"Declaration on an academic response to the planetary crisis"

How can we, as academics, respond to the ongoing planetary crisis? The declaration

https://docs.google.com/document/d/165TXefhnIqlpGMkPuWgeGS8lBVhSKf7uVlt6CmIKjT0

identifies seven pragmatic steps we can take.

If you support this initiative, please sign using this link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1TCrQIIDsJAI6JvOuDOvlzldkrEwhmtCoHOxcy1HlGsc/edit?usp=sharing

This is an initiative of S. Keshav,
Robert Sansom Professor of Computer Science at the
University of Cambridge

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The seven steps, abridged:

* educate others about the climate crisis and suitable courses of action
* reorient your research towards approaches that will mitigate or avert the crisis
* reward research work that addresses the planetary crisis
* engage with professional societies to adopt policies that help address the planetary crisis
* engage with your institutions to decarbonise
* travel by air only as the last resort
* shun support from entities that worsen the planetary crisis.