Scientist Rebellion

Short description: International scientists' environmentalist group

Scientist Rebellion is an international scientists' environmentalist group that campaigns for degrowth, climate justice and more effective climate change mitigation.[1] It is a sister organisation to Extinction Rebellion.[2]

It is a network of academics[3] that tries to raise awareness by engaging in non-violent civil disobedience.

## Contents

* 1 Actions
* 2 Debate and impact
* 3 See also
* 4 References
* 5 External links

## Actions

The group was established around September 2020. Scientist Rebellion has carried out various protests during COP26. On 6 November 2021, activists blocked George V Bridge, Glasgow.[4] In April 2022, they blocked roads in Berlin in protest against oil extraction in the North Sea.[5]

In August 2021, the group leaked parts of the pre-final Working Group III contribution to the Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) prior to intergovernmental approval.[6]

## Debate and impact

Several researchers affiliated with the movement[7] (six overall) have argued for civil disobedience by colleagues in a commentary behind a paywall, hypothesizing that such may cause significant pro-climate net changes of public opinion due to "potential to cut through the myriad complexities and confusion" in the public, receiving substantial coverage by online text-based news media.[8][9]

## See also

* Extinction Rebellion

## References

1. ↑ Scientist Rebellion Demands letter.
2. ↑ Cockburn, Harry (16 June 2022). "Spain 'arrests protesting climate scientists' amid historic heatwave" (in en). The Independent. https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/spain-climate-scientists-arrested-summer-heatwave-b2101930.html.
3. ↑ Kelly, Orla; Illingworth, Sam; Butera, Fabrizio; Dawson, Vaille; White, Peta; Blaise, Mindy; Martens, Pim; Schuitema, Geertje et al. (2022). "Education in a warming world: Trends, opportunities and pitfalls for institutes of higher education". Frontiers in Sustainability 3. doi:10.3389/frsus.2022.920375. ISSN 2673-4524.
4. ↑ Thompson, Tosin (18 November 2021). "Scientist Rebellion: researchers join protesters at COP26". Nature 599 (7885): 357. doi:10.1038/d41586-021-03430-5.
5. ↑ ""Scientist Rebellion" fordern Klimarevolution "jetzt!"" (in de). euronews. 6 April 2022. https://de.euronews.com/2022/04/06/klimaprotest-in-wei-en-kitteln-scientist-rebellion-fordern-klimarevolution-jetzt.
6. ↑ Hartz, Friederike (4 November 2022). "Leaking the IPCC: A question of responsibility?" (in en). WIREs Climate Change. doi:10.1002/wcc.814. ISSN 1757-7780.
7. ↑ Gardner, Charlie; Cox, Emily; Capstick, Stuart. "Extinction Rebellion scientists: Why we glued ourselves to a government department" (in en). https://phys.org/news/2022-04-extinction-rebellion-scientists-glued-department.html.
8. ↑ "Scientists call on colleagues to protest climate crisis with civil disobedience" (in en). The Guardian. 29 August 2022. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/aug/29/scientists-call-on-colleagues-to-protest-climate-crisis-with-civil-disobedience.
9. ↑ Capstick, Stuart; Thierry, Aaron; Cox, Emily; Berglund, Oscar; Westlake, Steve; Steinberger, Julia K. (September 2022). "Civil disobedience by scientists helps press for urgent climate action" (in en). Nature Climate Change 12 (9): 773–774. doi:10.1038/s41558-022-01461-y. ISSN 1758-6798. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-022-01461-y.

## External links

* Scientist Rebellion homepage
* Scientist Rebellion Netherlands
* Scientist Rebellion Spain

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