Fuente: Universidad de Cumbria - 14 de noviembre de 2021
Más de 200 académicos de todo el mundo han criticado la "captura corporativa" de la cumbre del clima de Glasgow y piden una verdadera revolución verde para suavizar la ruptura de las sociedades. Tras la publicación del proyecto de decisión general de la COP26 de la CMNUCC, firmaron una carta pública.
La carta se titula: "Una advertencia de los académicos internacionales sobre la captura corporativa de la agenda climática y la necesidad de una verdadera revolución verde" y aparece en el periódico The Independent:
A principios de este año, el resumen oficial internacional de la ciencia del clima anunció que nos enfrentamos a un aumento de las catástrofes y los trastornos, siendo los más vulnerables los que más y más pronto sufrirán. Un informe filtrado del mismo proceso de la ONU identificó la necesidad de una transformación en nuestros sistemas económicos para un intento significativo de limitar las pérdidas y los daños.
Sin embargo, en la cumbre del clima COP26 de Glasgow no se lanzó ningún plan para una transformación económica basada en la justicia. Peor aún, los compromisos voluntarios de las empresas desviaron la atención de las políticas económicas necesarias para reducir el carbono atmosférico y prepararse para el empeoramiento de los trastornos. Todo ello a pesar de que durante décadas las iniciativas voluntarias no han tenido un impacto significativo en el clima. Negar que nuestro sistema económico es culpable, por lo que debe ser transformado para reducir el riesgo climático y adaptarse a las dificultades, es tanto anticientífico como poco ético. Para ignorar esta realidad, se está planeando malgastar enormes sumas de dinero en máquinas de captura de carbono ávidas de energía pero insignificantes (y aquí) desde el punto de vista atmosférico.
Los líderes políticos podrían, en cambio, ser sinceros con sus poblaciones sobre los cambios necesarios en las industrias y los estilos de vida. Respetando la justicia climática, podrían tomar medidas inmediatas para reducir la desigualdad tanto a nivel nacional como mundial, algo fundamental para que cualquier cambio en los medios de vida sea justo y duradero.
Somos cientos de académicos de docenas de países, que estamos apenados por la situación pero decididos a no ignorarla. Creemos que la captura corporativa y el fracaso de la COP26 demuestran claramente que las personas de las comunidades y organizaciones deben liderar ahora nuestra propia respuesta de emergencia. Esto incluye la defensa coordinada de políticas radicales desde fuera de un sistema impulsado por las empresas, para una verdadera revolución verde que reduzca y reduzca significativamente las emisiones, regenere la naturaleza y nos ayude a adaptarnos. También incluye el aumento de los esfuerzos de Adaptación Profunda dirigidos por la comunidad, independientemente de los gobiernos y las empresas transnacionales.
El aire caliente de Glasgow significa que es hora de un liderazgo más honesto y radical. Debemos poner fin a la fantasía de que el peligroso calentamiento global no empeorará o de que las grandes corporaciones vendrán a rescatarnos. Cuando escapemos de esa ilusión, podremos contribuir a un camino diferente, al que esperamos que se unan los gobiernos cuando escapen de las limitaciones del business-as-usual.
La lista completa de los firmantes, procedentes de más de 30 países, figura a continuación.
Dr. Malika Virah-Sawmy, IAAS-Potsdam, Germany and Mauritius; Professor Dr. Jem Bendell, University of Cumbia and co-editor Deep Adaptation, UK; Dr. Yves Cochet, Former Minister of the Environment, France, Institut Momentum, France; Professor Eva Lantsoght, Professor, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador; Professor William Rees, Professor Emeritus Ecological Economics, University of British Columbia, Canada; Dr. Aurelien Barrau, Professor of Astrophysics, Universite Grenoble-Alpes, France;James Engell, Professor, Harvard University Center for the Environment, US; Professor Yin Paradies, Professor of Race Relations, Deakin University, Australia; Dr. Rupert Read, University of East Anglia, UK; Dr. Igor Polskiy, board member, GEN-Russia, Russia;Dr. Carola Kloeck, Assistant professor, Sciences Po Paris, France; Dr. Lajos Brons, Adjunct Professor of Philosophy, Lakeland University Japan; Dr. Morgan Phillips, Director, The Glacier Trust, UK.
Lista completa
John Adams, Emeritus Professor of Organizational Systems, Saybrook University, US
Ira Allen, Associate Professor of Rhetoric, Northern Arizona University, US
Kelly Anthony, Teaching Professor in Public Health, University of Waterloo, CA
Alexandra-Ellen Appel, Personal capacity, Greenpeace, US
Karen Atkinson, Research Associate, University of Liverpool, UK
Adele Aubrey, Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute, University of Manchester, UK
Susan Bailey, Senior Lecturer, Edith Cowan University, AU
Bobby Banerjee, Professor, City University of London, UK
Wolmet Barendregt, Assistant Professor, Eindhoven University of Technology, NL
Aurelien Barrau, Professor of Astrophysics, Universite Grenoble-Alpes, FR
Franz Baumann, Visiting Research Professor, New York University, US
Jem Bendell, Professor, University of Cumbria, UK
Geoff Berry, Ecophilosopher, International Ecopsychology Society, AU
Gerd Bongs, Food chemist, Dr Gerd Bongs Scientific Consulting, DE
Dalila Bovet, Ethologist, Universite Paris Nanterre, FR
Martin Bowen, Physics Research Director, CNRS, FR
Clara Breteau, Post-doctoral researcher in geography and environmental aesthetics, Universite de Caen, FR
Lajos Brons, Adjunct Professor of Philosophy, Lakeland University Japan, JP
Jason Brownlee, Professor of Government, University of Texas at Austin, US
Hedy Bryant, Facilitator and educator for living systems informed practice., HARK Facilitation Services, AU
Daniel Buckles, Adjunct Research Professor, Carleton University, CA
Tony Budak, Hubbard, TimeBank Mahoning Watershed, US
Colin Butler, Honorary Professor, Australian National University, AU
Shelagh Campbell, Professor Emerita, University of Alberta, CA
Valentina Carbone, Professor, ESCP, FR
Hamilton Carvalho, Doctor, USP, BR
Eric Cavalcanti, Associate Professor, Griffith University, AU
Nicolas Ceasar, Head of Coaching Faculty, NatWest Group, UK
Pierre Ceccaldi, R & I Consultant, Freelance, FR
Gauthier Chapelle, In-Terre-dépendant researcher, GIRAF, BE
Peter Choate, Professor Social Work, Mount Royal University, CA
Yves Cochet, Former Minister of the Environment, France, Institut Momentum, FR
Karen Cohen, retired Public Health Physician, New Mexico Department of Health, US
Claire Collot, Neurobiologiste, Industrie pharmaceutique, FR
Mickael Coriat, Astrophysicist, IRAP - University Toulouse 3, FR
Lilas Courtot, Postdoctoral Researcher, UCL Cancer Research, UK
Travis Cox, Chair, Masters in Ecopsychology, Naropa University, US
Stef Craps, Professor of English Literature, Ghent University, BE
Elspeth Crawford, Retired lecturer, University of Edinburgh, UK
Michel Cucchi, Assistant Director, University Hospital of Lille, FR
Hamish Cunningham, Professor, University of Sheffield, UK
Marc Deconchat, Senior scientist, INRAE, FR
Nicolas Dendoncker, Professor of Geography, University of Namur, BE
Michel Dobrijevic, Astrophysicist, Universite de Bordeaux, FR
Elizabeth Downing, Climate educator, US
Fae Dremock, Assistant Professor, Environmental Studies, Ithaca College, US
Hannah Dugdale, Professor of Evolutionary Medicine, University of Groningen, NL
Sophie Eberhardt, Researcher, Lepac, FR
Edina Eberhardt-Toth, Enseignante-chercheure en finance et gouvernance socialement responsables, ICN Business School, NL
Natalia Eernstman, Senior Lecturer, Plymouth College of Art, UK
Markus Egermann, Head of Research Area "Sustainability Transformations in Cities and Regions", Leibniz Institute of Ecological Urban and Regiional Development, DE
Hans Eickhoff, Investigator, Degrowth Network Portugal, PT
Duane Elgin, Co-director, Choosing Earth, US
James Engell, Professor, Harvard University Center for the Environment, US
Sherry Falsetti, Clinical Psychologist, Enlighten Mind Body Wellness LLC, US
Alison Farmer, Change Manager, Independent, US
Louise Farquharson, Assistant Research Professor, University of Alaska Fairbanks, US
Tina Fields, Professor of Ecopsychology, Naropa University, US
Rachel Forgasz, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Education, Monash University, AU
Frank Frantisak, Retired, CA
Tomasz Ganicz, Assistant Professor, Technical University of Lodz, PL
Bruno Gayral, Researcher, CEA-Grenoble, FR
Richard Gill, Emeritus Professor of Mathematical Statistics, Mathematical Institute, Leiden University, NL
Barry Gills, Scientist, University of Helsinki, UK
Alix Goguey, Associate Professor, Grenoble Alpes University, FR
Anthony Goodchild, Veterinary Epidemiologist (retired), Animal & Plant Health Agency, UK
Joyce Green, Professor, University of Regina, CA
Caspar Hallmann, Research, Radboud University, NL
Trevor Hancock, Professor Emeritus, School of Public Health and Social Policy, University of Victoria, CA
Stephen Healy, Honorary Senior Lecturer, UNSW, AU
Stephanie Heil, PhD, Research Engineer, Linkoeping University, Sweden, SE
Ruben Heleno, Professor, University of Coimbra, Portugal, PT
Krista Hiser, Professor, University of Hawaii System, US
Wendy Hollway, Emeritus Professor of Psychology, Open University, UK
Lummina Horlings, Professor Socio-Spatial Planning, University of Groningen, NL
Nick Hostettler, Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations, Queen Mary University of London, UK
Mario Huettenhofer, Chemist, University of Konstanz, Germany, DE
Jean-Michel Hupe, Researcher in political ecology, CNRS, IT
Ruth Irwin, Professor of Education, RMIT University, AU
Robert R. Janes, Independent archaeologist, Coalition of Museums for Climate Justice, CA
Sophie Javerzat, Professor of Genetics, University of Bordeaux, FR
Nico Jenkins, Asst Professor of Philosophy and Critical theory, Maine College of Art, US
Jeremy Jimenez, Assistant Professor of Education (Foundations and Social Advocacy), SUNY Cortland, US
Dr Rebecca Johnson, Consultant Clinical Psychologist, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, UK
Etienne-Pascal Journet, Researcher in Agronomy, CNRS, FR
Mike Joy, Senior researcher/ecologist, Victoria University, HK
Darlene Juschka, Associate Professor, University of Regina, CA
Peter Kabachnik, Professor of Geography, College of Staten Island, The City University of New York (CUNY), US
Sean Kelly, Professor and author, California Institute of Integral Studies, US
Chrislain Eric Kenfack, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Alberta, CA
Peter Kindfield, Founder and Lead Teacher, Hilltop Education Connections, US
Carola Kloeck, assistant professor, Sciences Po Paris, DE
Eva Lantsoght, Professor, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, EC
Julie Lavie, Researcher in Genetics, University of Bordeaux, FR
Charles Le Feuvre, Deputy Executive Director, Psychology for a Safe Climate, Melbourne, Australia, AU
Karine Leblanc, Researcher in Oceanography, CNRS, FR
Jonathan Leighton, Executive Director, Organisation for the Prevention of Intense Suffering (OPIS), GR
Greg Lennon, Scientist, CarLen5050, US
Joel Levey, Founder, Wisdom at Work, US
Thomas Love, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology, Linfield University, US
Irene Malvestio, postdoc, Universitat de Barcelona, SP
Panos Mantziaras, Director, Fondation Braillard Architectes, Geneve, FR
David Mark Welch, Senior Scientist, Marine Biological Laboratory, US
Thomas Marois, Senior Lecturer, SOAS University of London, FR
Clemence Marque, Pharmacist (PharmD), Adrastia, FR
Philippe Marquet, Associate Professor, University of Lille, FR
Miguel Martinez Ramos, TEU, Universitat Jaume I, ES
Thierry Masson, Researcher (Mathematical Physics), CNRS, FR
Pascal Maugis, Researcher, LSCE, FR
Stella Nyambura Mbau, Climate Resilience consultant, LOABOWA, KE
Deena Metzger, Teacher/Writer, Dare, US
Paul Morgan, Professor, West Chester University of Pennsylvania, US
Susanne Moser, Ph.D., Director, Susanne Moser Research & Consulting, US
Eleonore Mounoud, Associate Professor in Organisation Studies, CENTRALESUPELEC, FR
David F Murphy, Academic Lead, Initiative for Leadership & Sustainability (IFLAS), University of Cumbria, UK
Chris Murray, Emeritus Staff Scientist, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, USA, US
Wolfgang Nitschke, Senior Scientist, CNRS, FR
Henrik Nordborg, Rapperswil, OST Ostschweizer Fachhochschule, CH
Elisabeth Oelmann, Consultant for Internal Medicine, Pharmaindustry, UK
Leif Ohlsson, Peace & Development Researcher (ret.), Peace & Development Research Institute, Uni of Gothenburg, SE
Adi Ophir, Professor Emeritus, Tel Aviv University, Visiting Professor of the Humanities, Brown University, US
Miguel Pajares, Social anthropologist, University of Barcelona, ES
Michal Palasz, Assistant Researcher, Jagiellonian University in Krakow, PL
Geremy Panthou, Climatology Lecturer, Universite Grenoble Alpes, FR
Lilli Papaloizos, Lecturer, University of Basel Switzerland, FR
Yin Paradies, Professor of Race Relations, Deakin University, AU
Richard Parncutt, personal, University of Graz, Austria, AT
Ronald Parry, Concerned scientist, Rice University, US
David Peters, Emeritus Professor Integrated Healthcare, University of Westminster, UK
David Phillips, Professor, University of Southampton, UK
Morgan Phillips, Director, The Glacier Trust, UK
Clifford Pickett, Jr., Molecular Biologist, Swarthmore, US
Catherine Price, Clinical Psychologist Registrar, Child Development Service, AU
Aleksis Pirinen, PhD in AI, Lund University, SE
Igor Polskiy, board member, GEN-Russia, RU
Charlotte Portelli, Sustainable Program Officer, Auraimpact, MX
Emmanuel Prados, Head of the INRIA research team STEEP, INRIA, FR
Marion Princaud, Founder, Waste Hunter, FR
Sally Prebble, Clinical Psychologist, University of Auckland, NZ
Laszlo Rampasek, CEO, OurOffset Nonprofit LLC, HU
Terry Rankin, Activist, Retired, US
John Rapko, Writer/Lecturer, College of Marin, US
Rupert Read, Associate Professor of Philosophy, University of East Anglia, UK
William Rees, Professor Emeritus Ecological Economics, University of British Columbia, CA
Philippe Ricordeau, public health doctor, retired, FR
Bernardino Roca, Infectious Disease Physician, Hospital General Universitario of Castellon, Spain, ES
Philippe Roche, Researcher, CNRS, FR
Jane Rogers, Professor Emerita, XR Activist, Sheffield Hallam University, UK
Peter Roopnarine, Curator, California Academy of Sciences, US
Shawn Rosenheim, Professor of English, Williams College, US
Pauline Rummel, Postdoc, scientific employee, Georg-August-Universitat Goettingen, DE
Sparsha Saha, Lecturer, Harvard University, US
Noel B. Salazar, Professor in Social and Cultural Anthropology, KU Leuven, BE
Steven Salmony, Pittsboro, AWAREness Campaign on The Human Population, US
Geoffrey Samuel, Emeritus Professor, Cardiff University, AU
Thibault Sana, Researcher, INRAE, FR
JP Sapinski, Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies, Universite de Moncton, CA
Joachim Schwartz, CEO, alex2020 GMBH, CH
Hans Schaefers, Professor, University of Applied Sciences (HAW Hamburg), GE
Johannes Scheppach, Doctor, Charite University Medicine Berlin, DE
Pierre Yves Schobbens, Professor, University of Namur, BE
Pablo Servigne, Doctorate of Science, Université libre de Bruxelles, FR
Orrin Shindell, Professor, Trinity University, US
Kirsten Shukla, Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Oxford Health NHS Trust, UK
Amanda Shuman, Researcher and lecturer, University of Freiburg, DE
Martin Siefkes, Research Associate, University of Technology Chemnitz, DE
Pritam Singh, Professor Emeritus, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, UK, UK
Clelia Sirami, Researcher in ecology, INRAE, FR
Richard Smart, Geotechnical Engineer, N/A, AU
Michael Smith, Professor of History and Environmental Humanities, Ithaca College, US
Ashley South, author, researcher and consultant., Chiang Mai University, TH
Milena Stefanovic, Programme Manager, European Fund for the Balkans, RS
Melissa Sterry, Design Scientist, Complex Systems Theorist, Futurologist, Bioratorium, FR
Victoria Stevens, Retired protected areas ecologist, BC Parks, CA
Melissa Sterry, Design Scientist, Complex Systems Theorist, Futurologist, Bioratorium, FR
Brian Stewart, Professor of Physics, Wesleyan University, US
Stephen Sterling, Emeritus Professor of Sustainability Education, University of Plymouth, UK
Cedric Sueur, Professir, Université de Strasbourg, FR
Heather Sullivan-Catlin, Professor of Sociology, State University of New York - Potsdam, US
Frederic Sultana, Research for Sport and Exercise Sciences, Retirement, FR
Lars Tranvik, Professor, Uppsala University, SE
Elia Valentini, Senior Lecturer, University of Essex, UK
Jan van Boeckel, Professor art & sustainability, Hanze University of Applied Sciences, NE
Els van Ooijen, Psychotherapist, Nepenthe Consulting, UK
Charles Vanwynsberghe, Associate Professor, ISEN Yncrea Ouest, FR
Madis Vasser, Advocacy expert, Estonian Green Movement, EE
Gwen Vaughan, Founder, The Living Earth Foundation, UK
Bruno Villalba, Professeur science politique, AgroParisTech, FR
Malika Virah-Sawmy, Researcher, Humboldt universidad zu Berlin, DE
Fleur Visser, Senior Lecturer Physical Geography, University of Worcester, UK, UK
Linda Vogelsong, Founder, WovenStory Productions, US
Stephane Vuilleumier, Professor of Environmental Biology and Microbiology, Universite de Strasbourg, FR
Ruth Wallen, Co-Chair MFA in Interdisciplinary Arts, Goddard College, US
Arthur Weaver, independent scientist, no affiliation, US
Martin Weinel, Research Associate, Cardiff University, UK
Dietmar Weinmann, Physicist, CNRS, DE
Carol Wellwood, Botanist & Agroecologist, Freelance, UK
Russell West-Pavlov, Professor, University of Tubingen, Germany, DE
Sarah Williams, University Lecturer, University of Cumbria, IE
Marc Wilson, Retired psychologist, AU
David Windt, Physicist, Reflective X-ray Optics LLC, US
Jason Wirth, Professor of Philosophy, Seattle University, US