Climate action for (neuro)scientists

Climate change is the most urgent problem currently facing humanity – including a subset who call themselves (neuro)scientists. While many academics still consider (political) activism far outside their comfort zone, the broader scientific community is slowly waking up to the urgency of the situation and the role we can play as a community of evidence-minded individuals. I believe there are few excuses for not engaging with this issue, and there are many ways to productively do so.

Where to start? Read on!

Read

Urai AE, Kelly C (2023) Rethinking academia in a time of climate crisis. eLife 12:e84991. [link, webinar, podcast]

Rae C, Farley M, Jeffery K, Urai AE (2022) Climate crisis and ecological emergency: why they concern (neuro)scientists, and what we can do. Brain and Neuroscience Advances, 6:1-11. [preprint, tweeprint, link, pdf]
Aron AR, Ivry R, Jeffrey K, Poldrack R, Schmidt R, Summerfield C, & Urai AE. (2020). How can neuroscientists respond to the climate emergency? Neuron, 106:17–20. [link, pdf]
An older blogpost: Climate action for neuroscientists: a concrete guide.
Grace Lindsay’s So you’re an academic who wants to help with the climate crisis?
There is a Climate and Ecological Emergency – What can scientists do? by Abi Perron

Slide deck with climate crisis & climate action summaries – put one at the end of your talks/lecture!

Study

Are you a student at Leiden University? Contact me about project ideas to study climate action, the footprint of academia and climate communication.

Join

Join the ClimateActionNeuPsych Slack group: https://tinyurl.com/climate-action-neupsych
Scientists4Future NL
Map of (European) local and institutional academic climate action groups: https://tinyurl.com/45dnkyxc
Scientists Advocacy and Action Network: https://scaan.net/