The movement claims to practice civil disobedience – but its tactics suggest something else.
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I have studied radical environmental groups for years – they will be key to keeping government honest.
Our relationship with the natural world is humanity's defining challenge. Inspired by ecotopian novels, communities and movements across the world are working to meet it.
XR has the nation's attention, but to build on this momentum its purpose must not become overshadowed by its tactics.
I helped write the IPCC 1.5°C report the number apparently comes from. But the truth is better – and worse – than that.
With so much attention focused on what agreements come out of COP24, protesters should be seizing the initiative to attack the root causes of climate change.
The movement to kickstart a radical transformation of our society has begun. For the sake of our children – and their children – it must succeed.
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Professor of Geosystem Science, Leader of ECI Climate Research Programme, University of Oxford
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Reader in Philosophy, University of East Anglia
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Lecturer in Sociology, University of Kent
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Lecturer in International Public and Social Policy, University of Bristol
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Associate Lecturer/PhD Candidate in Political Ecology, Nottingham Trent University
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PhD Candidate in Ecological Economics, University of Surrey
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Professor in Contentious Politics and Social Change, University of Leeds
