Dr Oscar Berglund, from the Cabot Institute for the Environment at the University of Bristol, helped coordinate the letter. It is also backed by three lead authors and 11 contributing authors on the UNs IPCC reports. He said: 'I believe if I don't do whatever I can to protect our Earth, to protect life on this Earth, to stop the death and injury that is and will be happening, I'm committing a crime, a really serious crime, and I'm willing to break a window, to paint a message on a wall, I'm willing to break the glass on that emergency button, even if some say that's a crime. Climate scientists, who have been subject to the slander of the fossil fuel lobby for so long, recognise this change in strategy.The letter is signed by 429 scientists and academics from 32 countries, including leading figures such as Michael Mann and more than 70 other professors. With the exception of Saunders, who claimed in his defence that he honestly believed Shell's employees and shareholders would have consented to his criminal damage, the judge said: 'They don't have any defence in law for the charges they face.'
259 scientifically accurate people signed the letter.
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