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The Councillor for Environment and Urban Quality, Adela Martinez-Cache attended this week the Environmental Forum of Eurocities has had over 200 participants and representatives from 41 European countries.
The panel of political debate has been shaped by the cities of Brno, Genoa, Antwerp, Malmö, Glasgow, The Hague, Riga and Vienna, Madrid and Murcia as the only Spanish cities chosen in this great debate about the new way that cities undertake towards low carbon economy.
According to Martinez-Cache, "the focus of this conference is to achieve a sustainable city model that supports renewable energy, promote public transport, go to sustainable water use, create more green space and manage waste properly. Murcia point has been exemplary in its environmental policies, energy and combating climate change. "
The mayor has called on Madrid's need for new funding from the European Union and central government, more direct aid to cities and aid more flexible and tailored to the social reality we live: "We must implement a capital structure for finance activities under the Covenant of Mayors. "
The meeting will have as an example of good environmental management to the city of Murcia and his council, which through its Local Agency for Energy and Climate Change is on track to achieve that 20% of the electricity consumed in the municipality is renewable, the massive expansion of green areas and by 2020 reduce by 20% consumption and CO2 emissions
Adela Martinez-Cache focused his speech on the need to create new jobs through the incorporation of environmental measures and energy efficiency criteria, among others.
The inclusion of sustainability criteria in cities is the creation of new jobs that were not there before, having competitive advantages the first cities to act.
Cache Adela Martinez said: "We have to react by adopting concrete measures from the cities to meet climate targets and the improvement of economic performance and resilience"
These concrete measures are being taken by cities such as Murcia, in order to create sustainable economic development in a difficult financial environment, for example, jobs "energy efficient" environmental innovation, a clear decision to adopt more sustainable transport , as the tram, or the innovative public bicycle loan, all in all the defense and promotion of sustainable mobility in the city of Murcia and within its local strategy to combat climate change.
In his presentation, Martínez-Cache highlighted the role that the city of Murcia, from Local Agency for Energy and Climate Change, has led to the introduction of energy efficiency criteria in all Bidding Procurement, development studies for legislation on solar energy in Europe or the work they have promoted a more sustainable mobility from the Municipality of Murcia, among others.
But Martinez-Cache reiterated in Madrid that, to help cities to improve these actions, we must give them credit lines more flexible and adapted to - within a framework of European legislation - the specific local issues, increase involvement of local local decision making when national housing funds from the EU and that there is active participation in the exchange of good practices.
The mayor added that "the European and national level can and should improve the framework for assistance and resources for action.
Local governments are showing our leadership in this crucial moment "
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia
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