The MIO adopts a climate motion!

MIO staff, consulted by electronic vote, were 93% to adopt this motion:
"Aware of the climate emergency and other challenges facing humanity to preserve the viability of our planet earth, the AMU/CNRS/IRD/UTLN staff of the MIO (Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography) laboratory support the initiatives that are being set up at the global level, such as in France, to deal with the global emergency (climate, biodiversity, environment).
Thus, we commit ourselves to:
- act on a daily basis to reduce the climate and environmental impact of our research activities,
- raise awareness among the public we have the opportunity to work with during our professional activities (students, the general public, political decision-makers, guardians, populations in the South via our IRD facilities,...) of the alarming state of affairs and the urgent need to act in order to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions, ocean acidification, overfishing, the plasticisation of our planet and our plates, the drastic decrease in biodiversity,...
- support global youth initiatives on climate change on 15 March 2019 and beyond,
- relay calls to participate, via our info-soc list and other media (letter from the laboratory, website,...), in the global climate march on 16 March 2019 and to relay and support all initiatives of the same kind (call by 300 European researchers in the daily newspaper Le Soir, Scientists warning from the Alliance of World Scientists, forum of 700 French scientists in Libération, IPCC report, etc.)
and we ask political leaders of all tendencies, our guardians, public authorities to:
- help us to respect these commitments by encouraging and supporting all our eco-responsible initiatives,
- to unite their efforts to implement very quickly large-scale concrete actions and measures that are commensurate with the extreme global emergency."

Thank you for your participation!
From now on, concrete actions will be carried out by the MIO: do not hesitate to send us your suggestions!