Shout out what is silenced
A young eco-social activist gives voice to what the Climate Summits silence.
by Alejandro Quecedo del Val, Marina Garcés
Description
"Alejandro Quecedo del Val points to the need for a reform of being and feeling that connects us again with nature."
- foreword by Marina Garcés
Gritar lo que está callado (Shout out what is silenced) is written by a 19-year-old who has attended climate summits representing Spain.
It is not just another book about climate change, it is a book that reveals what is on the fringes of the climate summits, what prevents the fight against climate change from progressing. The invited and silenced young people are the example of the smoke screens that are created in the information of the disaster, for example with the Greta Thunberg phenomenon.
Under the slogan Uniting the world to tackle climate change, the next United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) — held in Glasgow (United Kingdom) from November 1 to 12, 2021— brought together representatives of around 200 governments with the aim of accelerating climate action to comply with the Paris Agreement.
In a recent article, Alejandro Quecedo pointed to the disappointment of a large part of the activist sector, after learning about the withdrawal of permits and funding for citizen and scientific initiatives, with the excuse of not "excessively politicizing the summit", a fact to which was added the leak to the media that certain lobbies had pressed to amend the latest report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), in order to deny the evidence of an increasingly imminent catastrophe and blind public opinion with half-truths, sweetened.
The author has been interviewed by the most important media in Spain, all interested in his position: to ask for a change of sensitivity in order to stop the eco-social crisis.
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Author Biography
Alejandro Quecedo del Val (Briviesca, 2002)
He began his career as an eco-social activist by chairing the SEO/Birdlife Youth Board in 2017. He has been a representative of Spanish youth at various climate summits, including the first UN youth and climate summit, COP25 and Youth4Climate, in Milan. He was the drafter and presenter of the World Declaration on Youth and Climate Action. He currently collaborates with UNESCO in the development of YoU-CAN, the global youth network for climate action.
He was awarded silver in 2019 at the National Philosophy Olympiad, the same year he received the Urbel literary prize. He studied International Baccalaureate in Norway thanks to United World College scholarships. In addition, he has been awarded the Yale Young Scholars scholarship. Currently, he studies Political Humanities and Sociology at Sciences Po University.
Editorial De Conatus
De Conatus is an independent, fiction and nonfiction publisher focused on contemporary, innovative literature, mostly literary fiction. De Conatus is interested in ambitious writing with new points of view and authors with a unique style.
View all titlesBibliographic Information
- Publisher De Conatus
- Publication Date November 2021
- Orginal LanguageSpanish
- ISBN/Identifier 9788417375669
- Publication Country or regionSpain
- FormatPaperback
- Primary Price 15.90 EUR
- Pages171
- ReadershipGeneral
- Publish StatusPublished
- Original Language TitleGritar lo que está callado
- Copyright Year2021
- Dimensions21 x 14 cm
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