EMERGENCY ON PLANET EARTH
Read this guide which Tells The Truth about what’s happening and why.
Written by Dr Emily Grossman with the support of the XR Scientists community. Fact-checked and reviewed by a wide range of experts.
IPCC 2022 Report warns of irreversible impacts https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-60525591
"Climate change is now reaching the end-game...the issue is the very survival of our civilisation." Source: Professor Schellnhuber
Mass extinction is happening now. Most of the wild nature that was on Earth 50 years ago is already dead and gone.
The UK is 30 to 40 years away from “the fundamental eradication of soil fertility” in parts of the country, the environment secretary warned in 2017. Source: Michael Gove
We are heading towards disastrous temperature rises in our children's lifetimes, impacting global food security and causing mass migration.
"Climate-induced societal collapse is now inevitable in the near term." Source: Professor Jem Bendell
It is human activity causing the Earth to get hotter. Source: NASA
We can change our activity for the sake of our futures.
Change to avert the worst of the disaster is still technically and economically possible.
But we have to act NOW.
That's how we felt too when we read about all of this. Doing something about it and joining this fight to try and reduce the consequences of the climate emergency might help how you feel.
Our lives have meaning when we follow our conscience and are willing to make sacrifices to protect what we love. We ask others who feel the same way to join our peaceful rebellion.
Although the changes we need to urgently make to how we live may be difficult, they will make our lives better. Read more in the New Future section here.
This is the original talk from 2018, profound and recommended viewing.