The concerns of the young protesters are justified: A statement by Scientists for Future concerning the protests for more climate protection

Keywords: Climate Strike; Fridays for Future; biodiversity; climate action; science-policy interface; sustainability crisis; youth movement

Document Type: Research Article

Affiliations: 1: Berlin, Germany 2: Institute for Sustainability, Berlin, Germany 3: ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland 4: Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Potsdam, Germany 5: German Climate Association, Berlin, Germany 6: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany 7: University of Applied Sciences HTW Berlin, Berlin, Germany 8: University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom 9: LUT University, Lappeenranta, Finland 10: Wiesbaden, Germany 11: University of Graz, Graz, Austria 12: Borderstep Institute for Innovation and Sustainability, Germany 13: Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change Technical University Berlin, Berlin, Germany 14: UFZ - Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Leipzig, Germany 15: University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland, Windisch, Switzerland 16: Forschungsstelle Nachhaltigkeit und Klimapolitik, Leipzig/Berlin, University of Rostock, Germany 17: German Advisory Council on Global Change (WBGU), Berlin, Germany 18: Universität Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany 19: German Advisory Council on the Environment, Berlin, Germany 20: Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Center Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany 21: WWF Germany 22: Alice Salomon Hochschule, Berlin, Germany 23: Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung, Frankfurt am Main, Germany 24: University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria 25: Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany 26: Ecologic Institute, Berlin, Germany 27: Fridays for Future, Leipzig, Deutschland 28: Association for Vocational Training Research, Berlin, Germany 29: University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland, Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland 30: UFZ - Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Leipzig, Germany Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany 31: Technical University of Applied Sciences, Rosenheim, Germany 32: University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland 33: Doctors For Future Allianz Klimawandel und Gesundheit, Berlin, Germany 34: German Federal Association for Sustainability, Berlin, Germany 35: Helmholtz Centre Potsdam German Research Centre for Geosciences - GFZ, Potsdam, Germany

Publication date: January 1, 2019