Since 2018, following the example of Swedish activist Greta Thunberg, pupils, students, and other (young) people around the world have been demonstrating for climate protection, calling for bold environmental policy in line with the 1.5°C target of the Paris Climate Agreement. This movement is also active across large parts of Austria as Fridays for Future Austria. Inspired by an initiative in Belgium, a group of German scientists formed to support the aims of the FFF demonstrators. Without any institutional leadership, the Scientists For Future movement was organised as a grassroots initiative. The movement grew very rapidly and quickly spread to Austria and Switzerland.
CCCA initially served as the central point of contact. With the formation of regional groups in the individual federal states, the points of contact have been the regional group leaders since early 2020. The activities must, however, be initiated and carried out by the scientists themselves. S4F is a bottom-up movement: scientists who'd like to do something meaningful in relation to the climate crisis or the SDGs and are looking for an "established" platform to do so are welcome to make use of S4F. The aim is for as many people as possible to know about it and potentially replicate it in their own field – which is why we ask you to share your activities with the regional group leaders so they can be posted on the S4F website.