The meeting between the regions of the world is underway in the Palazzo Lombardia “Dialogue for Climate Action – Sub-national governments call for raising ambitions towards Cop26″, Among others, the President of the Lombardy Region, Attilio Fontana, Regional Councilor for Environment and Climate Raffaele Cattaneo, the Undersecretary for Energy and the Environment of the Scottish Government, Michael Matheson, and the British Government High Representative for Cop 26 attended. , Nigel Topping. During the event, climate commitments by regions were delineated.
President: Participate in the decision-making process
« The role of the region – explains the governor of Lombardy – is precious. In fact, I firmly believe that all levels of government, from those closest to citizens, should participate in the formulation of effective initiatives and policies in the field of climate and fair and circular development. regions should be able to influence that process decision making Often withdrawn at the highest government level. Bottom-up policies are, in my experience, the most effective because they are an expression of the most immediate needs of citizens and businesses.
Environment and Climate Councilor Raffaele Cattaneo highlights how «on the frontlines of the fight against climate change» The regions call on national governments to act together and take a leading role in environmental policies, not only, but also » at the negotiating table.
inclusive logic
« The issue must be addressed at the “glokal” level – explained Councilor Cattaneo – with global agreements between states, as in Glasgow through COP26, but also with local actions. According to the United Nations those are local actions – he reiterated – that represent 70-80% of interventions to contribute to the solution of the problem. That is why I look forward to taking the talks in Glasgow forward with an inclusive logic. due to thisIn Lombardy, along with Scotland, he wanted to organize this meeting with the regions of the world today. Make your voice heard and be a hero in the fight against climate change.
«Our region – the regional councilor continued – is doing concrete work with the actions of the government, many of which we are at the forefront, which have allowed us to plan policies to achieve the objectives of ecological transition and environmental sustainability: from the approval of the Regional Strategy for Sustainable Development, to the Regional Environment and Climate Plan, Observatory on ‘Towards circular economy and energy transition, regional environmental energy planning, to waste planning’.
hero area in talks
Together with Scotland, and in collaboration with the Region 4 Sustainable Development and Under 2 Coalition, the Lombardy region will work to ensure that the region can play a central role in the Glasgow negotiations as well.
Proposal
The start of the actions therefore constitutes a precious opportunity for discussion and for advancing the ambitious decarbonization objectives that the regions have set themselves to contribute to the achievement of the global objectives of reducing climate-changing emissions. .
In detail, the regions reiterated the following proposals:
Ensure global net zero by 2050 and limit temperature rise to 1.5°C. Which means phasing out coal, reducing deforestation, accelerating the switch to electric vehicles, encouraging investment in renewable energy;
– Adaptation to protect communities and natural habitats, i.e. protect and restore ecosystems, use of protection, alert systems and resilient infrastructure and agriculture to avoid loss of homes, livelihoods and even human lives to construct.
– raising finances
Collaborate for the Paris Rulebook (Regulation on Climate Agreements) to accelerate action to tackle the climate crisis through collaboration between governments, businesses and civil society.