Voice of UYA - Francien Peterse - One Thousand Sorrows by Utrecht Young Academy

Francien Peterse is assistant professor of organic geochemistry and a climate scientist. Despite the large body of evidence for the climate disaster we face, in the not-so-distant future, and the confirmation that this is caused by human activities, she sees insufficient efforts are made to save the planet. We talked about the role of scientists in encouraging stronger actions. From talking about collective action, we drift to another issue facing the academics who feel the increasing pressure to deliver more with less resources, which has caused rage in part of the community. Here again, different part of the community is hesitant in providing their support as they feel the burn less severely and see the uncertain benefits of acting now come their way only in the distant future.