Scientist Rebellion is an international scientists' environmentalist group that campaigns for

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climate justice Climate justice is a concept that addresses the just division, fair sharing, and equitable distribution of the burdens of climate change and its mitigation and responsibilities to deal with climate change. "Justice", "fairness", and "equity" ar ...

and more effective

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. It is a sister organisation to

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 o ...

. It is a network of academics that tries to raise awareness by engaging in non-violent

civil disobedience Civil disobedience is the active, professed refusal of a citizen to obey certain laws, demands, orders or commands of a government A government is the system or group of people governing an organized community, generally a stat ...

Actions

The group was established around March 2021. Scientist Rebellion has carried out various protests during

COP26 The 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference, more commonly referred to as COP26, was the 26th United Nations Climate Change conference, held at the SEC Centre in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom, from 31 October to 13 November 2021. The ...

. On 6 November 2021, activists blocked

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. In April 2022, they blocked roads in Berlin in protest against oil extraction in the North Sea. In August 2021, the group

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parts of the pre-final Working Group III contribution to the

Sixth Assessment Report The Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) of the United Nations (UN) Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the sixth in a series of reports which assess scientific, technical, and socio-economic information concerning climate change. Three ...

(AR6) prior to intergovernmental approval.

Debate and impact

Several researchers affiliated with the movement (six overall) have argued for

by colleagues in a commentary behind a

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, 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.

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External links

Scientist Rebellion homepageScientist Rebellion NetherlandsScientist Rebellion Spain
Climate change organizations Civil disobedience Extinction Rebellion Climate change protests

Actions

Debate and impact

See also

References

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