The Minister of Economic Development, Sustainability and the Environment, has highlighted that more than half of the regions have an emission reduction target for 2030.
The Minister of Economic Development, Sustainability and the Environment, Arantxa Tapia, assured this Monday that the regions climate targets have been set “more ambitious” that states and has encouraged governments at all levels to join them. According to data provided by Tapia, 55% of regions and decentralized governments have an emission reduction target for 2030.
Tapia, who has participated in the climate summit held in the Scottish city of Glasgow, stressed that the declaration of the regions ratified today at the Regions 4 meeting (which brings together 41 regional governments from 21 countries) recalls that it is necessary “decentralized financing, unhindered, to catalyze the radical change in favor of the climate that the regions are leading. “
Likewise, it is urged to promote “the change of systems towards a multilevel governance. State, regional and decentralized governments call for multilevel and solution-oriented collaboration to become the new normal for increasing climate ambitions and transition to resilient economies and adaptation in each and every country. “
In a statement, the counselor has claimed that the financial instruments of the regions should be “strongly oriented” to respond to the climate crisis but has found that there are still “significant obstacles” to access funds for this purpose.
He stressed that the aforementioned declaration calls on all state governments “to empower and allow the regions to take advantage of their potential” to achieve a future with “zero net emissions” by 2050, or even earlier.
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