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Who are we?
Scientist Rebellion is an international movement of scientists and academics who are deeply concerned about the climate and ecological crisis and who believe that civil disobedience by scientists can help to push for urgent climate action. Read more here.
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Knowledge centre
In the Knowledge Centre we regularly publish articles and blogs by scientists affiliated with SR. These articles and blogs shed light on the climate crisis from the perspective of various disciplines. You can subscribe to receive regular updates. The form can be found here.
Medicines for youth’s eco-anxiety
Young people worry about the climate – we know that. But what does education do about those concerns? International research shows: too little. And that can be done differently –...
How Shell became deeply entrenched in academia
Shell’s influence on the energy transition also extends to the lecture hall. The oil giant is helping to shape the language, tone and direction of the energy transition. This is...
Miracle Cure: Carbon removal and storage
Technology that removes carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases from the atmosphere is seen by the Dutch government, among others, as a promising way to become climate neutral.1It would also...
Why I’m active: Gerrit Schaafsma
Why I, as a scientist, am a climate activist. I take part in climate protests because research alone no longer feels like an adequate response to the scale of the...
The tiger mosquito is on the rise
Chikungunya is an infectious disease that causes, among other things, severe and prolonged joint inflammation. For a long time, we considered chikungunya, malaria, dengue and Zika to be (sub)tropical diseases...
“You can’t hide from climate change”
There are no places on Earth where we are guaranteed to be safe from the effects of climate change. This became apparent when the residents of Asheville (North Carolina, USA)...
Bonaire and climate justice
The residents of Bonaire have won a court case against the Dutch state concerning climate change. According to the judge, they are not being adequately protected against the consequences of...
Gender equality is essential for climate justice
Eva de Bock No country in the world has yet achieved full gender equality.1 Globally, women earn less than men, are less likely to be in paid employment and have...
Why I’m active: Sergej van Middendorp
As a scientist, I have learned how to evaluate knowledge, view it critically and transform it into new knowledge. And as a practitioner, I have learned how to apply knowledge....
Every tenth degree counts
A maximum of 1.5 °C warming, and in any case well below 2 °C, is the goal of the 2015 Paris Agreement, which is still endorsed by most countries. Due...
Climate myth: Winter cold
Climate sceptics, led by President Trump, were quick to jump on the bandwagon when extreme cold weather hit the US at the end of January 2026. Trump posted on his...
Sources and sinks of greenhouse gases
Visualisations based on NASA’s atmospheric models of greenhouse gas emissions and distribution clearly show that the climate crisis is a climate justice issue. CO₂ is primarily emitted by wealthy countries...
Solar radiation management to begin in April
Are experiments in the stratosphere really set to begin in April!? Newspapers and radio reports are informing us of plans to begin ‘solar radiation management’. This is a method whereby...
Climate crisis and political crisis
Sander Otte My name is Sander Otte,1 professor of technical physics at Delft University of Technology. My area of expertise is quantum physics. You may not immediately associate quantum physics...
Why I’m active: Loes Gerringa
The environment and nature around us are essential to me. At the beginning of my career, my research was linked to measures that could be taken. The idea that something...
Extreme urgency
There is little time left to prevent global warming caused by greenhouse gas emissions from exceeding 1.5 °C (compared to the pre-industrial period). In other words, the amount of greenhouse...
Stop Elsevier
The world’s leading publisher of climate research and its parent company are refusing to stop supporting the expansion of the fossil fuel industry. It’s time to #StopElsevier and put an...
National Demo against Racism and Fascism
21 March in Amsterdam: National Demo against Racism and Fascism A glimpse at everydays news is enough to see that racism and fascism is everywhere around us. It is infecting...
Why I am active: Ferko Öry
Copyright: Kashef Chowdhury, Courtesy: URBANA. Along the coastline of Bangladesh stand enormous towers, apocalyptic: apartment buildings by the surf? No, they are storm shelters where villagers seek refuge from yet...
Air Cyclists Against Nuclear Power
26 April 2026, Borssele, commemoration of the 40th anniversary of Chernobyl. Marjan Smeulders gave this speech at the finish line of the Air Cyclists’ Ride near the Borssele nuclear power...
Why I’m active: Erik Meesters
Why I take action as a scientist. Do I take action? I didn’t know that. Apparently, you take action when you express your opinion. Why do I always have to...
Worst-case outcomes of moderate global warming
Moderate global warming creates a risk of climate impacts that are more severe than the most-likely impacts of high global warming. Summary of a News & Views article in Nature...
Nuclear energy? No, thanks!
Like previous coalitions, the Jetten cabinet wants to focus on nuclear energy, but this is controversial and unsustainable. Uranium is finite, and expensive power stations require state guarantees. They have...
Recent actions
These are some of the latest actions SR (co-)organised. For earlier actions and events see Past actions and events.