Scientists for XR
@scientistsforxr.earth
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/
We are predominantly UK-based.
https://www.scientistsforxr.earth/
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@scientistsforxr.earth
· Mar 20
‘I firmly believe that bad things occur when good people remain silent. I hope this collection of essays will serve as a catalyst for widespread, vocal and informed action from scientists of all disciplines and backgrounds’
Kevin Anderson
#ScientistsOnSurvival
Buy your copy now 🔗 xrb.link/q0XP4C
Kevin Anderson
#ScientistsOnSurvival
Buy your copy now 🔗 xrb.link/q0XP4C
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"The Hague’s fossil-fuel advertising ban is more than a policy- it’s a signal. By rejecting the normalization of fossil fuel promotion, the decision to implement a ban locally can challenge entrenched norms globally... FF advertising bans present a compelling opportunity for governments to act"
Local fossil fuel ad ban as a catalyst for global change - Nature Climate Change
The Hague in the Netherlands was the first city in the world to enact a law prohibiting advertisements for fossil fuel products and services. Although the ban is restricted to The Hague’s jurisdiction...
www.nature.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:52 AM
"The Hague’s fossil-fuel advertising ban is more than a policy- it’s a signal. By rejecting the normalization of fossil fuel promotion, the decision to implement a ban locally can challenge entrenched norms globally... FF advertising bans present a compelling opportunity for governments to act"
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There are 10 screenings of my film 'Fires and Fascism' coming up around the UK in November:
9 Nov - Derby
11 Nov - Southampton
13 Nov - Stirling
17 Nov - Wivenhoe
18 Nov - Manningtree
19 Nov - Norwich
20 Nov - Portsmouth
21 Nov - Didcot
23 Nov - Stroud
25 Nov - Stoke
Details in next 10 posts...
9 Nov - Derby
11 Nov - Southampton
13 Nov - Stirling
17 Nov - Wivenhoe
18 Nov - Manningtree
19 Nov - Norwich
20 Nov - Portsmouth
21 Nov - Didcot
23 Nov - Stroud
25 Nov - Stoke
Details in next 10 posts...
November 7, 2025 at 12:50 PM
There are 10 screenings of my film 'Fires and Fascism' coming up around the UK in November:
9 Nov - Derby
11 Nov - Southampton
13 Nov - Stirling
17 Nov - Wivenhoe
18 Nov - Manningtree
19 Nov - Norwich
20 Nov - Portsmouth
21 Nov - Didcot
23 Nov - Stroud
25 Nov - Stoke
Details in next 10 posts...
9 Nov - Derby
11 Nov - Southampton
13 Nov - Stirling
17 Nov - Wivenhoe
18 Nov - Manningtree
19 Nov - Norwich
20 Nov - Portsmouth
21 Nov - Didcot
23 Nov - Stroud
25 Nov - Stoke
Details in next 10 posts...
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International law is starting to reflect a growing global consensus on the need to recognise the climate effects of armed conflicts.
How wars ravage the environment – and what international law is doing about it
International law is starting to reflect a growing global consensus on the need to recognise the climate effects of armed conflicts.
tcnv.link
November 5, 2025 at 7:12 AM
International law is starting to reflect a growing global consensus on the need to recognise the climate effects of armed conflicts.
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I've finally got around to curating a selection of films about the #climate crisis 🎥
There's lot of mediocre climate films out there, but for me these stand out head & shoulders above the rest 🎞️
They make excellent resources for classrooms, lecture halls, or community cinema's 🎬
Thread:🧵Plz RT
There's lot of mediocre climate films out there, but for me these stand out head & shoulders above the rest 🎞️
They make excellent resources for classrooms, lecture halls, or community cinema's 🎬
Thread:🧵Plz RT
November 1, 2025 at 10:17 AM
I've finally got around to curating a selection of films about the #climate crisis 🎥
There's lot of mediocre climate films out there, but for me these stand out head & shoulders above the rest 🎞️
They make excellent resources for classrooms, lecture halls, or community cinema's 🎬
Thread:🧵Plz RT
There's lot of mediocre climate films out there, but for me these stand out head & shoulders above the rest 🎞️
They make excellent resources for classrooms, lecture halls, or community cinema's 🎬
Thread:🧵Plz RT
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The amazing research article "The 2025 state of the climate report: a planet on the brink" isn't getting enough notice, so I made a little video with the summary of key findings from the paper.
If it's too fast at times, just pause and read.
academic.oup.com/bioscience/a...
If it's too fast at times, just pause and read.
academic.oup.com/bioscience/a...
October 30, 2025 at 7:59 PM
The amazing research article "The 2025 state of the climate report: a planet on the brink" isn't getting enough notice, so I made a little video with the summary of key findings from the paper.
If it's too fast at times, just pause and read.
academic.oup.com/bioscience/a...
If it's too fast at times, just pause and read.
academic.oup.com/bioscience/a...
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We have ****ed the climate. Dressing this up as temporary overshoot is indefensible. But this does not mean we are doomed, & it certainly doesn't mean there is no point in trying to turn off the fossil fuel spigot. It's time to get real with climate risks.
www.technosphere.earth/derailment-w...
www.technosphere.earth/derailment-w...
Derailment warning as world faces threats to its ability to act on climate change
We may have seriously underestimated the risks of climate change. This includes derailment risks. This does not mean we are doomed, and it certainly does not mean there is no point in trying to turn o...
www.technosphere.earth
October 31, 2025 at 8:23 AM
We have ****ed the climate. Dressing this up as temporary overshoot is indefensible. But this does not mean we are doomed, & it certainly doesn't mean there is no point in trying to turn off the fossil fuel spigot. It's time to get real with climate risks.
www.technosphere.earth/derailment-w...
www.technosphere.earth/derailment-w...
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Do you think your MP is aware of the full implications of the climate crisis, across health, national security, food security and our economy?
Ask them to attend the first National Emergency Briefing on 27 Nov: www.nebriefing.org
Ask them to attend the first National Emergency Briefing on 27 Nov: www.nebriefing.org
October 24, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Do you think your MP is aware of the full implications of the climate crisis, across health, national security, food security and our economy?
Ask them to attend the first National Emergency Briefing on 27 Nov: www.nebriefing.org
Ask them to attend the first National Emergency Briefing on 27 Nov: www.nebriefing.org
Biofuels were meant to reduce emissions — but recent evidence shows they’re doing the opposite.
New data suggest that crop-based biofuels are worsening CO₂ emissions globally. 🧵1/3
New data suggest that crop-based biofuels are worsening CO₂ emissions globally. 🧵1/3
October 24, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Biofuels were meant to reduce emissions — but recent evidence shows they’re doing the opposite.
New data suggest that crop-based biofuels are worsening CO₂ emissions globally. 🧵1/3
New data suggest that crop-based biofuels are worsening CO₂ emissions globally. 🧵1/3
Activist-Academic Panel Discussion
For those who “juggle their role as a student/academic with organising and influencing policy.”
Wed 29 Oct, 18:30-20:30
Newnham College, Cambridge
£ Free
www.tickettailor.com/events/newnh...
@universitypress.cambridge.org
For those who “juggle their role as a student/academic with organising and influencing policy.”
Wed 29 Oct, 18:30-20:30
Newnham College, Cambridge
£ Free
www.tickettailor.com/events/newnh...
@universitypress.cambridge.org
Tickets for Activist-academic panel – Activist-Academic Panel – Sidgwick Hall, Newnham College
Activist-Academic Panel – Sidgwick Hall, Newnham College, Wed 29 Oct 2025 - 💚Get excited for our Activist-academic Panel, featuring five incredible panellists including students and academics who are ...
www.tickettailor.com
October 23, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Activist-Academic Panel Discussion
For those who “juggle their role as a student/academic with organising and influencing policy.”
Wed 29 Oct, 18:30-20:30
Newnham College, Cambridge
£ Free
www.tickettailor.com/events/newnh...
@universitypress.cambridge.org
For those who “juggle their role as a student/academic with organising and influencing policy.”
Wed 29 Oct, 18:30-20:30
Newnham College, Cambridge
£ Free
www.tickettailor.com/events/newnh...
@universitypress.cambridge.org
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📢 OUT NOW: Global Tipping Points Report 2025
In this new report, we provide a check on the status of critical Earth system #TippingPoints and opportunities in #PositiveTippingPoints across sectors.
➡️ Full report: global-tipping-points.org
#GTPR2025 #COP30 @exeter.ac.uk @pik-potsdam.bsky.social
In this new report, we provide a check on the status of critical Earth system #TippingPoints and opportunities in #PositiveTippingPoints across sectors.
➡️ Full report: global-tipping-points.org
#GTPR2025 #COP30 @exeter.ac.uk @pik-potsdam.bsky.social
Global Tipping Points | understanding risks & their potential impact
Harmful tipping points in the natural world threaten humanity by disrupting life support systems and societal stability.
global-tipping-points.org
October 13, 2025 at 8:14 AM
📢 OUT NOW: Global Tipping Points Report 2025
In this new report, we provide a check on the status of critical Earth system #TippingPoints and opportunities in #PositiveTippingPoints across sectors.
➡️ Full report: global-tipping-points.org
#GTPR2025 #COP30 @exeter.ac.uk @pik-potsdam.bsky.social
In this new report, we provide a check on the status of critical Earth system #TippingPoints and opportunities in #PositiveTippingPoints across sectors.
➡️ Full report: global-tipping-points.org
#GTPR2025 #COP30 @exeter.ac.uk @pik-potsdam.bsky.social
Quick reminder to tune in at 7pm GMT *tonight* to hear Prof Jeff Waage OBE discuss his actions as part of Scientists for Extinction Rebellion.
Talk online:
“This challenge needs a new approach!”
from Prof Jeff Waage
Mon 13th Oct 7pm GMT
After 40 years of work in agriculture and advising gov, Jeff joined @extinctionrebellion.uk in 2019.
Jeff will talk about his experiences and future direction.
Q&A
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
“This challenge needs a new approach!”
from Prof Jeff Waage
Mon 13th Oct 7pm GMT
After 40 years of work in agriculture and advising gov, Jeff joined @extinctionrebellion.uk in 2019.
Jeff will talk about his experiences and future direction.
Q&A
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
October 13, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Quick reminder to tune in at 7pm GMT *tonight* to hear Prof Jeff Waage OBE discuss his actions as part of Scientists for Extinction Rebellion.
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“Only with a combination of decisive policy & civil society action can the world tip its trajectory from facing existential Earth system tipping point risks to seizing positive tipping point opportunities.” - Prof. Tim Lenton, @gsiexeter.bsky.social
#ClimateEmergency
#ClimateEmergency
‘New reality’ as world reaches first climate tipping point
Widespread mortality of warm-water coral reefs under way, as world reaches first tipping point With global warming set to breach 1.5°C, world dangerously close to further catastrophic tipping points T...
news.exeter.ac.uk
October 13, 2025 at 2:32 AM
“Only with a combination of decisive policy & civil society action can the world tip its trajectory from facing existential Earth system tipping point risks to seizing positive tipping point opportunities.” - Prof. Tim Lenton, @gsiexeter.bsky.social
#ClimateEmergency
#ClimateEmergency
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It's the 'Scientists Responsibility Summit' today.
Here's a live thread with some take aways from each talk... 🧵
Here's a live thread with some take aways from each talk... 🧵
Tomorrow: Scientists Responsibility Summit!
What is the appropriate stance of scientists in the polycrisis? Let's develop practical paths for a transformative role of academia.
🏛️Attend in-person at HU Berlin: blogs.fu-berlin.de/scientistsre...
💻 Streaming (Webex): tinyurl.com/nh5kpt4e
What is the appropriate stance of scientists in the polycrisis? Let's develop practical paths for a transformative role of academia.
🏛️Attend in-person at HU Berlin: blogs.fu-berlin.de/scientistsre...
💻 Streaming (Webex): tinyurl.com/nh5kpt4e
October 11, 2025 at 8:56 AM
It's the 'Scientists Responsibility Summit' today.
Here's a live thread with some take aways from each talk... 🧵
Here's a live thread with some take aways from each talk... 🧵
Talk online:
“This challenge needs a new approach!”
from Prof Jeff Waage
Mon 13th Oct 7pm GMT
After 40 years of work in agriculture and advising gov, Jeff joined @extinctionrebellion.uk in 2019.
Jeff will talk about his experiences and future direction.
Q&A
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
“This challenge needs a new approach!”
from Prof Jeff Waage
Mon 13th Oct 7pm GMT
After 40 years of work in agriculture and advising gov, Jeff joined @extinctionrebellion.uk in 2019.
Jeff will talk about his experiences and future direction.
Q&A
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
October 10, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Talk online:
“This challenge needs a new approach!”
from Prof Jeff Waage
Mon 13th Oct 7pm GMT
After 40 years of work in agriculture and advising gov, Jeff joined @extinctionrebellion.uk in 2019.
Jeff will talk about his experiences and future direction.
Q&A
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
“This challenge needs a new approach!”
from Prof Jeff Waage
Mon 13th Oct 7pm GMT
After 40 years of work in agriculture and advising gov, Jeff joined @extinctionrebellion.uk in 2019.
Jeff will talk about his experiences and future direction.
Q&A
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Has anyone else been dealing with some serious headline whiplash recently?
Even for those of us who follow #climate and #energy matters closely, it can be hard to know what the hell is going on!
So here's a thread to help climate communicators get a grip on how to deal with this 🧵
Even for those of us who follow #climate and #energy matters closely, it can be hard to know what the hell is going on!
So here's a thread to help climate communicators get a grip on how to deal with this 🧵
October 6, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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#ClimateResistance at Labour party conference in #Bristol this week
@climateactiontracker.org @climatemajority.bsky.social @climaterealityproject.org @climate.noaa.gov @metoffice.gov.uk @xrstories.bsky.social @scientistsforxr.earth @foeus.bsky.social @greenpeace.eu @greenpeaceusa.bsky.social
@climateactiontracker.org @climatemajority.bsky.social @climaterealityproject.org @climate.noaa.gov @metoffice.gov.uk @xrstories.bsky.social @scientistsforxr.earth @foeus.bsky.social @greenpeace.eu @greenpeaceusa.bsky.social
September 30, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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Feeling like the discourse around around #climate change is broken?
Tune in to this exciting new #podcast documentary, in which @laurielaybourn.bsky.social sets out a new story to make sense of our current moment.
A narrative that can help us nativigate the storm ahead ⛈️
Tune in to this exciting new #podcast documentary, in which @laurielaybourn.bsky.social sets out a new story to make sense of our current moment.
A narrative that can help us nativigate the storm ahead ⛈️
Overshoot Episode 1: Uncharted Territory
If the world didn’t win, has it lost?
We meet the underdog diplomats who helped the world set the 1.5°C goal, and the champion sailors who can help us set a course for navigating what comes next
Listen to episode one now: open.spotify.com/episode/1bJl...
If the world didn’t win, has it lost?
We meet the underdog diplomats who helped the world set the 1.5°C goal, and the champion sailors who can help us set a course for navigating what comes next
Listen to episode one now: open.spotify.com/episode/1bJl...
PART 1: Uncharted Territory
open.spotify.com
October 6, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Feeling like the discourse around around #climate change is broken?
Tune in to this exciting new #podcast documentary, in which @laurielaybourn.bsky.social sets out a new story to make sense of our current moment.
A narrative that can help us nativigate the storm ahead ⛈️
Tune in to this exciting new #podcast documentary, in which @laurielaybourn.bsky.social sets out a new story to make sense of our current moment.
A narrative that can help us nativigate the storm ahead ⛈️
Silencing scientists who sound the alarm won’t stop glaciers from melting, droughts from deepening, or crops from failing. That’s not controversial: it’s physics.
October 6, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Silencing scientists who sound the alarm won’t stop glaciers from melting, droughts from deepening, or crops from failing. That’s not controversial: it’s physics.
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"Who is willing to join forces to drag the Overton Window out of the grip of the self-destructive cult of fossil-fuelled lunatics and into the centre of a compassionate, fairer, more reasoned world?" My latest at Technosphere Earth.
www.technosphere.earth/roaming-deat...
www.technosphere.earth/roaming-deat...
Roaming death squads or climate justice - the future will be what we make it
If in 2020 you had said that by 2025 masked agents would be kidnapping thousands of people off US streets, disappearing them into an incarceration system, and then deporting them to countries in Afric...
www.technosphere.earth
September 26, 2025 at 6:27 AM
"Who is willing to join forces to drag the Overton Window out of the grip of the self-destructive cult of fossil-fuelled lunatics and into the centre of a compassionate, fairer, more reasoned world?" My latest at Technosphere Earth.
www.technosphere.earth/roaming-deat...
www.technosphere.earth/roaming-deat...
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BREAKING 🌍🌡📈
The German Meteorological Society and Physical Society warn today that 3°C of global warming could be reached already by 2050!
Global warming is accelerating - A call for decisive action
1/8
The German Meteorological Society and Physical Society warn today that 3°C of global warming could be reached already by 2050!
Global warming is accelerating - A call for decisive action
1/8
September 25, 2025 at 2:57 PM
BREAKING 🌍🌡📈
The German Meteorological Society and Physical Society warn today that 3°C of global warming could be reached already by 2050!
Global warming is accelerating - A call for decisive action
1/8
The German Meteorological Society and Physical Society warn today that 3°C of global warming could be reached already by 2050!
Global warming is accelerating - A call for decisive action
1/8
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The summer is over - and for about 16,600 people across 854 European cities that doesn't mean autumn comes, but death. People who would still be alive if it wasn't for our burning of fossil fuels. - New study with @lshtm.bsky.social www.imperial.ac.uk/grantham/pub...
September 17, 2025 at 10:09 AM
The summer is over - and for about 16,600 people across 854 European cities that doesn't mean autumn comes, but death. People who would still be alive if it wasn't for our burning of fossil fuels. - New study with @lshtm.bsky.social www.imperial.ac.uk/grantham/pub...
TONIGHT:
Q&A with three of the authors of Scientists On Survival at @thecommonpress.bsky.social in Shoreditch, London, 7pm
@omarabooks.bsky.social
Q&A with three of the authors of Scientists On Survival at @thecommonpress.bsky.social in Shoreditch, London, 7pm
@omarabooks.bsky.social
September 17, 2025 at 3:06 PM
TONIGHT:
Q&A with three of the authors of Scientists On Survival at @thecommonpress.bsky.social in Shoreditch, London, 7pm
@omarabooks.bsky.social
Q&A with three of the authors of Scientists On Survival at @thecommonpress.bsky.social in Shoreditch, London, 7pm
@omarabooks.bsky.social
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Tonight, London. @prideinstem.bsky.social
New date Q&A for our book Scientists on Survival
Theme:
“Taking action as an LGBTQ+ scientist”
London
The Common Press @thecommonpress.bsky.social
Weds 17th September
19:00
118 Bethnal Green Road, E2 6DG
More details: www.outsavvy.com/event/28776/...
@omarabooks.bsky.social
Theme:
“Taking action as an LGBTQ+ scientist”
London
The Common Press @thecommonpress.bsky.social
Weds 17th September
19:00
118 Bethnal Green Road, E2 6DG
More details: www.outsavvy.com/event/28776/...
@omarabooks.bsky.social
September 17, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Tonight, London. @prideinstem.bsky.social
New date Q&A for our book Scientists on Survival
Theme:
“Taking action as an LGBTQ+ scientist”
London
The Common Press @thecommonpress.bsky.social
Weds 17th September
19:00
118 Bethnal Green Road, E2 6DG
More details: www.outsavvy.com/event/28776/...
@omarabooks.bsky.social
Theme:
“Taking action as an LGBTQ+ scientist”
London
The Common Press @thecommonpress.bsky.social
Weds 17th September
19:00
118 Bethnal Green Road, E2 6DG
More details: www.outsavvy.com/event/28776/...
@omarabooks.bsky.social
September 12, 2025 at 11:44 AM
New date Q&A for our book Scientists on Survival
Theme:
“Taking action as an LGBTQ+ scientist”
London
The Common Press @thecommonpress.bsky.social
Weds 17th September
19:00
118 Bethnal Green Road, E2 6DG
More details: www.outsavvy.com/event/28776/...
@omarabooks.bsky.social
Theme:
“Taking action as an LGBTQ+ scientist”
London
The Common Press @thecommonpress.bsky.social
Weds 17th September
19:00
118 Bethnal Green Road, E2 6DG
More details: www.outsavvy.com/event/28776/...
@omarabooks.bsky.social
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As the world rapidly heads into #climate #overshoot I've noticed a disturbing pattern in journal articles recently.
I'll summarize it quickly in this thread 🧵
I'll summarize it quickly in this thread 🧵
September 10, 2025 at 9:22 AM
As the world rapidly heads into #climate #overshoot I've noticed a disturbing pattern in journal articles recently.
I'll summarize it quickly in this thread 🧵
I'll summarize it quickly in this thread 🧵