Scientist Rebellion Germany

„Ich hab' nie was mit Aktivismus zu tun gehabt. Weil ich charakterlich dachte, das sei nichts für mich. Ich bin in die Grundlagenforschung gegangen, weil ich dachte, auch da erfülle ich einen wichtigen Teil für die Gesellschaft.“
— Dr. Nana-Maria Grüning, Biologin

#DasGewichtDerWelt
Ab 7.5. im Kino

#DasGewichtDerWelt

Ein Porträt dreier Akteure aus den Wissenschaften, die sehen, dass ihre Forschung nicht mehr reicht.

Ab 7.5. im Kino.

Previews ab 26.4. in Bonn, Köln, Mainz, Potsdam, Berlin, Hamburg.

Hier nun ein längerer Film-Teaser.
Auch zum Teilen auf YouTube:
▶️ youtube.com/shorts/3_JNH...

Distribution of daily global average surface air temperature anomalies (°C) relative to 1991–2020 for each year from 1940 to 2025. Selected important climate events have been annotated. Visualisation inspired by the work of Erwan Rivault (BBC). Data source: ERA5. Credit: European Union, C3S/ECMWF.

Das Bild sagt (wie immer) mehr als tausend Worte.

www.copernicus.eu/en/news/news...

Revealed: 10 new insights in climate science Each year, the world’s leading climate scientists evaluate the most critical evidence on how our planet is changing. Their assessments draw heavily on data from Earth-observing satellites – and the la...

”The planet’s energy balance is drifting further out of alignment, ocean warming is now accelerating, and the land’s capacity to absorb carbon is declining, along with other troubling trends.”

#ClimateHeating

www.esa.int/Applications...

Mapping tipping risks from Antarctic ice basins under global warming - Nature Climate Change Climate change threatens the future of the Antarctic Ice Sheet. Here the authors show that individual drainage basins have different thresholds and loss patterns, suggesting the need to consider the d...

⚠️"A first threshold, potentially as low as 1–2 °C above pre-industrial levels, triggers the long-term collapse of ~40% of marine ice volume in West Antarctica"

I.e. The Paris Agreement target locks in approximately 2.1 metres sea-level equivalent from WAIS alone.

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Sharepic zu einem Filmgespräch zum Dokumentarfilm "Das Gewicht der Welt" am 27. April 2026 im CAPITOL Arthouse Kino Mainz.

#DasGewichtDerWelt

Kino-Tourstart in Mainz
27. April, 17:45 Uhr
CAPITOL Arthouse Kino

Film und Gespräch mit Regie & Akteuren
Moderiert von Sara Schurmann

Tickets ab jetzt hier:
www.arthouse-mainz.de/filme/filmge...

Freitickets für Studierende via Mainzer Zukunftsmodul:
zukunft.uni-mainz.de/kino/

DAS GEWICHT DER WELT – Dokumentarfilm über Wissenschaft und Verantwortung in Zeiten der Klimakrise. Kinostart Mai 2026

@greenpeace.nl occupied Lelystad Airport which, after a lot of delays, could be opened next year 🤯

There's no place for new airports in a climate crisis. We need to draw a red line: stop airport expansion, reduce air traffic now!

#RedLinesForAirports

Recent talk recorded with slides.

Available at: climateuncensored.com/a-velvet-or-...

The presentation builds on and expands my short contribution to last November’s National Emergency Briefing. climateuncensored.com/national-eme...

Duration: 50-minute talk followed by a 30-minute Q&A.

The Dragons of Inaction 👉🏼

Trifft es eine, trifft es alle? Herausforderungen und Perspektiven von Debanking-Praktiken in Europa - etos.media Kurz nachdem die US-Regierung „Antifa Ost“ als Terrororganisation eingestuft hatte, kündigten im Dezember 2025 mehrere Banken, darunter die GLS Bank, der Roten Hilfe, der DKP und dem Anarchist Black C...

Mehr Infos: etosmedia.de/politik/trif...

Mahnwache für ein Verbot willkürlicher Kontokündigungen | laut-werden.de - Aus Interesse am Zeitgeschehen Das „Debanking” genannte Verhalten von Privatbanken, bei dem unter Anderem juristischen Körperschaften willkürlich und womöglich aus…

#DebankingStoppen! Am Freitag hat Scientist Rebellion dagegen protestiert, dass NGOs aus politischen Gründen die Konten gekündigt werden – zuletzt geschehen im Fall der Roten Hilfe durch die GLS Bank aus Angst vor den USA. Debanking bedroht die gesamte Zivilgesellschaft 👉 lautwerden.de/v/XGwpTFiCvvK

Workshop: From Publication to Public Action: X Scientists as Activists in a World in Crisis speakers: Anne Baillot at 11:30 - 13:00 in S.UA6 - Workshop Room I think I can speak for all the participants of the winter school when I write the following: We work in fields where it is impossible not to be aware of the extent of the polycrisis, and appalled at how slowly academic structures move towards sustainability. We find ourselves in a situation of profound contradiction, as our research keeps proving that the way we act, and this includes the context in which we conduct our research and teaching, is not compatible with a livable future. And even if we try our best: all institutional victories, while demanding a lot of energy and effort, remain marginal in the big picture. In this session, I propose to discuss concretely how to address this contradiction. In a short presentation, I will give an input on sufficiency approaches and on civil disobedience options. We will then split into 3 to 5 groups for 40 minutes, discussing prospective scenarios for higher education and research, and proposing concrete steps to address them (identification of leverages, actors, measures, implementation steps). I will suggest scenarios based on the discussions of the first days of the winter school, the participants will have the possibility to contribute to defining them as well. When reconvening, each group will be given the opportunity to present findings as well as blockers. The goal of this collaborative session is to empower the participants to identify potential allies and targets in their respective contexts. I will then show how these action points can be supported by existing organisations and structures that bring an activist experience and emotional resilience we are lacking in the academic context.

Does our scientific and moral responsibility extend beyond writing papers? How can we, as scientists, best react to our warnings being ignored?

Such questions will be discussed in a workshop by Anne Baillot from Scientist Rebellion, tomorrow at SustainableICT Winter School in Brussels:

large group of protesters in Davos

✊ We protested by carrying scientific papers showing how high-income groups disproportionately contribute to climate breakdown or how heatwaves can be attributed to major fossil companies.

The StrikeWEF hikers presented an alternative theme to the neoliberal WEF, one of solidarity and equity.

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Scientist Rebellion member with "Entmilliardärisieren" flag in front of the "USA house"

⚠️The WEF runs a greenwashing agenda, trying to present itself as concerned with sustainability. The huge presence of oil & gas producing countries like Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the UAE as well as major financiers of fossil fuel extraction like Citi, Bank of America or UBS show its true nature.

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Protesters with Scientist Rebellion logo on their backpacks

Protest hike to the World Economic Forum in Davos

❓ The WEF is a yearly gathering of political and business elites pursuing an agenda of unconstraint economic growth, irrespective of the fact that a number of planetary boundaries have already been breached, and mostly benefiting billionaires.

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High-income groups disproportionately contribute to climate extremes worldwide - Nature Climate Change While climate injustice is widely recognized, a quantification of how emissions inequality translates into unequal accountability is still lacking. Here researchers examine how affluent groups disprop...

"Climate injustice persists as those least responsible often bear the greatest impacts, both between and within countries."
While billionaires get richer, billions suffer, and many millions will likely lose their lives.
WE ✊ NEED ✊ TO ✊ FIGHT ✊ THIS

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Half of world’s CO2 emissions come from just 32 fossil fuel firms, study shows Critics accuse leading firms of sabotaging climate action but say data increasingly being used to hold them to account

"Data was increasingly being used to hold the companies accountable"
Yet, data alone will not stop this madness. Political pressure will – driven by protests, campaigns, or civil disobedience.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Half of world’s CO2 emissions come from just 32 fossil fuel firms, study shows Critics accuse leading firms of sabotaging climate action but say data increasingly being used to hold them to account

"Data was increasingly being used to hold the companies accountable"
Yet, data alone will not stop this madness. Political pressure will – driven by protests, campaigns, or civil disobedience.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

‘Shattered’: US scientists speak out about how Trump policies disrupted their careers Researchers lay bare the human toll of lay-offs, funding cuts and attacks on science one year after the president’s return to the White House.

This is so grim. Science isn’t just something nerds do, but the foundation of the modern world. What the Trump regime has done to US science will harm Americans for generations.

Allianz profitiert vom Völkermord in Gaza und der Zerstörung der Erde durch Investitionen in Rüstungsunternehmen. Mehr Infos hier: keineallianzmitvoelkermord.org

Hier das Statement von Lorenzo von Scientist Rebellion:

Aktivisti von Scientist Rebellion halten ein Banner mit "Eure Versicherung tötet" vor dem Allianz-Gebäude in Berlin

Aktivisti vor dem Allianz-Gebäude in Berlin

Für Klimagerechtigkeit und Gerechtigkeit weltweit: Zusammen mit dem Bündnis "Keine Allianz mit Völkermord" haben Aktivisti von Scientist Rebellion am Freitag vor dem Standort der Allianz in Berlin protestiert.

"The EU claims to be committed to the 1.5 °C target in the Paris Agreement. However, even with the lowest emission pathway, the EU is committing to 1.65 degrees, and that could even rise to 1.8 °C".

www.scientistrebellion.nl/index.php/en...

"It’s far from unreasonable to expect scientists and the academic community to act in line with their own knowledge and warnings, and I think it’s fair to say that (like most other parts of society) academia isn’t responding robustly to a world that’s literally and metaphorically on fire."

This year has been brutal for the #climate movement.

Rollbacks, repression, & outright denial, especially in the US, have made progress feel fragile & uneven.

Which is exactly why it matters to pause & look back at what did move forward in 2025.

Here are 12 real wins 🏆, one for each month 🧵⬇️

Harmful tipping points in the natural world threaten humanity by disrupting life support systems and societal stability. The effects of tipping points will be transmitted and amplified throughout our globalised world. To mitigate these risks, we should focus on positive tipping points—opportunities where beneficial changes become self-sustaining. History shows rapid societal shifts are possible.

THE PATH HUMANITY TAKES NOW MATTERS ENORMOUSLY
Earth system tipping points pose profound risks to national security, food security, health and wellbeing. #TippingPoints
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Die aus meiner Sicht problematische strafrechtliche Behandlung der Aktivist:innen der „Letzten Generation“ sehe ich als Belastung für die Gewaltenteilung.

Der Eindruck politischer Einflussnahme auf die Justiz drängt sich für mich auf – auch wenn dieser nicht belegbar ist.

Skisport - Schneemangel stellt Olympische Spiele vor Probleme Eineinhalb Monate vor den Olympischen Winterspielen in Italien verursacht der Schneemangel Probleme.

Schneemangel stellt Olympische Spiele vor Probleme

"Die Probleme seien unerklärlich."

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C'mon US climate scientists, I think you can do better than this

Where are the rest of you?

As the saying goes, *collective* action gets the goods

Gruppenbild von Aktivist:innen am Berliner Hauptbahnhof

... the European night train network faces shortages (like the Paris-Berlin night train), and remains at comparatively high prices. Affordable, comprehensive night train connections should be an essential basic service.

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