In a joint declaration, climate scientists, physicists, biologists, engineers and others from at least 20 countries broke with the caution traditionally associated with academia to side with peaceful protesters courting arrest from Amsterdam to Melbourne. The declaration was coordinated by a group of scientists who support Extinction Rebellion, a civil disobedience campaign that formed in Britain a year ago and has since sparked offshoots in dozens of countries. The group has electrified supporters who said they had despaired at the failure of conventional campaigning to spur action. It hopes the scientists' support for the urgency of its message and its embrace of civil disobedience will bolster its legitimacy and draw more volunteers. The group said more than half the signatories of the declaration are experts in the fields of climate science and the loss of wildlife.

Source: bd News24 October 13, 2019 01:52 UTC