Over 1,000 scientists worldwide engaged in civil disobedience on Wednesday in the wake of the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report — protesting the widespread lack of governmental action to mitigate climate breakdown.

The report sombrely chronicled efforts to meet the goal set by the Paris Accord; one that hoped to limit global warming to 1.5°C by the end of the century. “Unless there are immediate and deep emissions reductions across all sectors, 1.5°C is beyond reach," stated a report author in a press conference.

In response, scientists around the globe adopted the motto "1.5°C is death," taking to the streets in a bold display civilian action. In Spain, more than 50 activists were arrested after splashing red paint on their government's steps. In Germany, a man glued his hand to the sidewalk, blocking a major bridge in front of their Parliament building.

Peter Kalmus, a member of Scientists Rebellion — a loosely knit group of researchers from across 26 countries — was arrested after chaining himself to the doors of a Chase bank.

Brief summary of the new IPCC report: We know what to do, we know how to do it, it requires taking toys away from the rich, and world leaders aren't doing it.

— Peter Kalmus (@ClimateHuman) April 4, 2022

"We chose JP Morgan Chase because out of all the investment banks in the world, JP Morgan Chase funds the most new fossil fuel projects," Kalmus wrote in The Guardian. "As the new IPCC report explains, emissions from current and planned fossil energy infrastructure are already more than twice the amount that would push the planet over 1.5°C of global heating, a level of heating that will bring much more intense heat, fire, storms, flooding, and drought than the present 1.2°C."

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres agreed, stating in a press conference on Monday: "Investing in new fossil fuel infrastructure is moral and economic madness." Despite the outsized warnings of an existential crisis, governing bodies around the world have been hesitant to declare a climate emergency — a step that would allow for much more drastic action.

This week's @IPCC_CH report showed we are on a fast track to climate disaster.

But we can't lose hope.

We must build on the progress made - led by youth, civil society & indigenous communities - and demand that promises are turned into reality. https://t.co/llyTHa5Zjt

— António Guterres (@antonioguterres) April 10, 2022

Prior to the release of the report, worries that the IPCC findings would dilute major corporations role in the climate crisis abounded.  It had been a long standing issue, after the release of the report was delayed due to governmental concerns about phasing out fossil fuel usage.

"[Objections] are coming from countries with economic interests, from countries that are prioritising that above what is clearly a global imperative," an unnamed source told CNN on Monday, after the release surpassed it's Sunday deadline by a number of hours. "One issue is the fundamental, underlying declaration that the world has to get off fossil fuels as quickly as possible."

Global emissions must peak by the year 2025, the IPCC report reads, an imperative that would require immediate, drastic and widespread action.

"It’s now the eleventh hour and I feel terrified for my kids, and terrified for humanity," Kalmus continued. "I feel deep grief over the loss of forests and corals and diminishing biodiversity. But I’ll keep fighting as hard as I can for this Earth, no matter how bad it gets, because it can always get worse. And it will continue to get worse until we end the fossil fuel industry and the exponential quest for ever more profit at the expense of everything else."

Read the latest IPCC report in full here.

Speaking as an @IPCC_CH Lead Author, these are some of the most important new messages from the #climate report out today: (🧵)

1. For the first time we’re seeing evidence of real, sustained decreases in greenhouse gas emissions from some countries.

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— Sarah Burch (@SarahLynnBurch) April 4, 2022