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Scientists & academics willing to tell the truth about the climate emergency and act accordingly.
Join us in civil disobedience!
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Big Thank you to our friends here.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C8cjisVtZAf/?igsh=MW1mbWdydTJqOHJsdw%3D%3D

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Good explainer on temperate and what that means for our survival as regions around the world warm from

Collective action is absolutely necessary. Rich countries and poor countries alike will experience death and destruction on scales no war has ever brought us.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/how-hot-is-too-hot-for-humans-understanding-wet-bulb-temperatures-1.6088415

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Denying the existence of a problem does not make it go away.

What these residents are stuck in is an economic system that needs to deny a problem.

is happening whether we acknowledge it or not. It is the economic system that needs to change because the science is clear. The waters are coming.

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/520144/kapiti-coast-residents-demand-council-throw-out-report-on-sea-level-rise

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Another example of affecting rich nations yet the worlds and do not appear at all.

in . They treat these events as one offs or strange occurrences despite these flooding events happening with increasing frequency.

This is a crisis and we need people in rich nations to recognize it for what it is. They have the most power politically and economically to act.

https://toronto.citynews.ca/2024/06/20/toronto-gardiner-expressway-flooding-overnight-storm/

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Asking nicely has not yielded any results as CO2 emissions have steadily increased in rich nations. The will of the people have been overridden by the will of the oil barons.

Join us in disrupting them. We don't have many options left.

https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2024/6/16/what-grief-for-a-dying-planet-looks-like-climate-scientists-on-the-edge-2

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These behaviours are mirrored in the

To maintain political clout, the US government has stooped lower than any government in history by spreading anti vaccine propaganda.

Protecting economic interests at the expense of lives.

is no different. They have put Profits over people.

We need a new system that puts people first. All people, not just rich people.

https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-covid-propaganda/

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Programs like this give us hope. If more schools offered this kind of education, we may be able to avoid the worst of

Thank you Barcelona for leading the way. You are an inspiration

https://grist.org/looking-forward/what-can-you-do-with-a-degree-in-degrowth/

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This is

This heatwave also includes some very important growing regions in China. As the world warms, food production will decrease.

Is mass starvation a fair price for billionaire jets and super yachts?

Governments around the world need to ban them now.

https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/northern-china-braces-for-record-high-temperatures-in-major-heat-wave/1658614

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We should start naming Heatwaves.

Hearing about or doesn't change the fact that many people will not live through it, but it is a reminder about who brought us here with their intentional decades long disinformation campaign.

They gave us this for the sake of their profits. Blood is on their hands.

Governments need to stop subsidizing oil immediately.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jun/11/air-conditioning-protect-extreme-heat?utm_source=press.coop

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is not a party at the beach. It is our voices telling the oil barons that we will stand together and fight back.

is already costing lives and the billionaire oligarchs are still building bigger and bigger yachts.

Stand with us.

https://www.salon.com/2024/06/10/turn-up-the-heat-climate-change-activists-are-gearing-up-for-a-sizzling-summer-of-dissent/

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India has hit 50C on the mercury.
Good time to revisit this piece from our friends form the @guardian

War needs fossil fuels

Protesting war is part and parcel to protesting against the barons intent on genocide, both from their bombs and from the heat.

In solidarity.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/09/emissions-gaza-israel-hamas-war-climate-change

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@jromanowska

Thank you!

We are in this together.

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This is already proving to be deadly.

Sign up for our newsletter to get reliable updates on SR campaigns and find ways to get involved.

We are in this together.

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Summer has not officially started yet and the world's largest economy, home of a large base of deniers is about to experience dangerously hot temperatures.

The United States is one of the largest per capita polluters in the world.

Their own citizens are suffering for the sake of greed.

Few countries in the world have the kind of power to do something about the way the US does. They must act NOW

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cqlle2v2dpxo?utm_source=press.coop

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affects us all. India is suffering through a deadly heatwave while floods are killing residents in Germany.

Nowhere is insulated from the impacts of induced .

We must all fight to elect politicians who understand, not deny the impacts of

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3gg3nwwpryo?utm_source=press.coop

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Thank you to our friends in Sweden. We are in this together.

https://www.instagram.com/p/C7rtWnVoifO/

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2024 is going to be another #SummerOfHeat

#FossilFuel companies convinced us driving large and fuel inefficient cars is a normal way of life

#Amazon and other distribution companies have convinced us that buying stuff we don't need and ends up in the landfill within months is also a normal way of life

#FastFashion has convinced us that getting new clothes monthly is a normal way of life

None of these things were normal before we normalized them.

#Resist

https://apnews.com/article/record-heat-deadly-climate-change-humidity-south-11de21a526e1cbe7e306c47c2f12438d

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#ClimateBreakdown is not some theoretical far off thing.

It is happening to people RIGHT NOW.

Governments must act. Millions of lives are being sacrificed at the altar of #FossilFuel profits.

Tell your government representative that lives are more important than profits.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c103lel2p5yo.amp

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There is increasing disparity between what the public wants and what the politicians want.

The public wants litigation against companies while politicians continue to approve extraction projects.

companies don't just cause , they threaten .

Vote with your wallet as much as your ballot.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/28/poll-climate-change-lawsuit-oil-industry

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Venezuela has no more glaciers. This is #ClimateBreakdown

As more ice melts, sea levels will continue to rise, threatening millions who live along coastal regions.

No one is exempt. Not even Mar-A-Lago can escape. No more deals with Fossil Fuel executives. #FossilFuel subsidies need to end.

We all have a lot to lose.

https://www.axios.com/2024/05/28/venezuela-glaciers-global-warming-climate-change

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The Indian government continues its unrelenting pursuit of coal power while ordinary Indians succumb to the heat in record numbers.

While developed nations bear the bulk of the responsibility, developing nations cannot turn a blind eye the impacts of #ClimateBreakdown and their role in it.

All governments need to act NOW, not just set benchmarks and targets that are never met

#EndFossilFuels
#FossilFuels

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c166xxd4y36o?utm_source=press.coop

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Ban private jets.

It's not the only solution but it is a good start.

#ClimateBreakdown
#FossilFuels

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/may/29/wealthy-white-men-uk-biggest-transport-polluters

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A large corporation would not engage in a deal like this unless it was confident that governments are not serious about reducing use.

There is not one mention in this piece about .

in this

Tell your government representative that this is not ok. You want to see the immediate end of fossil fuel subsidies.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/conocophillips-to-buy-marathon-oil-for-225-billion-in-latest-energy-merger/ar-BB1ng9Me

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2023 was a summer of extreme heat for Italy that caused numerous deaths.

Despite the tragic and horrific deaths of its own citizens from #FossilFuel induced #ClimateBreakdown, Italy cannot wean itself off oil to save the lives of its own citizens.

Italy is not alone in its complicity. Tell your government representatives NO MORE OIL. NO MORE SUBSIDIES for human killing fossil fuels.

https://www.euronews.com/green/2024/05/29/italys-po-delta-is-a-nature-rich-unesco-reserve-now-it-is-at-risk-from-offshore-drilling?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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Extreme weather is costly in terms of both dollars and lives. #FossilFuel driven #ClimateBreakdown is impacting people in rich and poor nations alike.

An economy that depends on making our lives harder and living conditions deadlier is no economy at all.

Let your representative know that you want to see an end to all Fossil Fuel subsidies.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c6ppxp3555lo?utm_source=press.coop

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Poor nations deserve restitution for the harms endured at the hands of rich nations refusing to decrease

Averting the worst of is a moral imperative

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/article/2024/may/27/world-has-moral-responsibility-to-help-small-island-states-survive-climate-crisis-un-agency-chief

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As brings warmer weather to historically colder regions, insect borne diseases can spread with it.

There are no winners in a warming planet. Let your elected representatives know you want to see an end to subsidies NOW.

https://toronto.citynews.ca/2024/05/28/ticks-ontario-diseases-black-legged/

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There is no time to kick the can down the road. #ClimateBreakdown is happening NOW.

The death toll will be higher the longer #FossilFuel led denalism stops governments from acting.

Oil industry profits should not take priority over the lives of people.

#ClimateCrisis
#ClimateChange

https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/heat-wave-asia-2024-deaths-india-severe-weather-climate-change/

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#PlasticPollution isn't just an environmental problem, it is a human #Health problem.

Plastic in the oceans slows down the natural ability to bring carbon from the surface to the depths of the ocean exacerbating #ClimateBreakdown

Say no to bottled water. Say no to all disposable plastic.

https://pirg.org/articles/does-bottled-water-contain-plastic-particles/

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Picture from action March 2024, outside Total Energies, Kinshasa DRC

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📢 We refuse to be part of an academic elite that is silent today, only to teach about genocide in 20 years. In the last two weeks, at least 30 Universities in Turtle Island have set up Gaza solidarity camps, including Barnard, Berkeley, MIT and Columbia. (1/n)

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❗️The death count in Gaza reached 34150 deaths, 72% of whom were children and women. In the occupied West Bank, 487 people were killed by Israeli settlers and the IDF.

⛺️On April 17, 2024, students established the Gaza Solidarity Encampment on Columbia campus, demanding the university divest from Israel.

(2/n)

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👮The encampment was violently dismantled when university president Nemat Shafik authorized the New York City Police Department to storm the campus and conduct mass arrests, but it has now been restored with widespread support. (3/n)

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🔖The arrests marked the first time the university has allowed police to suppress campus protests since the 1968 demonstrations against the Vietnam War.

🔇Academic institutions are once again ready to suppress uncomfortable voices, waiting 60 years before presenting themselves as seeds of the very same change those voices are demanding.

(4/n)

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📢We proudly stand on the side of faculty members and student organizations (including Jewish Voices for Peace) that refuse to maintain a complicit silence towards the genocide happening in Gaza.

🕊️We support the calls for a ceasefire, the stop to the Rafah invasion, the release of Israeli and Palestinian hostages, and the establishment of a concrete peace process that includes the freedom to self-determination for Palestinian people as well.

(5/n)

ScientistRebellion OP ,
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🚫Antisemitism shall have no place in our universities and movements. And despite the efforts of some media outlets to tell otherwise, advocating for Palestinian rights is not an act of antisemitism nor an apology of the killing of civilians.

📢"We are witnessing a genocide in real-time. I will always and forever oppose both genocide and terrorism in any form, as I believe all humans should," states Peter Kalmus, member of @SRTurtleIsland

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❗️The protests in Global North are meant to direct public attention to the crimes happening in Palestine, the news of the uncovering of hundreds of bodies in a mass grave inside the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis being yet another horror.

(7/8)

ScientistRebellion OP ,
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✊Scientist Rebellion firmly stands with the Palestinian people suffering genocide, & expresses solidarity to faculty members and students in Turtle Island who are showing that Universities can be a place where we raise our voices against injustice and colonial violence.

🌎There is no climate justice without social justice, they are the same fight and they will not remain only as theories in books.

(8/8)

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Thanks to @ScientistRebellion, we now have an updated version of the #ClimateInactionStripes originally designed by Wiebke Witt, Sustenti, Marius Hasenheit and myself.

Take a look: has anything changed as in improved? No. Same shit, same story.

Looking forward to #COP29 🤦‍♂️

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@AstaMcCarthy @muellertadzio will do a version with both credits and alt text!

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📢 #SRTalks: GROWTH KILLS
📅 Tue 23 April
🕡 18.30-19.45 UTC

🗣️How economic growth is fuelling the climate emergency - a conversation with activists from Growth Kills

Register: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwsceGrqT0sGtbMFSJNZessgMyJ-sKClTtf

Talk in English: Spanish interpretation available

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🌍 COCOA, A STORY OF ECONOMIC COLONIALISM

Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana, dominant cocoa producers, fuel two-thirds of global cocoa output, sustaining nearly two million farmers.

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🗺️ Precise cocoa plantation maps in the region remain elusive, making it difficult to track expansion into protected areas. Farmers pursue cocoa in protected areas to meet essential livelihood needs: forest loss is led by extraction of resources for the Global North. (2/5)

scientist rebellion_ The background is the same black and white cocoa bean image as the other pictures. The following text, from elsewhere in the thread, is overlaid in white on a red background. • "Cote d'Ivoire And Ghana are the world's largest producers of cocoa and account for two thirds of the global cocoa production." "Cocoa cultivation is an underlying driver of over 37% of forest loss in protected areas in Côte d'Ivoire and over 13% in Ghana."
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    💡 Research reveals cocoa farming drives over 37% of forest loss in Côte d’Ivoire and over 13% in Ghana, masking exploitation. Cocoa, alongside mining and logging, serves as a tool of economic exploitation, obscuring the human and environmental toll. (3/5)

    https://www.nature.com/articles/s43016-023-00751-8

    scientist rebellion- Two forested areas in Ghana where cocoa farming was detected, through analysis of satellite images and corresponding confidence maps. These forested regions are denoted by red dots b and c on the map in the other picture.

    scientist rebellion- Cocoa probability score map. This map illustrates confidence level of cocoa detection within a range of 0 to 1. Higher values near 1 signify strong agreement among model predictions over multiple time steps regarding the presence of cocoa, while lower values near 0 indicate a consensus on cocoa absence.
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    🛠️ Accurate, high-resolution cocoa-growing maps are vital to uncover the hidden costs of economic colonialism and environmental degradation. Poverty propels farmers to encroach cocoa into protected lands, revealing the systemic exploitation at the heart of the industry. (4/5)

    scientist rebellion • "Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana's cocoa production fuels the global demand, yet the lack of precise mapping hinders understanding its impact on climate change." • "Cutting-edge technology data and satellite imagery reveals cocoa's significant role in forest loss, challenging existing reports that underestimate its footprint."

    scientist rebellion Text on background image of cocoa beans Due to Cocoa high demand, accurate mapping is crucial to assess its contribution to deforestation and climate degradation by helping to understand the extent of cocoa cultivation. By addressing poverty and promoting sustainable practices, we can mitigate the environmental impact of cocoa farming on forests and climate.
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    🌳🍫 Combatting economic colonialism demands sustainable farming, poverty alleviation, and environmental justice. The struggle continues. (5/5)

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    Don't miss this talk!

    We have the amazing Prof. Farhana Sultana speaking with us at 14.00 UTC this Wednesday April 17th.

    Disruptions in Planetary Justice

    "Confronting the ongoing colonialism of the atmosphere, science, systems, and minds is necessary to halt further planetary breakdown."

    Join us on Zoom: interpretation from English to Spanish will be available.

    Register: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcoceuorjMpHNVKKb03_nd7tkUNTmbFmeYN#/registration

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    @ScientistRebellionDK @SRTurtleIsland @ScientistRebellion_NL @SciRebelPT @scientifiques_en_rebellion @scientistrebellion_GER

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    🧒Children are among the most vulnerable to the impacts of the climate crisis, facing increased risks of malnutrition and infectious diseases due to changes in food access, water quality, and maternal care. (1/4)

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    😔 Children and adolescents are at higher risk of experiencing post-traumatic stress after extreme weather events, with potential long-term impacts on their mental health and future functioning.

    (4/4)

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