Although he canceled most of his institutional agenda – including his participation in the Ibero-American Summit – and stuck to the management of the tragedy caused by the passage of DANA through the Valencian Community , the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, participated this Tuesday in the climate summit, COP29, which is being held in Baku (Azerbaijan), to alert world leaders of the serious consequences of climate change and to join forces for to fight, in the immediate and present, the “greatest natural disaster in our history”, in reference to what happened two weeks ago in Valencia. “A catastrophe which, according to initial investigations, would have been less probable and less intense without the effect of climate change,” declared the head of the Executive this afternoon during the plenary session of the United Nations Conference on climate change. , from where he alerted the international community of this “very crucial moment for humanity”, especially for Spain, one of the countries that will most notice the harmful effects of climate change, as experts point out . “This is exactly what happened in Spain, especially in Valencia, where people are still missing and hundreds of houses are covered in mud. This is why I am here, because at this moment there is only one thing as important as helping the victims of this terrible tragedy in Valencia, and that is to prevent this from happening again , to prevent natural disasters from recurring and multiplying,” Sánchez underlined. In his speech, he cited the DANA tragedy as the clearest, but also immediate, example of the impact of the climate crisis. “The planet,” according to Sánchez, “is giving increasingly clear signals” that if governments do not act quickly, “our countries will experience more droughts, more heatwaves, more torrential rains, more fires and diseases and many economic sectors will collapse. our televisions and windows”, in clear allusion to the DANA which covered entire villages in the province of Valencia and It has already cost the lives of more than 220 people. Related news norm Yes Government vetoed work against flooding in Poyo ravine Norm Ana I. Sánchez Yes Spanish farmers ask Von. der Leyen that Minister Ribera is not a commissioner due to her “questionable” performance Juan Fernández-MirandaDespite this “very crucial moment”, the President of the Government denounced the fact that we see how some governments are starting to “hesitate, slow down when “We must move faster, even deny the evidence, turn around and go backwards towards oil, towards combustion vehicles, towards deregulation In this sense, he urged the leaders present to “ignore”.” those who claim that the ecological transition is incompatible with well-being or that it is bad for the middle and working classes, “because it is not true”, he stressed. is not about decreasing, but about growing in a different way, more sustainable and therefore more responsible”, emphasized the president in his speech at the COP29 assembly, where he highlighted that Spain, in recent years, turned its back on ecology, transitioning towards a “source of modernization and prosperity”, without hindering, according to him, the economy. Thus, he reaffirmed, it is not necessary to “return to the Stone Age”, but rather to “transform” these societies, “innovate” and “promote circularity”, while cities, estates and infrastructure adapt. “new climate realities”. “That is why I conclude by demanding, as one of the countries most vulnerable to climate change, that we act, that we stop dragging our feet, that we stop denying the science, that we keep the promise that we did to humanity seven years ago when we signed the Paris Agreement, let’s save the lives of our citizens, save their economies and save the planet”, concluded the head of the Executive, launching. an appeal to the international community, during its intervention at COP29.
