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Peter Newell

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Sep 10, 2019, 5:00:06 AM9/10/19

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Dear Colleagues

Please consider signing the statement below in support of the forthcoming global climate strike.

Here is an explanatory note from Jake Woodier, campaign coordinator and director of the UK Student Climate Network on the YouthStrike4Climate campaign, part of the global Fridays For Future movement and a former student of mine.

‘On the 20th September, just three days before the UN Climate Action Summit, the world will wake up to the Global Climate Strike, what's being billed as the biggest climate mobilisation in history, with millions of people across the world taking action - striking from schools, colleges and universities, organising mass work walkouts, taking holidays and TOIL etc.

As part of this, our network has been working with Professor Julia Steinberger (IPPC 6th Assessment Report WG3 lead author) to write a statement for scientists and academics from all disciplines and fields to sign up to in support of the global youth movement, and add scientific weight to our calls for more ambitious action.

You can find the statement here.

I'm asking two things of you:

1 - Would you show your support and sign the statement yourself

2- Will you distribute it among your academic and professional networks to help spread the letter and ask the same of those you share it with, to create a snowball effect’.

Thanks and best wishes

Peter

Peter Newell

Professor of International Relations

Department of International Relations

School of Global Studies

University of Sussex

Brighton

East Sussex

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