Climate change is ‘killing’ the planet and a group of Spanish scientists and researchers are ‘enough!’ decided to say. In the face of political and government inaction. There are already more than a thousand and the number is increasing day by day. These days they star in their first movies. nonviolent act of civil disobedience coordinated worldwide. “For decades our warnings were ignored, so Move on. They say we are the ‘Scientific Rebellion’.
Signatories include some of the most distinguished names in Spanish research, such as biologist Fernando Valladares, co-author of the IPCC report Marta Rivera, physicist Antonio Turiel, genetics doctor José Esquinas or Ecology doctor Fernando Prieto. .
They represent different scientific disciplines and fields of knowledge, and their commitment is personal, not including the institutions in which they work. They share a concern: “Governments have failed to take measures commensurate with the magnitude, urgency and severity of the climate, energy and biodiversity crisis.”.
By the way, The threats to the survival of civilization and even to life on the planet are increasing day by day.. “This inaction can no longer be tolerated: The situation is so serious that it is necessary to mobilize the scientific community. to demand urgent action. There is no more time,” they say.
“Disasters are occurring before our eyes and on a large scale,” they warn. They even emphasize covid epidemic has to do with climate change: “It originates from a deforestation-related zoonosis”.
In addition, cold drops, snowfalls, torrential rains, droughts, heat waves and megafires are multiplying and accelerating. And that 75% of Spanish territory is already “at high risk of desertification”. They assure us that we are already living on a global scale. sixth mass extinction: Dozens of species of fauna and flora are disappearing every day.
threat of global collapse
” pollution levels are alarming from every angle (plastics, pesticides, nitrates, heavy metals etc.) and we know that some climatic tipping points have been activated‘ they warn.
Members of the Scientific Rebellion are convinced that scientific evidence of the threat to humanity’s survival in 2019 and Global collapse of the life system on Earth one of 11,000 members of the scientific community climate emergency public alertaddressed to all governments of the planet. But this “still ongoing disaster” has not and has not been adequately responded to.
Ensuring that global warming does not rise 1.5ºC above pre-industrial levels, as outlined in the Paris Agreements There is a need for “wide-ranging and rapid transitions in energy, land, urban and infrastructure (including transport and buildings) and industrial systems”.says Valérie Masson-Delmotte, a paleoclimatologist and co-director of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
But for this they needdeep reductions in emissions across all sectors, a broad set of mitigation options, and a significant increase in the scale of investments made in those options.” Masson-Delmotte criticizes that these are “not carried out” actions.
On the contrary, this yearemissions continue to riseresources continue to run out and governments continue to subsidize the fossil fuel industry and other activities that harm both the environment and human health with public money”, they condemn.
alarming situation
Mistake The Ukrainian war has its roots in the climate and resource crisis: fossil fuelsEmphasize the Scientific Rebellion members who warned that “the future of our species is directly and immediately threatened” if this path is taken.
The situation is so worrisome and has so little impact on the concrete actions of governments that the IPCC’s coordinator, Professor Bruce Glavovic, has just issued an appeal to the entire scientific community. stop reporting “Until governments are willing to fulfill their responsibilities in good faith and take urgent coordinated action from the local to the global level.”
The scientific rebellion accuses governments and business lobbies of “thwarting rapid environmental action by ignoring and failing to recognize the precautionary principle”. Endless growth on a planet with limited resources ‘a suicidal path for humanity’”, as UN Secretary-General António Guterres pointed out.
“The interaction between economics, politics and power is central to explaining why. Countries with higher per capita emissions and logically more opportunities to reduce emissions tend to take the opposite position in practice.”, IPCC experts pointed out in their latest report.
They add that current growth targets championed by economic forces are “in direct contradiction to the reduction of environmental impacts below planetary thresholds.”
Changing the productive model
‘Deceitful’ scientists, a fundamental “radical change in the production model“To limit temperature rise between 1.5º and 2ºC above pre-industrial levels.
The sixth IPCC report is very clear: “Changes in individual consumption are not enoughny requires a deep and rapid transformation of the entire production system, as well as a just transition for the most vulnerable groups”.
The advice of these experts is,social innovationCreation of ‘and’new institutions“guaranteeing genuine participation of citizens”effective democratization of climate action” and “construction new rights, new economies and new institutions”.
“We encourage the entire scientific community, all groups and social actors and all citizens to sign this manifesto and Move on. It’s time to demand changes that would cause an unimaginable amount of pain if not made. It’s a preventable pain. But if we accept that our wonderful planet has its limits and we are the ones who have to adapt to them”, gather the Scientific Rebellion signers in a statement.
“At a time of wars over scarce resources, of unprecedented collective vulnerability of humanity, collective intelligence work, a commitment for everyone to accept that it is time to act, and the courage to do so.”
The manifest can be signed at this link.
‘Scientific Revolt’ website: https://www.rebelioncientifica.es/