRTurtleIsland: "Taking a private jet while the planet is on fire is utter insanity. The science has been clear for half a century and we have not changed trajectory." #ClimateEmergency (3/4)
After a protest in the luxury car showroom of BMW's headquarters in Munich, 15 members of Scientist Rebellion have been taken into preventive custody.
To show them support and solidarity during their imprisonment, we are collecting letters to send to them in prison.
It can be incredibly good to sit in a cell for a long time and then hear something from outside.
If it's words of support, affection and encouragement, it's all the better. 🫶
13 of them will be held until Fri, Nov. 4th , two others will remain in custody until Tue 1st & Wed 2nd of November.
Another scientist, who has been held in custody since October 28th after participating in a road blockade with us, will remain in prison until Nov. 1st .
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."
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."
The colonial setup of the IMF and World Bank places immense power at the hands of the G7.
Voting shares are based on economic power – richer countries get more votes and poorer countries’ voices are sidelined. (1/4) #uniteagainstclimatefailure
In the IMF, a British person’s vote is worth 41 times more than a Bangladeshi’s vote and 23 times more than a Nigerian’s vote. Both are former British colonies. (2/4)
Despite constituting 85% of the world’s population, middle- and low-income countries have only ~40% of the vote. Even if the entirety of the global South united against an IMF and World Bank policy, they wouldn’t be able to stop it. (3/4)
High-interest repayments on conditional loans from the World Bank, the IMF, and international lenders prevents Global South countries from pursuing a just transition & adapting to global heating. (1/4) #UniteAgainstClimateFailure
Debt suffocates Global South’s ability to take climate action.
Africa has 40% of the world’s potential for renewable energy but only 2% of its investment.
In 2020 alone, global South countries spent $372 billion servicing debt. (2/4)
Debt forces countries further into debt by climate disasters they did not cause.
Cyclones forced Mozambique to take on a $118 million IMF loan in 2019.
More than 2/3 of the climate finance delivered to the most impacted countries are loans, driving them deeper into debt. (3/4)