Two ecological activists stick to the frames of Goya’s ‘Las Majas’ paintings in the Prado Museum

The action of the activists FUTURO VEGETAL Two activists from Futuro Vegetal have stuck this Saturday to the frames of the paintings ‘La maja naked’ and ‘La maja ropa’ by Francisco de Goya exhibited at the Museo Nacional del Prado in Madrid as a sign of protest for the climatic emergency. In the middle of both paintings they have written the message ‘+1.5º’ to “warn about the rise in global temperature that will cause an unstable climate and serious consequences throughout the planet”. This protest joins others that have happened in recent weeks, such as that of two environmentalists who threw tomato soup at Van Gogh’s ‘Los Girasoles’, exhibited at the National Gallery in London. Museo Del Prado.Last week the UN recognized the impossibility of keeping us below the increase limit of the Paris Agreement of 1.5° of average temperature with respect to pre-industrial levels. pic.twitter.com/0buAMbeziJ— FuturoVegetal (@FuturoVegetal) November 5, 2022 “I am stuck here because last week the UN made it official that it is already impossible to contain global warming at 1.5º, exceeding the limits set in the Paris Agreement and compromising our food security”, affirms one of the activists. He has also assured that, despite the fact that 2021 was the year with the highest CO2 emissions in history, the necessary measures have not been taken to correct this Finally, he assured that “we need to change the agri-food system now to adapt to the disaster scenarios we are facing; if not, art will be left under the flames of the fires or the water of the floods”.ACTIVISTAniusdiario.esLa The second person who has stuck to Goya’s work has demanded that the government end subsidies for livestock and use them to promote plant-based alternatives to deal with scenarios like or that of 2.5º provided by the UN. He has also affirmed that they are ‘scared’ to think about the future that awaits them due to the inaction of the governments: “the death of nature, of art, and of life.” IMG 4268niusdiario.es