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In the meeting, held in the Parador de Lorca, six municipalities from Portugal, Latvia and Spain participated and the implication "this Action Plan for Climate and Sustainable Energy" was revealed.
The Mayor of Lorca, Diego José Mateos, has inaugurated the Life Adaptate day, which was held this morning at the Parador of the city, where they have met with localities in other European countries proposed to mitigate the effects of the change climate.
Mateos has begun by welcoming the six municipalities of Portugal, Latvia and Spain to the city that participate in the Life Adaptate Project, wishing that the stay be as pleasant as possible and that the memory I leave you be unforgettable. " assured to trust "fully that the busy agenda of these days is profitable and its conclusions result in the benefit of citizens."
The Mayor wanted to "thank the involvement of all participants in the development of this Action Plan for Climate and Sustainable Energy" and explained that "for us the effects of climate change and environmental policies are part of the main axes of our political action at the municipal level. "
Mateos Molina stressed that, "in the case of Lorca, the Life Adaptate Project has been a magnificent opportunity to carry out transversal actions in which several Municipal Councils and Services have participated with full involvement and in a coordinated manner" and that "during the two workshops that have been developed to date, the first in March and the second during the same month of September, have created the lines of work in a very satisfactory way to implement and consolidate the Action Plan. "
The First Edil has revealed the high level of awareness about the problem of climate change and has exemplified it with the "progressive rise in temperatures, sea level rise, increasingly frequent floods, and specifically the recent occurrences last week due to extreme rainfall, water scarcity, air pollution and aquifers, landslides ... all of them are elements that increasingly impact the daily life of cities, affecting the quality of life of the citizens".
Mateos Molina has expressed his desire that "throughout these two days of intense agenda, the sharing of experiences that each municipality has developed and that their results are positive and extrapolated to all cities in Europe" has emerged and has been He is optimistic about "the cooperation between the municipalities of the different countries and the involvement of citizens will result in the achievement of positive effects in the fight against climate change".
The Mayor has stressed the importance of "that from the European Union the new Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy be sponsored in order for the Mayors themselves to commit ourselves firmly developing Local Plans."
Diego José Mateos has finished his speech congratulating everyone present for prioritizing environmental defense policies and the fight against climate change.
It is undoubtedly one of the great challenges of the present century.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca
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