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Scientists should consider civil disobedience
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Scientists should consider participating in civil disobedience to press for urgent climate action, argue six researchers who study climate activism and policy. “The scientific community is well aware of the grim trajectory on which the Earth is headed,” they write. “We have long since arrived at the point at which civil disobedience by scientists has become justified.” Public acts of conscience are effective, reasonable and ethical, they argue.
Nature Climate Change | 8 min read
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Time is short to secure a liveable and sustainable future; yet, inaction from governments, industry and civil society is setting the course for 3.2 °C of warming, with all the cascading and catastrophic consequences that this implies. In this context, when does civil disobedience by scientists become justifed?
Na sua introdução
“The scientific community is well aware of the grim trajectory on which the Earth is headed1,2 ; many of those working on climate change experience anxiety, grief or other types of distress as a result1 . Increasingly stark warnings and the gathering pace of climate impacts stand in contrast to the persistent growth in global emissions2,3 . Some scientists conclude that the discordance between the evidence and lack of response constitutes a broken contract between science and society4 . Others point to powerful vested interests and systemic inertia obstructing significant emissions reduction3,5,6 .
Although scientists are not to blame for the lack of an adequate societal response, it is reasonable to ask what more can be done to accelerate desperately needed change, beyond the further accumulation and communication of evidence”
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O texto é concluído com os parágrafos abaixo:
“By engaging with the subject matter of this article, the authors — and, we hope, our readers — are pushed into difficult territory concerning a fundamental question: are our traditional modes of research and communication failing in the face of the climate crisis and, if so, what can we do about it? An unflinching engagement with this question requires us to move beyond our comfort zone, in ways which might challenge but also energize the position of scientists in society.
In addition to documenting the climate crisis in ever greater detail, we are obliged to consider how we might act in new ways to help bring about a necessary and urgent transformation.
In the meantime, we have long since arrived at the point at which civil disobedience by scientists has become justified.”
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