More than 850 civil society entities have signed a manifesto support for the scientist Fernando Valladares and all the people who are being threatened by the dissemination of information about the climate crisis and the impact of meteorological phenomena caused by climate change that affect Spain and the entire planet.
The manifesto, promoted by the New Water Culture Foundation and the Iberian River Restoration Center (Ciref) and to which more than 850 different entities have joined in just three dayssupports the work of the professor, scientist and disseminator, as well as that of all the people and entities that “suffer harassment on social networks and other spaces,” the promoters say in a statement.
The signatories express their “total support for Fernando Valladares and the valuable work he does, as well as for the rest of the people, groups and entities that are being harassed on social networks and other spaces” for showing that not taken seriously climate change and not urgently reversing the multiple processes of ecosocial degradation “is putting everyone in danger.”
As an example, They remember the DANA of last October 29which left more than 220 dead in the Valencian Country, Castilla-La Mancha and Andalusia.
The signatory entities belong to a broad spectrum of civil societyincluding scientific and research organizations, professional associations, environmental organizations, entities linked to the agricultural and rural world, cooperatives, organizations in social, union, cultural, educational, consumer, neighborhood groups and citizen networks of very diverse types.
Furthermore, the manifesto has received a large number of personal supports that have not been reflectedthey have pointed out.
From Ciref They emphasize that “all this shows that a good part of the Spanish society is aware of the importance of addressing the problems indicated from scientific and technical knowledge”.
In the face of growing misinformation, hatred and harassment, which constitute a form of violence, they commit to redouble “efforts in all spaces and areas that are necessary to combat denialism and hoaxes that spread falsehoods, feed ignorance and fear and delay the adoption of effective and future-oriented solutions,” the manifesto states.
They will, they say, “debating and providing solutions based on scientific knowledge, the defense of human rights, social justice and democratic governance”.
Citizens as a whole are also asked to “do not succumb to the unease” generated by these hoaxes and messages loaded with aggressiveness and are appealed to not contribute to its dissemination.
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