CARTAGENA THINKS: Fernando Valladares talks about 'Climate change and recivilization'. Mediterranean Foundation

Fernando Valladares

CLIMATE CHANGE AND RECYCLING

Presented by: Joaquín Nieto , member of the SEO/BirdLife Board of Directors and winner of the 2022 National Environment and Climate Award

Climate change is a frightening reality that should make us reflect on the model of civilization that has generated it. As a society, we do not fully understand all the consequences or its rapid exponential evolution, but we are becoming aware that we simply do not have the money to deal with the growing damage and that society is breaking down with increasing inequality that costs us more energy and resources every day.

Precisely because of all this, climate change is actually a great opportunity to change everything. And we have a roadmap that is none other than human rights themselves.

Fernando Valladares is a researcher at the CSIC and a professor at the Rey Juan Carlos University. He is a highly cited scientist for his research on biodiversity and the impacts of climate change (valladares.info).

In 2021 he received the Jaume I Prize and the BBVA Foundation Environmental Communication Award. In 2023 he published the book “La recivilización” (Recivilization), which brings together much of his thinking.

In 2024, she will receive the Planet Earth Award from the Alliance of World Scientists, and the gold medal of the Red Cross for her work in dissemination and eco-social awareness, which can be followed on social media and at www.lasaluddelahumanidad.com