Appello | I nostri doveri planetari

redazione

Mentre la crisi climatica peggiora a una velocità superiore a quanto finora previsto, alla conferenza sul clima in Polonia sono state stabilite alcune regole che difficilmente riusciranno a mettere in pratica entro il 2020 quanto deciso agli accordi di Parigi del 2015, comunque insufficienti rispetto all’intensità dei cambiamenti. In una lettera aperta diffusa in tutto il mondo (tra i firmatari Vandana Shiva, Noam Chomsky, Naomi Klein), per invitare a una mobilitazione straordinaria, tra l’altro, si legge: “Ciascuno di noi, specie coloro che vivono nel mondo materialmente privilegiato, deve impegnarsi ad accettare la necessità di vivere in modo più leggero, di consumare molto di meno, e, non solo di difendere i diritti umani ma anche di assumerci le nostre responsabilità come custodi del pianeta…”  

 Appello

Questa lettera aperta appare (il 10 dicembre 2018) sui principali giornali del mondo.

Nel nostro ecosistema globale, complesso e interdipendente, la vita sta scomparendo. L’estinzione delle specie  accelera. La crisi climatica sta peggiorando ad una velocità superiore a quanto finora previsto. Ogni giorno duecento specie si avviano all’estinzione. Una situazione così disperata non può continuare. I leader politici di tutto il mondo non riescono ad affrontare la crisi ambientale. Se il capitalismo delle multinazionali continuerà a guidare l’economia internazionale la catastrofe globale sarà inevitabile.

Indifferenza e immobilismo negli Stati Uniti, in Inghilterra in Australia, in Brasile, ma anche in Africa e Asia, testimoniano forme diverse di paralisi politica, gli Stati gettano la spugna di fronte alla drammatica responsabilità che sorge dalla necessità di una gestione planetaria della crisi ambientale.

Le organizzazioni politiche internazionali e i governi degli Stati devono affrontare i problemi dell’emergenza climatica immediatamente, definendo con urgenza delle politiche organiche volte ad affrontarla. Le nazioni privilegiate devono, senza invocare costrizioni finanziare, sostenere politiche complessive per l’ambiente e la sicurezza nei paesi impoveriti, in modo da compensare questi ultimi per la crescita economica insostenibile perseguita in questi anni, oltre che per ripagare i danni causati dall’imperialismo e dal conseguente saccheggio del pianeta.

Poiché gli eventi climatici estremi già colpiscono la produzione agricola, noi chiediamo ai governi di agire immediatamente per evitare ogni rischio di fame, attraverso investimenti immediati in produzioni alimentari agroecologiche resistenti agli eventi climatici estremi. Chiediamo anche urgentemente un vertice per salvare l’Artico dallo scioglimento dei ghiacci e per rallentare i danni climatici ai nostri raccolti.

Inoltre chiediamo a tutti i cittadini responsabili a livello globale di mobilitarsi, organizzandosi in ogni luogo contro l’attuale apatia in ogni ambito in cui ciò sia possibile, come ad esempio il sostegno ai diritti dei popoli indigeni, la decolonizzazione e la lotta per la giustizia riparatrice, unendosi ad esempio al movimento globale che si sta attualmente ribellando contro l’estinzione (es. “Extinction Rebellion” nel Regno Unito).

Dobbiamo fare quindi insieme tutto ciò che è  possibile, in modo nonviolento, per  persuadere i politici e i dirigenti delle imprese ad abbandonare la loro trascurataggine e il loro negazionismo. Il “tirare avanti come al solito” non rappresenta più una scelta possibile. I cittadini globali non sopporteranno più questo tradimento dei nostri doveri planetari.

Ciascuno di noi, specie coloro che vivono nel mondo materialmente privilegiato, deve impegnarsi ad accettare la necessità di vivere in modo più leggero, di consumare molto di meno, e, non solo di difendere i diritti umani ma anche di assumerci le nostre responsabilità come custodi del pianeta.

Seguono le firme:

  • Dr Vandana Shiva Delhi, India
  • Naomi Klein Author
  • Noam Chomsky Laureate professor, University of Arizona, Institute Professor (emeritus) MIT, USA
  • Prof AC Grayling Master of the New College of the Humanities, London, UK
  • Philip Pullman UK
  • Dr Rowan Williams UK
  • Bill McKibben Founder, 350.org, Brooklyn, New York, US
  • Tiokasin Ghosthorse (Lakota Nation), New York, NY, US
  • Esther Stanford-Xosei Convenor-General, Stop the Maangamizi: We Charge Genocide/Ecocide Campaign (SMWeCGEC), London, UK
  • Sir Jonathan Porritt Signing in a personal capacity, UK
  • Dr Alison Green Pro Vice-Chancellor (Academic), Arden University, National Director (UK) http://www.scientistswarning.org/, UK
  • Lily Cole Model, entrepreneur and patron for the Environmental justice foundation
  • Chris Packham English naturalist and TV presenter, UK
  • Dr Susie Orbach Consultant psychoanalyst, The Balint Consultancy, UK
  • Prof Joy Carter CBE Vice Chancellor, University of Winchester, UK
  • Prof Jayati Ghosh Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India

Altre firme

United Kingdom

  • Ms Da Abla Co-deputy general secretary, All-Afrikan Networking Community Link for International Development (AANCLID), London, UK
  • Ms Demoui Akouba Doue Joint general secretary, All-Afrikan Students Union Link in Europe (AASULE), Plymouth, UK
  • Jem Bendell Professor of sustainability leadership, University of Cumbria, UK
  • Dr Adotey Bing-Pappoe Joint convenor, African Cooperative Forum (ACF), London, UK
  • Liz Bondi Professor of social geography, University of Edinburgh, UK
  • Dr Simon Boxley Centre for Climate Change Education & Communication, University of Winchester. UK
  • Dr Onel Brooks Senior lecturer in psychotherapy, counselling and counselling psychology, UK
  • Dr Philip Byrne chartered clinical psychologist, Cheshire, UK
  • Professor Molly Scott Cato MEP UK
  • Paul Chatterton Professor of urban futures, University of Leeds, UK
  • Kooj Chuhan Director, Virtual Migrants, Manchester, UK
  • Danny Dorling Halford Mackinder professor of geography, University of Oxford, UK
  • Dr David Drew MP (Labour) Shadow Minister for Rural Affairs, UK
  • Jonathan Gosling Emeritus professor of leadership studies, University of Exeter, UK
  • Ms Athea Gordon-Davidson Co-chair, Brixtonics@Brixton, London, UK
  • David Graeber Professor of anthropology, London School of Economics, UK
  • Fe Haslam Secretariat facilitator, CAFA Archival Resources Action Team (CARAT), London, UK
  • Richard House Ph.D. (Env.Sci.), Chartered psychologist, Stroud, UK
  • David Humphreys Professor of environmental policy, Open University, UK
  • Professor Gus John Partner, All Africa Advisors LLP & Coventry University, Coventry, UK
  • Boucka Koffi Co-deputy coordinator, Global Justice Forum (GJF), Sheffield, UK
  • Karin Lesnik-Oberstein Professor of critical theory, University of Reading, UK
  • Del Loewenthal Emeritus professor in psychotherapy, University of Roehampton, UK
  • Caroline Lucas MP (Green), UK
  • Kofi Mawuli Klu Co-vice-chair, Pan-Afrikan Reparations Coalition in Europe (PARCOE), London,UK
  • Tony McSherry Ph.D. (Psychology), Psychotherapist, UK
  • Simon Murray Poet and graphic artist, Leeds, UK
  • Professor Dany Nobus Brunel University, London, UK
  • Michel Odent MD Primal Health Research Centre, London, UK
  • Jenny Pickerill Professor of environmental geography, University of Sheffield, UK
  • Dr Gillian Proctor CPsychol., Programme leader, MA in counselling and psychotherapy, University of Leeds, UK
  • Kate Raworth author of Doughnut Economics; Environmental Change Institute, Oxford University, UK
  • Dr Rupert Read Reader in philosophy, University of East Anglia, UK
  • Professor Paul Routledge Leadership chair in Contentious Politics and Social Change, University of Leeds, UK
  • Kwame Adofo Sampong Principal organising secretary, Pan-Afrikan Fora Internationalist Support Coordinating Council (PAFISCC), London, UK
  • Professor Andrew Samuels University of Essex, Former Chair UK Council for Psychotherapy, UK
  • Dr Leon Sealey-Huggins Global Sustainable Development lecturer, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
  • Ms Jendayi Serwah Co-chair, Afrikan Emancipation Day Reparations March Committee (AEDRMC), Bristol, UK
  • Helen Spandler Professor of mental health, University of Central Lancashire, UK
  • Simeon Stanford Co-founder and Leadership Facilitation Team member, Global Afrikan People’s Parliament (GAAP), London, UK
  • Dr Julia K. Steinberger Sustainability Research Institute, University of Leeds, UK

United States of America

  • Professor Julian Agyeman Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts, USA
  • David Elkind Emeritus professor of psychology, Tufts University, USA
  • Nik Heynen Professor of geography, University of Georgia at Athens, USA
  • Eric Holthaus journalist and fellow, University of Minnesota, USA
  • Maureen O’Hara Ph.D. Professor of psychology, National University, USA
  • William J. Ripple Distinguished Professor of Ecology, Oregon State University, USA
  • Guy McPherson Professor emeritus of conservation biology, University of Arizona, USA
  • Professor Kris Manjapra Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts, USA
  • William J. Ripple Distinguished professor of ecology, Oregon State University, USA
  • Kirk Schneider Saybrook University and the Existential-Humanistic Institute, USA
  • Rabbi Arthur Waskow director, the Shalom Center, Philadelphia, USA

Australia

  • Steve Biddulph AM, psychologist and author, Australia
  • Professor Timothy Doyle University of Adelaide, Australia
  • David Schlosberg Professor of environmental politics, University of Sydney, Australia
  • John Seed founder, Rainforest Information Centre, St Lismore, NSW, Australia

Bénin

  • Salim Dara Chief community / king of Djougou, Bénin
  • Zeguen Moussa Toure President, Mouvement Social Panafricain pour le Development Integral (MSPDI), Cotonou, Bénin

France

  • Ms Aissata Diakhite Kaba Joint Principal Secretary, International Network of Scholars and Activists for Afrikan Reparations, Youth and Students Auxiliary Fellowship – RepAfrika (INOSAAR-RepAfrika), Paris, France
  • Engin Isin Professor of International Politics, Queen Mary University of London & University of London Institute, Paris, France

New Zealand

  • Lennard Gillman Professor of biogeography, head of science, Auckland University of Technology, Aotearoa, New Zealand
  • Professor Keith Tudor Auckland University of Technology, Aotearoa New Zealand

Ghana

  • Wedam Abassey Co-chair, Ghana Youth and Student Changemaking Alliance (GYASCA), Kumasi, Ghana
  • Dukomegatsitsi Kosi Agoko Honorary Presidium Convenor-General, ABLODEDUNOVISIHA Gbetowo Global Union for Pan-Afrikan Community Regeneration (ABLODEDUNOVISIHA-GGUPACOR), Tanyigbe, Ghana
  • Ms Adzo Agorkor Task Action Commission joint principal secretary, MIANONKU International Scientific Observatory on Development in Afrika (MIANONKU-ISODA), Tanyigbe, Ghana
  • Mawuse Yao Agorkor General secretary, VAZOBA Afrika and Friends Networking Open Forum, Accra, Ghana
  • Ms Dedo Azu General secretary, ADZEWAGBETO Pan-Afrikan Women’s Liberation Union (ADZEWAGBETO-PAWLU), Somanya, Ghana
  • Elorm Koku Dade Principal secretary, All-Afrikan Citizens Action for Sustainable Transport and Communications (AACASTAC), Accra, Ghana
  • Kafui Yao Dade Co-chair, Planet Repairs Youth Positive Action Campaign (PRYPAC), Accra, Ghana
  • Nyoefe Yawa Dake Co-president, NUTROZA Panafrecycle (Pan-Afrikan Recycling Cooperative Society for Environmental Justice), Accra, Ghana
  • Ms Xolanyo Yawa Gbafa Co-deputy general secretary, EDIKANFO Pan-Afrikan Youth and Student Internationalist Link (EDIKANFO-PAYSIL), Accra, Ghana
  • Numo Akwaa Mensah III Ga Nae (Chief Priest of the Seas for the Indigenous Ga Community of Accra), honorary chair, Accra Community Regeneration for Sustainable Development Action Forum (ACORSDAF), Accra, Ghana
  • Nana Kobina Nketsia V Omanhen (paramount chief) of Essikado, Pan-Afrikan Chieftaincy Co-Director of Education for the Global Afrikan Family Reunion International Council (GAFRIC), Sekondi, Ghana
  • Professor Kwaku Senah Managing director, AFRICARIBE Centre, Accra, Ghana
  • Togbe Adza Tekpor VII Osie (Paramount chief) of Avatime, Pan-Afrikan Chieftaincy Co-Director of Environmental Justice for the Global Afrikan Family Reunion International Council (GAFRIC), Vane-Avatime, Ghana

Other countries

  • Dr Paul Beckwith Professor of climatology, University of Ottawa, Canada
  • Dr Dina Glouberman Founder of Skyros Holidays, Skyros, Greece
  • David Lehrer Arava Institute for Environmental Studies, Kibbutz Ketura, Israel
  • Dr Jim Salinger University of Tasmania; visiting professor, University of Florence, Italy
  • Mussauwa Wandale Leader, People’s Land Organisation, Likoma, Malawi
  • Dr Barryl A. Biekman Co-Vice-Chair, Europewide NGO Consultative Council on Afrikan Reparations (ENGOCCAR), Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  • Dr Sunita Narain Director General, Centre for Science and Environment, Delhi, India
  • Neeshad Shafi Executive director of Arab Youth Climate Movement (AYCM), Qatar
  • Conley Shivambo Rose General Secretary, United Front for Progress (UFP),Kingstown, St Vincent and the Grenadines
  • Giorgos Kallis ICREA professor, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain

  1. Climate Factsheet for Rebels http://rebellion.earth/the-climate-factsheet-for-rebels/

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/live/2018/oct/08/ipcc-climate-change-report-urgent-action-fossil-fuels-live; http://www.stockholmresilience.org/research/research-news/2017-07-02-three-years-to-safeguard-our-climate.html

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/may/21/human-race-just-001-of-all-life-but-has-destroyed-over-80-of-wild-mammals-study

  1. http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-46398057 / http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/dec/05/brutal-news-global-carbon-emissions-jump-to-all-time-high-in-2018
  2. http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/oct/26/facts-about-our-ecological-Crisis-are-incontrovertible-we-must-take-action. See also http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/oct/26/we-have-a-duty-to-act-Hundreds-ready-to-go-to-jail-over-climate-crisis

Fonte: Comune-info
Traduzione di Alberto Castagnola per Comune

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