Scientists Warning Europe

Scientists Warning Europe (SWE) is a registered charity with a mission to 'protect the future of our planet, our children, and other creatures that share our World'. Scientists Warning Europe became a private company limited by guarantee in 2020 and proceeded to become a registered charity in April 2021., based on the framework used by the four Scientists Warnings papers .
Initial Work
One year before COP26 SWE ran a well attended online pre-COP event with over 25 talks from top scientists and experts including:
SWE conducted an interview with Dr Jane Goodall in which Jane Goodall stated that the older generations have stolen the future from the youth. The interview has also been released as a podcast
SWE includes the issue of population increase, among other issues, as a contributory factor in driving climate change and hosted a high level discussion on the topic on World Population Day 2021. The panel included Prof Bill Rees , Prof Phoebe Barnard , Dr Jane O’Sullivan and Dr Chris Tucker
COP26
In the run up to the COP26 Climate Conference in Glasgow, UK (COP26), Scientists Warning Europe’s board members Prof Phoebe Barnard and Prof Bill Moomaw were the lead authors of a the new Scientists Warnings into Action paper [ref[ which aims to identify all the areas of action required to solve the climate and biodiversity crisis and sets out actions that can be taken by leaders at all levels of society. The other authors of the paper are ___ and . This paper is currently signed by over 3,000 scientists and is still open for signature by graduate scientists from all over the World .
The Scientists Warning into Action paper was accompanied by a short film “Warnings to Action: Mobilising Humanity” created by Director Jonathan Clay who also directed the David Attenborough and Johan Rockstrom film Breaking Boundaries .
The paper was published on 11 November 2021 and the film was released on the same day. Both were announced at the SWE 12 November press conference in the blue zone of COP26 .
While at COP26 SWE also carried out further press conferences interviewing: Prof Tim Jackson author of Post Growth , Dr Victoria Hurth , Dr Helen Harwatt , Dr Paul Behrens author of Best of Times Worst of Times , explorer Sunniva Sorby , Daphne Wysham from Mathane Action , the director of Seaspiracy Ali Tabrizi , and IPCC author Elvira Poloczanska
In the Media
In February 2021 SWE issued an open letter to Prime Minister Boris Johnson in support of a previous letter by Dr James Hansen in which SWE urged the UK Prime Minister to adopt a 2030 net zero target as reported in Sky News as well as the New Zealnd based Scoop . Among the 20 signatories was Winchester University Vice Chancellor Joy Carter
Prior to the start of COP26 SWE sent another open letter this time too the UK and Italian Prime Ministers, Boris Johnson and Mario Draghi, urging them to show 'much stronger leadership ahead of it hosting COP26'. The letter was supported by 28 eminent scientists and academics including Dr James Hansen the government's ex science adviser Sir David King , Professor Chris Rapley , Professor Kevin Anderson, Professor Mark Maslin . Prof Jean Pascal van Yprsele and leading Dutch climate scientist Pier Vellinga. the first vice chair of the IPCC.
Managing director, Ed Gemmell, has also recently voiced his concern in mainstream newspapers about the planned coal mine in the United Kingdom, which '...would be disastrous for the net zero plans for the UK and send an appalling signal to the rest of the world...'

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