Even if some countries have not reached their epidemic peak, the time has come for the post-crisis period.
Pascal Canfin, MEP launched an initiative in favor of the environment to “ Build a shared reflection on post-crisis green investment plans ”.
A call for the global alliance was launched in a column published in several European newspapers, because even if the whole world finds itself in a delicate and unprecedented situation, covid-19 has not chased away the climate crisis. This call brings together more than 180 European personalities such as ministers, MEPs, business leaders, associations, trade union federations, NGOs, but also celebrities! Its aim is to propose long-term solutions aimed at reviving the economy with green plans.
” If we restart the economy in the wrong direction, we will go even faster into the wall of the climate crisis. This is why we are gathering the energies for a green recovery “, said Pascal Canfin, President of the Environment Committee of the European Parliament Pascal Canfin (Renew Europe, centrists and liberals).
Some personalities nevertheless remain vigilant in the face of this craze for unity, and for good reason: several companies/lobbies who are signatories to this global alliance exert enormous pressure or have stood out for requests for the relaxation of environmental rules from institutions concerning Euro environmental standards and ambitions.
And yet, several artists join the call of scientists for a ” no return to normal ” after the Coronavirus crisis. They challenge leaders and citizens to profoundly change lifestyles, consumption and economies. Dozens of petitions are circulating among the entire population to make the desired change heard and rally them to this urgent awareness.
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List of personalities participating in the “non-return to normal” initiative:
Lynsey Addario, senior reporter; Isabelle Adjani, actress; Roberto Alagna, opera singer; Pedro Almodovar, director; Santiago Amigorena, writer; Angela, singer; Adria Arjona, actress; Yann Arthus-Bertrand, photographer, director; Ariane Ascaride, actress; Olivier Assayas, director; Josiane Balasko, actress; Jeanne Balibar, actress; Bang Hai Ja, painter; Javier Bardem, actor; Aurélien Barrau, astrophysicist, honorary member of the Institut universitaire de France; Mikhail Baryshnikov, dancer, choreographer; Nathalie Baye, actress; Emmanuelle Béart, actress; Jean Bellorini, director; Monica Bellucci, actress; Alain Benoit, physicist, Academy of Sciences; Charles Berling, actor; Juliette Binoche, actress; Benjamin Biolay, singer; Dominique Blanc, actress; Cate Blanchett, actress; Gilles Bœuf, former president of the National Museum of Natural History; Valérie Bonneton, actress; Aurélien Bory, director; Miguel Bosé, actor, singer; Stéphane Braunschweig, director; Stéphane Brizé, director; Irina Brook, director; Peter Brook, director; Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, actress, director; Khatia Buniatishvili, pianist; Florence Burgat, philosopher, director of research at Inrae; Guillaume Canet, actor, director; Anne Carson, poet, writer, Academy of Arts and Sciences; Michel Cassé, astrophysicist; Aaron Ciechanover, Nobel Prize in Chemistry; Francois Civil, actor; Francois Cluzet, actor; Isabel Coixet, director; Gregory Colbert, photographer, director; Paolo Conte, singer; Marion Cotillard, actress; Camille Cottin, actress; Penélope Cruz, actress; Alfonso Cuaron, director; Willem Dafoe , actor; Béatrice Dalle, actress; Alain Damasio, writer; Ricardo Darin, actor; Cecile de France, actress; Robert DeNiro, actor; Annick de Souzenelle, writer; Johann Deisenhofer, biochemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry; Kate del Castillo, actress; Miguel Delibes Castro, Biologist, Royal Spanish Academy of Sciences; Emmanuel Demarcy-Mota, director; Claire Denis, director; Philippe Descola, anthropologist, CNRS gold medalist; Virginie Despentes, writer; Alexandre Desplat, composer; Arnaud Desplechin, director; Natalie Dessay, opera singer; Cyril Dion, writer, director; Hervé Dole, astrophysicist, honorary member of the Institut universitaire de France; Adam Driver, actor; Jacques Dubochet, Nobel Prize in Chemistry; Diane Dufresne, singer; Thomas Dutronc, singer; Lars Eidinger , actor; Olafur Eliasson, visual artist, sculptor; Marianne Faithfull , singer; Pierre Fayet, member of the Academy of Sciences; Abel Ferrara, director; Albert Fert , Nobel Prize in Physics; Ralph Fiennes, actor; Edmond Fischer, biochemist, Nobel Prize in Medicine; Jane Fonda, actress; Joachim Frank, Nobel Prize in Chemistry; Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, actor; Marie-Agnès Gillot, prima ballerina; Amos Gitai, director; Alejandro Gonzales Iñarritu, director; Timothy Gowers, Fields Medal in Mathematics; Eva Green, actress; Sylvie Guillem, star dancer; Ben Hardy, actor; Serge Haroche, Nobel Prize in Physics; Dudley R. Herschbach, Nobel Prize in Chemistry; Roald Hoffmann, Nobel Prize in Chemistry; Rob Hopkins, Founder of Cities in Transition; Nicolas Hulot, Honorary President of the Nicolas Hulot Foundation for Nature and Man; Imany, singer; Jeremy Irons, actor; Agnès Jaoui, actress, director; Jim Jarmusch, director; Vaughan Jones, Fields Medal in Mathematics; Spike Jonze, director; Camélia Jordana, singer; Jean Jouzel, climatologist, Vetlesen Prize; Anish Kapoor, sculptor, painter; Naomi Kawase, director; Sandrine Kiberlain, actress; Angelique Kidjo, singer; Naomi Klein, writer; Brian Kobilka, Nobel Prize in Chemistry; Hirokazu Kore-eda, director; Panos Koutras , director; Antjie Krog, poetess; La Grande Sophie, singer; Ludovic Lagarde, director; Melanie Laurent, actress; Bernard Lavilliers, singer; Yvon Le Maho, ecophysiologist, member of the Academy of Sciences; Roland Lehoucq, astrophysicist; Gilles Lellouche, actor, director; Christian Louboutin, designer; Roderick MacKinnon, Nobel Prize in Chemistry; Madonna, singer; Macha Makeïeff, director; Claude Makélélé, footballer; Ald Al Malik, rapper; Rooney Mara, actress; Ricky Martin, singer; Carmen Maura, actress; Michel Mayor, Nobel Prize in Physics; Medina, rapper; Melody Gardot, singer; Arturo Menchaca Rocha , physicist, ex-president of the Mexican Academy of Sciences; Raoni Metuktire , Indian Chief of Raoni; Julianne Moore , actress; Wajdi Mouawad , director, author; Gérard Mouroux, Nobel Prize in Physics; Nana Mouskouri, singer; Yael Naim, singer; Jean-Luc Nancy, philosopher; Guillaume Néry, freediving world champion; Pierre Niney, actor; Michaël Ondaatje, writer; Thomas Ostermeier, director; Rithy Panh, director; Vanessa Paradis, singer, actress; James Peebles, Nobel Prize in Physics; Corine Pelluchon, philosopher; Joaquin Phoenix, actor; Apple, singer; Iggy Pop, singer; Olivier Py, director; Radu Mihaileanu, director; Susheela Raman , singer; Edgar Ramirez, actor; Charlotte Rampling, actress; Raphael, singer; Eric Reinhardt , writer; Residente, singer; Jean-Michel Ribes, director; Matthieu Ricard, Buddhist monk; Richard Roberts, Nobel Prize in Medicine; Isabella Rossellini, actress; Cecilia Roth, actress; Carlo Rovelli, physicist, honorary member of the Institut universitaire de France; Paolo Roversi, photographer; Ludivine Sagnier, actress; Shaka Ponk (Sam and Frah), singers; Vandana Shiva, philosopher, writer; Abderrahmane Sissako, director; Gustaf Skarsgard, actor; Sorrentino Paolo, director; Sabrina Speich, oceanographer, Albert Defant Medal; Sting, singer; James Fraser Stoddart, Nobel Prize in Chemistry; Barbra Streisand, singer, actress, director; Malgorzata Szumowska, director; Béla Tarr, director; Bertrand Tavernier, director; Alexandre Tharaud, pianist; James Thierré, director, dancer; Melanie Thierry, actress; Tran Anh Hung , director; Jean-Louis Trintignant, actor; Karin Viard, actress; Rufus Wainwright, singer; Lulu Wang, director; Paul Watson, navigator, writer; Wim Wenders, director; Stanley Whittingham, Nobel Prize in Chemistry; Sonia Wieder-Atherton, cellist; Frank Wilczek, Nobel Prize in Physics; Olivia Wilde, actress; Christophe Willem, singer; Bob Wilson, director; Lambert Wilson, actor; David Wineland, Nobel Prize in Physics; Xuan Thuan Trinh, astrophysicist; Muhammad Yunus, economist, Nobel Peace Prize; Zazie, singer.
