Scientists for XR

@scientistsforxr.earth

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We are scientists who agree with Extinction Rebellion that it is time to take direct action to confront catastrophic climate and ecological breakdown. We are predominantly UK-based. https://www.scientistsforxr.earth/

Poster with same details
Mark Rylance speaking
Zack Polanski asks question
Panel discussion
Deborah Meade’s asks question
Panel discussion
Panel discussion
Over 100 people raising hands
Tessa Khan speaks to audience
Nathalie Seddon speaks to the audience
Angela Francis speaks to MPs
Speaks to audience
Web of impacts on health from climate
Prof Paul Behrens speak to audience
Tim Lenton speaks to the audience
Paul Behrens speaks to an audience
Prof Tim Lenton speaks to the audience
Hayley Fowler speaks to an audience
Kevin Anderson speaking to the audience
Tessa Khan speaking to the crowd
Tim Berners-Lee speaking to the audience
Chris Packham speaking to the audience
Letter from Helena Dollimore MP
London, UK. 4 September, 2023. Professor Jeff Waage OBE joins scientists concerned by global heating in a protest outside Parliament demanding government 'listens to the science' and issues no new licences for fossil fuel extraction as MPs return from the summer recess. Credit: Ron Fassbender/Alamy Live News
Blackboard showing the details of the event as described in the post
Poster to advertise the event
Banksy artwork of a judge clobbering a protestor with his gavel
Photo of 50 scientists at parliament
Same details of the event given in the post
Headline: Scientists occupy Bank of England in climate action
Interview with a scientist. Credit Denise Laura Baker
PRA delays and dilutes new capital regime for banks Published: 12th September 2024
Report front page 'Planetary Solvency - finding our balance with nature' from Jan 2025
Front page of report 'Climate scorpion - the sting is in the tail' from March 2024
Interview with one of the scientists. Filmed by Denise Laura Baker
Screenshot of UCL's paper 'no new fossil fuel projects: the norm we need' published in Science in May 2024
PRA logo
From the action. Photo credit Denise Laura Baker
Photo of book page with the text (slightly expanded)
Photo of page with the same text
Cover of the book
Richard Tice being a tw*t again
Richard Tice being a tw*t
Chart showing global average sea level rise (SLR), annually since 1880. Data source: Climate Change Indicators: Sea Level / Figure 1. Absolute Sea Level Change. EPA.gov. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Author: RCraig09, CC BY-SA 4.0
Screenshot from https://www.businessforplasticstreaty.org/ saying: Business Coalition for a Global Plastics Treaty brings together businesses and financial institutions committed to supporting the development of an ambitious, effective and legally binding UN treaty to end plastic pollution. The coalition is convened by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation and WWF, in collaboration with aligned businesses and supported by strategic NGO partners.
Pie chart showing figures from post. From https://plasticseurope.org/knowledge-hub/plastics-the-fast-facts-2024/
Plastic coated fertiliser
Half of plastic waste will still be landfilled and almost one-fifth mismanaged in 2040. Global end-of-life fates for plastic waste, in million tonnes (Mt), in 2020-2040 (left-hand panel), and by region, as a share of total waste (top right-hand panel) and in Mt (bottom right-hand panel) in 2040. From: https://www.oecd.org/en/publications/policy-scenarios-for-eliminating-plastic-pollution-by-2040_76400890-en.html
Short-lived applications are the major contributor to plastic waste generation. Shares of various applications in total plastic waste (and relative average lifespans), in 2040 From: OECD Policy Scenarios for Eliminating Plastic Pollution by 2040: https://www.oecd.org/en/publications/policy-scenarios-for-eliminating-plastic-pollution-by-2040_76400890-en.html
Plastics use will grow fastest in developing and emerging economies in Africa and Asia, from https://www.oecd.org/en/publications/global-plastics-outlook_aa1edf33-en/full-report.html
Trump reversed 100 environmental rules by 2020, mostly around air pollution and emissions
Coca Cola is the top global corporate plastic polluter of 2023
The petrochemical historical bloc: Exposing the extent and depth of opposition to a high ambition plastics treaty
Huge fire caught by drone footage
Leaders of far right parties in front of their flags
Jordan Bardella, chairman of Patriots for Europe
Patriots for Europe
Far-right climate delayers to lead Parliament talks on EU’s 2040 target
Activist scientists and Chris Packham outside Defra, London, Sept 2023. Photograph by Sennen Powell.