The Minister of Agriculture, Food and the Environment, Isabel García Tejerina, has closed the First Forum of the Spanish Group for Green Growth, held at the headquarters of the Ministry, “whose contributions will contribute to strengthening the negotiating position of Spain and the European Union in the next international events, especially at the Climate Conference, which begins next week in Lima,” he said. The closing ceremony was also attended by the Director of Quality and Environment of the Ferrovial Group, Valentín Alfaya, the Director of Corporate Resources of the Iberdrola Group, Fernando Becker, the CEO of the FCC Group, Juan Béjar, and the CEO of Acciona Infraestructuras, Luis Castilla.

During his speech, García Tejerina pointed out that “civil society as a whole has a very important role to play in the fight against climate change and, especially, the business sector”.
According to García Tejerina, “the decisions taken by companies in the fight against climate change are and will be decisive in achieving sustainable and low-carbon economic growth, which provides prosperity and jobs to our societies”.  

In the minister’s opinion, “we are at a crucial and interesting moment in the fight against climate change”, as attested by the scientific reports of the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change), which urge the international community to act immediately if we intend to stop and reverse this process and its effects. Faced with this situation, the minister highlighted “the broad political commitment of so many Heads of State and Government, with such a clear and common message: the need to act and do it now”.

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On the other hand, Isabel García Tejerina stressed that the Government has worked throughout this Legislature to improve the economic and employment conditions of the country. For the minister, “it is within this primary objective that our initiatives in the fight against climate change must be situated”.  

Among these initiatives, García Tejerina mentioned the Climate Projects, the Environmental Promotion Plans (PIMA Aire, PIMA Sol, PIMA Empresa), the Roadmap of Diffuse Sectors, or the Carbon Footprint Registry.
In short, “this government has made an active and effective climate change policy”. To this end, “we have mobilised the resources of the Carbon Fund, making it a key part of our policy, and we have oriented climate change policy to reduce our emissions”. In the minister’s opinion, “the investments we make to achieve this objective translate into quality activity and jobs”.  

Finally, García Tejerina considers that the Spanish Group for Green Growth is “the right forum for Spanish companies and the Administration to share information and work on the common goal of achieving a low-carbon economy”.