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The Plenum of the Municipal Corporation has given approval this morning to the accession of Murcia Adapt Mayors initiative, born within the Covenant of Mayor of the European Union, in its strong progress in the fight against climate change.
Mayors Adapt, recently promoted and complements the already known "Covenant of Mayors" (Covenant of Mayors) to the city of Murcia joined in 2008, thereby becoming Murcia in one of the first cities in Europe, and Thus in Spain to commit to reduce their energy consumption by 20%, increase the use of renewable energy to 20% and reduce emissions of greenhouse gases also at the same rate, by the year 2020, with GER, the Agency Local Energy and Climate Change of our City, the Service that coordinates the Covenant of Mayors of the EU, under the Department of Environment.
The "Mayors'Adapt" initiative was created with the joint goal of reducing emissions of greenhouse gases and mitigate the impact of climate change globally and in our cities.
From the European Commission both cities and local authorities to take measures to combat the effects that climate change is already bringing, such as extreme weather events we encountered increasingly often impels.
From the Department of Environment of the City of Murcia, through GER, the Local Agency for Energy and Climate Change, Murcia wants to go again demonstrate its leadership and commitment to energy efficiency and combating climate change, stating his resolute responsibility once again be one of the first European and Spanish cities in joining this innovative and important European initiative.
Mayors'Adapt aims to take measures to adapt cities and educate its citizens so that they can know and reduce the inevitable effects that climate change is bringing.
The signatory cities undertake to contribute to the overall objective of the adaptation strategy of the EU through the development of a Local Strategy and / or integrating climate change adaptation into existing municipal plans.
Regardless of the option chosen, the city of Murcia is committed to complying with the following milestones:
Assess potential risks and vulnerabilities of climate change as a basis for priority adaptation measures.
Identify and assess adaptation measures and classify them in order of priority by developing and presenting a strategy of local adaptation or adaptation respective relevant documents, including the results of the vulnerability assessment, clearly defining responsibilities and resources and introducing adaptation measures, within the two years following the formal signing of the commitment.
Apply local adaptation measures.
Regularly monitor and evaluate progress.
Submit a report every two years as part of the initiative.
Adapt the local adaptation strategy accordingly.
All these objectives, commitments and challenges are reflected in the "Commitment of Accession to the Mayors'Adapt Initiative", as reflected in the attached document Annex I to that proposal.
Add that the European Union plans to promote financing mechanisms for cities to develop and implement local adaptation strategies and submit proposed concrete adaptation projects, and for this, a preliminary step is to have joined this initiative Mayors'Adapt .
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia
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