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> In a late-2022 survey of almost 500 #ClimateScientists worldwide,.. #GlobalWitness found that almost 40% had been targeted with online harassment or abuse in response to their work, and 8% had received death threats. One of them reported, “The death (and rape) threats were extended to my children.”
> #ClimateResearchers are frequently quoted in the press these days, given the onrush of unprecedented #ClimaticEvents, and that brings even more targeting.
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/scientists-pursue-climate-activism
#StanCox

> Last month, 29 of the world’s prominent scientists published a paper in the journal Science Advances showing conclusively that given the worsening of #ClimateChange, #BiodiversityLoss, and five other #GlobalEmergencies generated by #ndustrialSociety, “Earth is now well outside of the #SafeOperatingSpace for humanity.”...
And the world’s rich nations pretend nevertheless that everything is just fine.
https://factkeepers.com/the-scientist-rebellion-pursuing-climate-activism-despite-threats-of-violence-and-death/
#GoodScientists #SLO #ScientistRebellion #StanCox
/HT @OccuWorld