An important statement by a leading climate researcher, Alan Betts
https://alanbetts.com/research/paper/communicating-climate-science/
 
“Earth scientists face a profound ethical challenge. Humanity is an integral part of the Earth’s ecosystem, but the waste from our industrial society is now driving rapid global climate change. What is our responsibility as a community of scientists? Is it simply to follow tradition and explore and discuss in our own world, largely isolated from the broader community, the many interesting facets and complexities of the transformation of the Earth’s climate system and then to publish our results in our private jargon in copyrighted journals that are not freely available to the public that is funding us? Surely this is for us just “business as usual,” an integral part of the problem not the solution.  I suggest it is time to reconsider our responsibilities to society and to the Earth.”