We recognise the Climate & Nature Emergency as an existential threat, and that those interconnected threats are escalating fast with catastrophic, cascading near-term impacts.

We know that rapid, transformative action is necessary to protect life on Earth, but that this is not happening with anything like proportionate urgency, speed and scale.

We recognise the injustices of the Emergency, and that responsibility for action is not equally shared. Emergency action intersects and synergises with global and social justice.

We recognise the role of science and scientists in having contributed to destructive and unjust practices, and therefore our additional responsibility to counteract those

We value and support a spectrum of initiatives and actions. No one type will generate the change needed by itself: different forms of action are valid and interdependent.

We recognise that disruption to established harmful systems is necessary and explicitly acknowledge the power of protest. When an initiative we support involves protest or direct action, we uphold a commitment to nonviolence.

We are adaptable. Our world is changing fast, and therefore so must we. This necessitates expanding and evolving the way we see the role of scientists in society, and where we focus our efforts in response.

We have a culture of care, recognising that the times we live in are distressing and that a supportive community is fundamental to us taking action impactfully and sustainably.