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Scientists for Future (S4F) is an international environmental initiative founded by a group of scientists in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland in support of the student movement
Fridays for Future School Strike for Climate ( sv, Skolstrejk för klimatet), also known variously as Fridays for Future (FFF), Youth for Climate, Climate Strike or Youth Strike for Climate, is an international movement of school students who skip Friday ...
(FFF). In March 2019 the initiative issued a statement titled ''Statement of scientists and scholars concerning the protests for more climate protection''. The statement was signed by 26,800 German-language scientists and scholars from Switzerland, Austria and Germany. The statement took place under the banner ''Die Anliegen der demonstrierenden jungen Menschen sind berechtigt'' (The concerns of the demonstrating young people are justified).


History

The foundation of Scientists for Future has its genesis in the initiative taken by
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. In April 2019, a lead by Gregor Hagedorn appeared in the journal Science, in which the authors of Scientists for Future called on the research community to support the youth protest movement. In June 2019, this statement, along with an analysis of the results and plausible effects of the declaration, was published as a bilingual article (English and German) in the journal
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. There were similar initiatives taken by Dutch and Belgian scientists. In October 2019 Gregor Hagedorn and Scientists for Future were awarded the Award from Federal Association for Sustainability.


Work

Participants seek to: * Communicate scientific knowledge about climate change and ecological disruption * Help educate, including improving the understanding of sustainable solutions (including recorded webinars, podcasts and educative events) * Provide
research Research is "creativity, creative and systematic work undertaken to increase the stock of knowledge". It involves the collection, organization and analysis of evidence to increase understanding of a topic, characterized by a particular att ...
about climate change *
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scientists and people around the world and facilitate mutual support and participation


24 important facts

The scientists list 24 established scientific facts on
climate change In common usage, climate change describes global warming—the ongoing increase in global average temperature—and its effects on Earth's climate system. Climate change in a broader sense also includes previous long-term changes to E ...
, verified by reference to robust scientific literature. These include facts on: * the mean temperature rise, and global temperatures in 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018 * the cause of temperature rise being almost entirely caused by human factors, * descriptions of the
effects of global warming The effects of climate change impact the physical environment, ecosystems and human societies. The environmental effects of climate change are broad and far-reaching. They affect the Effects of climate change on the water cycle, water cycle, ...
, including a rise in the probability of
extreme weather Extreme weather or extreme climate events includes unexpected, unusual, severe, or unseasonal weather; weather at the extremes of the historical distribution—the range that has been seen in the past. Often, extreme events are based on a locat ...
conditions, and the effects on human health.


Analyses

;Nuclear energy A ~100-paged study by the group published in October 2021 concluded that nuclear fission energy cannot meaningfully contribute to
climate change mitigation Climate change mitigation is action to limit climate change by reducing Greenhouse gas emissions, emissions of greenhouse gases or Carbon sink, removing those gases from the atmosphere. The recent rise in global average temperature is mostly caus ...
as it is "too dangerous, too expensive, and too sluggishly deployable" as well as "an obstacle to achieving the social-ecological transformation". ;Policies Participants have also provided analysis, along with recommendations and proposals, of draft laws and
policies Policy is a deliberate system of guidelines to guide decisions and achieve rational outcomes. A policy is a statement of intent and is implemented as a procedure or protocol. Policies are generally adopted by a governance body within an organ ...
such as the German
Supply Chain Act The Supply Chain Act (german: Lieferkettensorgfaltspflichtengesetz, literally Obligation to Exercise Due Diligence in the Supply Chain Act or german: Lieferkettengesetz (LkSG) in short) is a German law requiring companies to monitor human rights a ...
, EU climate regulations and the EU's
Common Agricultural Policy The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is the agricultural policy of the European Union. It implements a system of agricultural subsidies and other programmes. It was introduced in 1962 and has since then undergone several changes to reduce the ...
. ;Sustainable energy system design Participating scientists have developed a foundational orientation guide as one input for the creation of pathway-strategies for a "climate-compatible energy supply system", in particular for Germany's energy system.


See also

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Scientists for Extinction Rebellion Extinction Rebellion (abbreviated as XR) is a global environmental movement, with the stated aim of using nonviolent civil disobedience to compel government action to avoid tipping points in the climate system, biodiversity loss, and the risk ...
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World Scientists' Warning to Humanity The "World Scientists' Warning to Humanity" was a document written in 1992 by Henry W. Kendall and signed by about 1,700 leading scientists. Twenty-five years later, in November 2017, 15,364 scientists signed "World Scientists' Warning to Humanity: ...
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Gregor Hagedorn Gregor Hagedorn (born 1965) is a German botanist and academic director at the Natural History Museum, Berlin. Life Gregor Hagedorn studied biology at the University of Tübingen and at Duke University (North Carolina). Afterwards, he worke ...
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Climate movement The climate movement is a global social movement focused on pressuring governments and industry to take action (also called " climate action") addressing the causes and impacts of climate change. Environmental non-profit organizations have eng ...


References


Further reading

* *David Fopp / Isabelle Axelsson / Loukina Tille: ''Gemeinsam für die Zukunft – Fridays For Future und Scientists For Future. Vom Stockholmer Schulstreik zur weltweiten Klimabewegung''. Bielefeld 2021, transcript Verlag, {{ISBN, 978-3-8376-5555-1 Climate change and society 2019 in the environment 2019 establishments 2020s in the environment Sustainability advocates