A number of the best luminaries within the arts and sciences – from Nobel prize-winning astrophysicists, to singer Madonna to the economist Muhammad Yunus – have revealed a joint assertion insisting that the world can’t go “again to regular” and should take into account the COVID-19 disaster an pressing name for brand new pathways to a sustainable future.

“The Covid-19 pandemic is a tragedy. This disaster, nonetheless, has the advantage of inviting us to face important questions,” the assertion stated.

The letter, signed by 200 folks, was revealed by Le Monde in France. The signatories embody the Benin-born singer Angélique Kidjo, above, in addition to Congolese soccer legend Claude Makélélé. Malian movie director Abderrahmane Sissako additionally signed the enchantment for world leaders to interact in a radical transformation of values ​​and world priorities.

“Air pollution, world warming and the destruction of pure areas are main the world to a breaking level,” the assertion stated. “For these causes, mixed with the ever rising social inequalities, it appears to us unthinkable to ‘return to regular.’”

Writer and local weather thought chief Naomi Klein signed the letter, as did Rob Hopkins, the British founding father of the climate-focused Transition motion. Alongside them have been 20 Nobel prize winners in chemistry, physics and drugs, in addition to Yunus, who’s a Nobel Peace Prize recipient.

Musicians, writers, sculptors, poets and actors signed by the handfuls, together with Russian ballet legend Mikhail Baryshnikov, American singer Barbra Streisand, French-Congolese rapper Abd Al Malik and British actor Ralph Fiennes.

To view the message and listing of signatories, test Le Monde here.

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