Global Action
Actions took place in Italy (Rome, Turin, Venice), Denmark (Copenhagen), Spain (Madrid), the UK (London), France (Paris), Germany (Berlin), the Netherlands (The Hague), Portugal (Lisbon), Switzerland (Bern), Rwanda (Muanga), Sierra Leone, Colombia (Bogotá), Panamá, Ecuador (Quito), the USA (Washington DC, Los Angeles,Portland, New York), and Malawi (Lilongwe), among others.
This campaign spawned many local Scientist Rebellion groups, who are engaging in climate action locally. Want to start the next one?
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Governments promise to “keep 1.5 alive” while expanding fossil infrastructure. They are lying to the public. Despite decades of scientific warnings, we remain on track for an unlivable world.
In this campaign, we demanded radical honesty about past failures — 1.5 is dead! — and emergency action on climate. On April 6 2022, we mobilized over 1,000 scientists and academics in over 28 countries to engage in civil disobedience and climate action more broadly.
The window to secure a livable future is rapidly closing. We must move out of the labs and into the streets to help push for urgent action on climate. Time is short.
Abeokuta, Nigera
Argentina
Berlin, Germany
Bern, Switzerland
Bogota, Colombia
Copenhagen, Sweden
Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo
Lisbon, Portugal
London, Shell Headquarters, United Kingdom
Madrid, Congress Building, Spain
Malawi
Muhanga, Rwanda
US, UK and Germany Embassy in Panama
Portland Oregon PBA and City Council, United States of America
Quito, Equador
San Luis University, Mexico
Sierra Leone
Paris, France
The Hague, Netherlands
Kyambogo, Makerere University, Uganda
Venezia, Italy
Washington DC, United States of America
Ruwa Harare Wetlands, Zimbabwe
"We need a billion climate activists. I encourage everyone to consider where we're heading as a species, and to engage in civil disobedience and other actions. The time is now. We've waited far too long. Mobilize, mobilize, and mobilize. Mobilize before we lose everything."
Ways you can get involved
Donate to Scientist Rebellion
One way you can support us is by donating. Your donations fund our ability to mobilize globally, our ability to have big impactful and visible actions that lead to real change. A united academia needs to urge world powers to act like we are in the emergency we are in.
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Calling on a united academia
Leading climate scientists privately admit that the IPCC pathway for staying below 1.5°C is now lost. Citizens need to know this urgently. A united academia can help usher us into much needed emergency mode transformations.
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