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Civil disobedience by scientists helps press for urgent climate action

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Time is short to secure a liveable and sustainable future; yet, inaction from governments, industry and civil society is setting the course for 3.2 °C of warming, with all the cascading and catastrophic consequences that this implies. In this context, when does civil disobedience by scientists become justified?

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  1. Centre for Climate Change and Social Transformations, School of Psychology, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK

    Stuart Capstick

  2. Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, School of Psychology, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK

    Stuart Capstick, Emily Cox & Steve Westlake

  3. School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK

    Aaron Thierry

  4. School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK

    Emily Cox

  5. School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK

    Oscar Berglund

  6. Institute of Geography and Sustainability, Université de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

    Julia K. Steinberger

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All authors have participated in, and offered support to, groups carrying out civil disobedience to press for climate action.

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Capstick, S., Thierry, A., Cox, E. et al. Civil disobedience by scientists helps press for urgent climate action. Nat. Clim. Chang. 12, 773–774 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-022-01461-y

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