We got controversial but mostly positive feedback, conference participants approached us or read the posters. The discussion was not easy but we were clear: for the next #geoberlin conference, we cannot have fossil fuel companies amongst the sponsors.
#thescienceisclear

BREAKING - x scientists from @ScientistRebellion disrupted the #GeoBerlin2023, a geoscience conference heavily sponsored by the fossil fuel industry. (1/11)

The scientists pasted scientific papers on the walls of the Henry Ford Building of the #FUBerlin to denounce the ties between research and fossil fuel corporates, who drive us to disaster. (2/11)

The scientific community must take a clear stance on these ties. Science isn’t neutral - we can’t have climate change on the program but receive money from @wintershalldea and RWE

"While the climate crisis is escalating, Wintershall & RWE are using scientific conferences for greenwashing and recruiting new staff. We need to realize that their profits are all our losses." says Dr. Lorenzo Perrone, astrophysicist.

The action happened during a Wintershall event on CO2-Injection. The total global capacity of carbon capture facilities is currently half of the 80 Mt of CO2 that Wintershall emits annually.

In the best case scenario, only in 2026 the global capacity will compensate for the combined emissions of RWE and Wintershall, and that leaves aside all other global CO2 emissions.

There is no chance of getting to the amount of capture required in the Net Zero scenario. We need decarbonization and focus on human and environmental well-being. We cannot carbon capture our way out of the crisis: we need a system change!

Wintershall is planning consistent expansion, especially in GS countries. In Tierra del Fuego, their plant is expected to deliver significant volumes of natural gas for more than 15 years, starting 2025. Is this a decarbonization strategy?

In January RWE destroyed the town of Lützerath to expand a coalmine. #TheScienceIsClear: Wintershall and RWE plans to continue extraction and explorations are incompatible with the safe boundaries of Earth's climate. @LuetziBleibt

Having sessions on the climate crisis and receiving money from Wintershall and RWE are incompatible. Scientists have to recognize their privilege and refuse any support for events that stand side by side with fossil fuel companies.

The fossil fuel industry has delayed energy transition through lobbying and disinformation campaigns. Their business model is pushing our planet beyond the edge of what is safe. We have the responsibility of calling out their crimes!

1979 die 1. Weltklimakonferenz 🔥 🛑
"Eine der wichtigsten Folgen (des Klimawandels) wäre ein wesentlich trockeneres Klima im ganzen Mittelmeergürtel, das randlich auch auf das südliche Mitteleuropa übergreifen würde.
Die Folgen, die für Wasserversorgung und Ernten dann eintreten würden, sind in der Tat unübersehbar."

44 Jahre später erleben genau dies!
Immer noch handeln die verantwortlichen PolitikerInnen- wenn überhaupt- nur sehr zögerlich.
"This is an emergency" #actnow
#thescienceisclear

Scientist Rebellion Germany on Instagram: ""In 2015, investigative journalists discovered internal company memos indicating that the oil company @ExxonMobil has known since the late 1970s that its fossil fuel products could lead to #GlobalWarming with «dramatic environmental effects before the year 2050.»" "#Exxon's internal documents, as well as peer-reviewed studies published by Exxon and ExxonMobil Corp scientists, overwhelmingly acknowledged that #ClimatChange is real and human-caused. By contrast, the majority of Mobil and ExxonMobilCorp's public communications promoted doubt on the matter." "#ExxonMobil didn't just know “something” about global warming decades ago—they knew as much as academic and government scientists knew. But whereas those scientists worked to communicate what they knew, ExxonMobil worked to deny it—including overemphasizing uncertainties, denigrating climate models, mythologizing global cooling, feigning ignorance about the discernibility of human-caused warming, and staying silent about the possibility of stranded fossil fuel assets in a carbon-constrained world." ❗#EXXONKNEW❗ [Source: Supran, G., Rahmstorf, S. and Oreskes, N. (2023) 'Assessing ExxonMobil's global warming projections', Science, 379(6628). doi:10.1126/science.abk0063] #raymondlee #fossilfuelindustry #fossilfuelindustries #fossilfuels #disinformation #misinformation #fakenews #climatechangedenial #climatedenial #oilindustry #gasindustry #fossilfuellobby #climatescience #climatescientists #climatecrisis #anthropogenicclimatechange #manmade #anthropogenic #thescienceisclear #scientistrebellion #scientistrebelliongermany #climatefacts #climatejustice #climateprotest #endfossilfuels"
7 likes, 1 comments - scientistrebellion_ger on August 17, 2023: ""In 2015, investigative journalists discovered internal company memos indicating that the oil com..."
www.instagram.com

"In 2015, investigative journalists discovered internal company memos indicating that the oil company @ExxonMobil has known since the late 1970s that its fossil fuel products could lead to #GlobalWarming with «dramatic environmental effects before the year 2050.»"

"#Exxon's internal documents, as well as peer-reviewed studies published by Exxon and ExxonMobil Corp scientists, overwhelmingly acknowledged that #ClimatChange is real and human-caused. By contrast, the majority of Mobil and ExxonMobilCorp's public communications promoted doubt on the matter."

"#ExxonMobil didn't just know “something” about global warming decades ago—they knew as much as academic and government scientists knew. But whereas those scientists worked to communicate what they knew, ExxonMobil worked to deny it—including overemphasizing uncertainties, denigrating climate models, mythologizing global cooling, feigning ignorance about the discernibility of human-caused warming, and staying silent about the possibility of stranded fossil fuel assets in a carbon-constrained world."

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CwDJA7sM_U6/?igshid=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

[Source: Supran, G., Rahmstorf, S. and Oreskes, N. (2023) 'Assessing ExxonMobil's global warming projections', Science, 379(6628). doi:10.1126/science.abk0063]

❗#EXXONKNEW❗

#raymondlee #fossilfuelindustry #fossilfuelindustries #fossilfuels #disinformation #misinformation #fakenews #climatechangedenial #climatedenial #oilindustry #gasindustry #fossilfuellobby #climatescience #climatescientists #climatecrisis #anthropogenicclimatechange #manmade #anthropogenic #thescienceisclear #scientistrebellion #scientistrebelliongermany #climatefacts #climatejustice #climateprotest #endfossilfuels

Die Aufweichung der #Sektorziele rückt Deutschlands #Klimaschutzmaßnahmen in ein trübes Licht: fällt die Eigenverantwortung der einzelnen Sektoren weg, öffnet dies Türen für halbherzigen #Klimaschutz. Die neue Regelung soll für die Bereiche #Energie, #Industrie, #Verkehr, #Gebäude, #Landwirtschaft und #Abfallwirtschaft gelten. 

Die ersten drei Sektoren gehören zu den treibenden Kräften der deutschen #Emissionen; doch speziell der Verkehrssektor steht zunehmend in der Kritik. Die @bundesregierung selbst schreibt: "Der Verkehr muss außerdem einen signifikanten Beitrag zum Erreichen des deutschen #Klimaschutzziels leisten." [1] Doch die Realität sieht anders aus.

"Während die Treibhausgasemissionen in #Deutschland seit 1990 stark gesunken sind, gab es im #Verkehrssektor bisher kaum eine Verbesserung. Der Anteil des Verkehrs an den #Gesamtemissionen ist seit 1990 von etwa 13 % auf 19,4 % im Jahr 2021 gestiegen", schreibt das Umwelt Bundesamt. [2] Des Weiteren wurden 2021 "rund 148 Mio. Tonnen #CO2-Äquivalente ausgestoßen. Damit liegen die #Treibhausgasemissionen dieses Sektors sowohl 1,2 Prozent über dem Wert von 2020, als auch rund 3 Mio. Tonnen über der im #Bundesklimaschutzgesetz für 2021 zulässigen #Jahresemissionsmenge von 145 Mio. Tonnen CO2-Äquivalente." [3]

Stefanie Langkamp, politische Geschäftsleiterin der @klima_allianz, kritisiert die neue Regelung demzufolge scharf: "Mit dem Streichen der verbindlichen Sektorziele kauft die #FDP ihren #Verkehrsminister (@volkerwissing) davon frei, seinen Beitrag zu leisten – auf Kosten kommender Generationen und all jener, die schon heute unter der #Klimakrise leiden." [4]

Durch das wiederholte Nicht-Einhalten der Klimaschutzziele, stellt (u. a.) der #Verkehrssektor einen direkten Angriff auf effektive #Klimaschutzmaßnahmen dar. Wenn die @bundesregierung nicht bereit ist, entsprechend der Faktenlage (#IPCCreport) zu handeln, welche besagt, dass eine sofortige Senkung

ALLER Sektoren notwendig ist, um dem Klimaschutzabkommen gerecht zu werden, müssen wir selbst aktiv werden. #thescienceisclear

#scientistrebellion #climateaction #klimaaktivismus #klimaschutz #klimaschutzistmenschenschutz
https://www.instagram.com/p/Ct_60mgs0PG/?igshid=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

I feel Mastodon is missing this climate figure from the great booklet "Don't mention the emergency" so here it is!

Let's spread it everywhere. It is time more than ever for freaking out but more importantly, to take concrete and radical actions to fight the climate breakdown at all levels! ✊

#climatechange #politics #media #ClimateCrisis #TheScienceIsClear

https://climateemergencydeclaration.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/DontMentionTheEmergency2018.pdf

Comme d'habitude, la communauté scientifique nous alerte sur les enjeux cruciaux de l'eau. 🌊
#TellTheTruth
#TheScienceIsClear

Comme d'habitude, l'État manque d'ambition face à ces défis majeurs.
Il est temps d'agir à la hauteur des enjeux 💪

Les grandes entreprises, notamment l'agro-industrie, continuent d'absorber, polluer et détruire nos ressources.
Il est urgent de les responsabiliser et de trouver des alternatives durables 🚫

#lEauRageGronde ⛈️

#ClimateChange isn’t just about people in far away places. We’re all in this together, and we need everyone to help fight this!

#TheScienceIsClear

Where is Canada wildfire smoke affecting US air quality? Map, updates.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/06/07/air-quality-where-is-wildfire-smoke-the-worst-live/70297479007/

Auch heute waren wieder Wissenschaftler:innen wie Prof. Dr. Nikolaus Froitzheim gemeinsam mit @AufstandLastGen beim Protestmarsch in Bonn auf der Straße. #TheScienceIsClear Wann handeln und deeskalieren Sie die Klimakrise @Bundeskanzler?

#Klimaaktivisten
#Klimaaktivistinnen
#Klimakatastrophe
#LetzteGeneration
#LG

From the “Today’s Climate” newsletter by Kristoffer Tigue in @insideclimatenews #TheScienceIsClear #AllOfUs #ClimateJustice

https://insideclimatenews.org/

"This CO2 pipeline scheme (touted as a climate solution) is their lifeline," says California Representative Jared Huffman (D). Today most of the CO2 transported in pipelines is used for something called "enhanced oil recovery", a process where CO2 is injected into oil wells to pump out more petroleum.

#TheScienceIsClear #NoMoreFossilFuels

A pipeline rupture in Satartia, Mississippi has lessons for future CO2 projects: NPR https://www.npr.org/2023/05/21/1172679786/carbon-capture-carbon-dioxide-pipeline

#TheScienceIsClear

'We Need to Engage People': Scientists Arrested Demanding Climate Action

https://www.commondreams.org/news/scientists-take-direct-action-against-climate-crisis

Aujourd'hui c'est le top départ de la campagne internationale #TheScienceIsClear ! Rassemblé.e.s sous l'égide du collectif @ScientistRebellion, des milliers de scientifiques du monde entier se mobilisent durant tout le mois de mai contre les énergies fossiles.

The science is clear. Why are we ignoring it?

From May 8-15, we will make the facts about the consequences of the aggressive expansion of fossil corporations unignorable and take science to the streets in globally coordinated actions.

Join us!

#TheScienceIsClear

👩‍🔬👨‍🔬 Dans moins de 12h commence la campagne internationale « The science is clear ». 🔥🔥
Contre les énergies fossiles et pour la perspective d'un monde vivable.
Cette semaine plus que d'habitude, nous scientifiques nous battons pour notre climat !
#TheScienceIsClear
@ScientistRebellion @xrfrance @anvcop21 @derniere_renov @stopeacop

Junta-te a nós.
---
RT @ScientistRebel1
Our spring campaign is about to begin. Join your local SR group and take direct action for a livable planet.

#TheScienceIsClear
https://twitter.com/ScientistRebel1/status/1653819893769183246

We and @SciRebFr stand against BNP Paribas, the second-largest European bank, and the biggest bank in France. Between 2016 and 2021 @BNPParibas provided US$ 229 to the fossil fuel industry. We demand urgent measures to be taken! #thescienceisclear #ActNow #ClimateEmergency #moa

In an economic model that is built over human exploitation, racial and gender prejudice on workplace are not the exception, but rather the rule (https://www.shrm.org/hr-today/news/hr-news/pages/shrm-research-finds-need-for-more-awareness-understanding-of-racial-inequality.aspx).

We stand in solidarity with all workers.

As SR we know that #thescienceisclear: economic models based on endless growth are killing biodiversity and people.Among the degrowth policies backed by science, a shorter working week could lower unnecessary production & consumption & reduce carbon emissions. (6/7)

RT @YAESYA4
#TheScienceIsClear La ciencia es clara, el peligro es enorme. Una reducción dramática de emisiones es vital, pero no se podrá conseguir en una economía basada en la inequidad y en el crecimiento del PIB que demanda cada vez más energía y materiales #lacienciaesclara #makethempay

RT @YAESYA4
Total solidaridad con l@s valientes científic@s imputad@s en España. La no-acción de sus gobiernos causa terribles consecuencias en Panamá. La responsabilidad de aquellos que tienen el poder es enorme. Escuchen a la ciencia - silenciarnos no es una opción. #thescienceisclear