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1000 scientists stage protests across nations to bring attention to the declining health of the planet. "The scientists of the world have been being ignored. And it’s gotta stop."-Peter Kalmus on climate change

On April 6th, 2022 a group of scientists staged a protest by chaining themselves to the white house's fence. And joining them in this movement were 1000 other scientists across 25 countries across the world.

Photo: AFP / ANDY BUCHANAN

A protest fueled by watching the planet burn, of which scientists have been spreading the word for decades. As a new report comes out, scientists across the world have started a protest to bring awareness to climate change. The report warns about the rapid and deep cuts to gas emissions are necessary nu 2025.

Rose Abramoff, a researcher in biogeochemistry chained herself to the white house fence. "It's not political, to tell the truth," she said during the protest. She and the group who chained themselves to the white house fence were arrested and then released shortly after, and they were back on the protest and got arrested again. 

Abramoff participated in last week’s demonstrations as part of the climate movement “Scientist Rebellion”. An organization of scientists asking for strong actions on climate change through protests.

Over in Los Angeles, Peter Kalmus, a NASA data scientist, with 3 others chained themselves to the JP Morgan Chase building. "We've been trying to warn you guys for so many decades," Kalmus says regarding global warming. “The scientists of the world have been being ignored. And it’s gotta stop. We’re going to lose everything”, he added. “It’s now the eleventh hour and I feel terrified for my kids and terrified for humanity,” he writes in a Guardian op-ed.

“Listen to the scientists,” Amwanika Sharon, a Scientist Rebellion member protesting oil exploration and refinery construction in Uganda, says to Common Dreams’ Jessica Corbett. “Hear the voices of activists. Climate justice now."

"I am not sure this is our last chance, but time is definitely running out," Jordan Cruz, an environmental engineer in Ecuador, writes to the AFP in an email. "I am terrified," he writes. "But it's the kind of fear that motivates action. It is survival". "We are failing in that responsibility. If we say it's an emergency, we have to act like it is." 

"Scientists are particularly powerful messengers, and we have a responsibility to show leadership," Charlie Gardner, a conservation scientist at the University of Kent, tells AFP. "We are failing in that responsibility. If we say it's an emergency, we have to act like it is."

In Los Angeles, four scientists were arrested after handcuffing themselves to the entrance of a Chase bank. In Germany, scientists demonstrated outside the Ministry for Economy and Climate Protection. In England, they protested outside Shell PLC headquarters. They pasted documents to government buildings in Mexico, occupied an oil and gas company’s headquarters in Italy, and threw fake blood onto the facade of the National Congress in Spain.

Photo: Thomas Krych/SOPA Images/LightRocket 

The Scientist rebellion has adopted a slogan of “1.5C is dead. Climate revolution now!”, as the global temperature had risen by more than a degree, and the target to keep it under 1.5C seems impossible by current standards.


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