The latest Levante EMV breakfast, dedicated to Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) number: Climate Action, has been the perfect setting to discuss the new Climate Change and Energy Transition Law - approved by the Congress of Deputies on April 8 - and the urgent measures to be taken to combat global warming and its effects on the planet.
At the panel discussion, experts, public representatives, and business leaders, including Jose Claramonte, CEO of FACSA, positively assessed the new law for filling an important regulatory gap, although they also expressed some reservations. concern about the lack of ambition and effectiveness of some of the measures against climate change.
In this regard, Claramonte highlighted the significant efforts of society and businesses to curb global warming, noting that they have demonstrated a degree of proactivity beyond the current legislation through their practices and objectives. Among the reasons she cited were “the incorporation of mitigation and adaptation strategies, such as decarbonization, the commitment to renewable energies, and the transition to cleaner transportation.” However, she emphasized that the drafting of the document by the Ministry for Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge will serve as an impetus for less environmentally conscious sectors, encouraging them to “move from words to action.”.
On the other hand, Claramonte also referred to the importance of adapting services to the effects of climate change—clearly alluding to recent extreme weather events. For this reason, she emphasized “the need to redesign and transform cities.”.
In this regard, he presented to the discussion panel the work that FACSA has been carrying out for some time, including the waterproofing of urban areas, permeable pavements, and the implementation of stormwater tanks. These projects should be given a boost to move forward in the right direction.
The meeting – sponsored by FACSA along with the Port Authority of Valencia and Caixa Popular – also included the participation of Mireia Mollà, Minister of Agriculture, Rural Development, Climate Emergency and Energy Transition; Carmen Gómez Acebo, Director of Sustainability at Coca-Cola; Pau Agost, biologist, environmental educator and member of Connecta Natura; Federico Torres, Director of the Energy Transition Area at the Port Authority of Valencia; and Miguel Rodilla, Professor of Environmental Sciences at the Polytechnic University of Valencia.
