The General Director of the Spanish Office for Climate Change , Valvanera Ulargui, said that “we are the last generation responsible for climate change , ” and that, therefore, “we can not continue to produce and consume in the same way.”
This was discussed during the conference “Sustainability in Spain: Solutions and future prospects”, in which he further pointed out that the Ministry of the Environment “the spirit of not being alarmist” against the data on defend climate change , since “they are reversible with a policy of all sectors” reducing the carbon footprint.
Ulargui has indicated that Spain was “the first to comply with the policies of the European Union to reduce global emissions by 2030 by 40% , ” and that this “success” is accompanied by the signing of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change , which although “it could have been much more ambitious, it is an act of political will”, he stated.
Santiago Gonzalez, chairman of the Advisory Committee of the Observatory of Sustainability (OS), the Paris Agreement is “a tremendous failure”, one in the “history of failure after Kyoto and Rio.”
González, professor of the UPM (ETSI de Montes), added that “can not presume” that Spain has a policy of sustainability and concluded “that the environmental issue is not a priority in the Spanish political agenda.”
The event, promoted by the OS and the Cabinet of Natural History (GHN), was held in the context of Sustainable Development Goals (ODS) approved by the United Nations, with the aim of “raising solutions to global challenges such as energy, food, climate change , employment, inequality and biodiversity “.
In the panel on the circular economy, the president of the Association of Waste Management Companies and Special Resources (Asegre), Luis Palomino, has warned that the problem of management of hazardous waste is that “not recognized” and therefore not They are treated differently, as in the case of containers with signs of danger, refrigerators, and discharges of vehicle repair workshops. ”
So Asegre said that “should improve the traceability of waste”, from production to processing, which according explained Palomino- has been affected by the reduction of regional budgets for inspection and control.
“Lost soil or waters that have become mud is much more expensive to manage before, and it is a risk to human health and the environment , ” said Palomino, who has also insisted that “the solution it is not to change the dumps for fillings. ”
For its part, the deputy director general of the Spanish Association of Recyclers recuperators of paper and cardboard, Manuel Dominguez, has indicated that although Spain is second in the list of countries with the largest collection and recycling of paper (79% of which occurs) -after of Germany, the sector demands a recycled raw materials market, because “if there is no one to buy it, what it will bounce back.”
