Letter sent to: AFP, autoroute info, auxois-fm.fr, Bing Bang Mag, Cherie FM, Dijon l’Hebdo, dijonbeaunemag.fr, dijoncter.info, Echo des communes, France 3 Bourgogne, France Bleu Bourgogne, Fun radio, info-beaune.com, infos-dijon.com, K6fm, Le Bien Public, Le Journal du Palais, lechatillonnaisetlauxois.fr, lejacquemart.com, radio campus Dijon, RCF, Sparse, TF1 Dijon, tracesecritesnews.fr, Virgin Radio
Dear,
The scientific consensus is clear, powerful: climate drift and the rapid decline of biodiversity are accelerating, and our human activities are the cause. The impacts on our ecosystem and our human societies are widespread and, for many, irreversible. One after another, the planetary limits are exceeded: almost half of Humanity already lives in a situation of great vulnerability.
In its sixth report, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) emphasizes the crucial role of the media in “framing and transmitting information on climate change”.
It is up to you, editorial staff and all journalists to inform about the runaway climate and the countless solutions that we must urgently implement, citizens and elected officials alike.
Faced with the absolute urgency of the situation, while our region is also affected, we (11 associations, collectives and ecological acting structures of Côte-d’Or representing several hundred people), call on you to ask you to commit to be up to the climate, social and environmental issues in your work and fully integrate these issues in the processing of information.
We ask you to join the numerous national media (1) and the 1,200 journalists who are advancing on these issues, in particular with the Charter for journalism commensurate with the ecological emergency, written by a collective of journalists: https://chartejournalismeecologie.fr
In your profession, continuing education seems important to us, to deliver quality information, provide explanations with an overview, promote solutions and not just observe the situation.
Finally, it also seems vital to us to question you about advertisements. What about the impact of your media if it displays advertising for a company whose activity is harmful to the preservation of life and accelerates climate change? Whether it is for the promotion of a bank that is too little committed or even climaticidal (2), an oversized car, air travel (3), non-eco-responsible clothing (4), excess high-tech devices ( 5) etc It is up to you to think about your responsibility in overconsumption!
Pending the publication of your ecological commitment in your media, please accept, Ladies and Gentlemen, information professionals, our most sincere greetings.
Signatories of this letter:
Friends of the Earth Côte-d’Or, Greenpeace Dijon, La Recyclade, Confédération Paysanne de Côte d’Or, Oxfam Dijon, XR Dijon, La Chaîne Verte, AssoEnScene, Ethics on labels, Rézo Fêt’Art, ATTAC21
(1) https://www.radiofrance.com/le-tournant
(2) https://www.amisdelaterre.org/campagne/stop-finance-fossile/
(3) https://www.senat.fr/rap/r01-113/r01-113.html
(4) https://www.oxfamfrance.org/agir-oxfam/impact-de-la-mode-consequences-sociales-environnementales/
https://www.wwf.ch/fr/nos-objectifs/rapport-du-wwf-sur-lindustrie-de-lhabillement-et-des-textiles
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