{"id":39535,"date":"2024-02-01T12:13:28","date_gmt":"2024-02-01T12:13:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/\u200bnew.iter.es\/iter-hosts-the-covenant-of-mayors-national-meeting-2\/"},"modified":"2024-02-01T12:13:28","modified_gmt":"2024-02-01T12:13:28","slug":"iter-hosts-the-covenant-of-mayors-national-meeting-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iter.es\/en\/iter-hosts-the-covenant-of-mayors-national-meeting-2\/","title":{"rendered":"ITER hosts the Covenant of Mayors National Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"

The president of the Cabildo, Rosa D\u00e1vila, defends ITER’s commitment to renewable energies through its projects. <\/strong><\/p>\n

The Cabildo of Tenerife<\/strong> has organized, together with the Cabildo of Gran Canaria<\/strong>, the Covenant of Mayors Office<\/strong> and the Canary Islands Federation of Municipalities<\/strong>, the National Meeting of the Covenant of Mayors 2024,<\/strong> which took place on January 30 and 31 in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and Tenerife, respectively, and focused on adaptation to climate change, citizen participation, tourism sustainability, energy poverty and energy communities.<\/p>\n

The Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Sustainable Energy<\/strong> is a European Commission<\/strong> program considered to be the world’s largest urban climate and energy initiative, bringing together thousands of local and regional authorities with a voluntary commitment to implement the European Union’s climate and energy objectives in their territories.<\/p>\n

Today (Wednesday 31) took place at the ITER<\/strong> facilities and was attended by the president of the Cabildo of Tenerife, Rosa D\u00e1vila<\/strong>; the island director of Natural Environment, Pedro Mill\u00e1n;<\/strong> the island director of Waste, Alejandro Molowny<\/strong>, and the CEO of ITER, Bego\u00f1a Ortiz,<\/strong> as well as the mayors and councilors of the municipalities<\/strong> members of the pact.<\/p>\n

Rosa Davila,<\/strong> who was in charge of inaugurating the conference, indicated that \u201cthe Covenant of Mayors is a fundamental tool for the involvement of the peoples of Europe in energy sustainability and its consequences on the climate that future generations of the planet will experience. The urgency of addressing the ravages of climate change with real – and realistic – solutions becomes evident every day. And in Tenerife we have an entity such as ITER, which is a research center of international reference in renewable energies, engineering, telecommunications and environment that represents the Cabildo’s firm commitment to climate action, the protection of the natural environment and the energy transition towards renewable energies\u201d.<\/p>\n

The sessions in Tenerife focused, among others, on climate change adaptation, energy poverty and citizen participation in local climate actions. In addition to hosting the event, ITER<\/strong> participated in the event within the framework of the Genera project<\/a><\/strong>project, co-funded by the LIFE program, in which it participates as a partner and whose objective is to assist municipalities in the implementation of energy transition agendas as set out in the European Clean Energy Initiative Agendas for European islands and the Covenant of Mayors. <\/p>\n

Today’s day began with a first block called \u201cAdaptation to climate change\u201d, after which the project \u201cLIFE-Genera, Energy Transition in Municipalities\u201d was presented. The second block analyzed \u201cCitizen participation: how to involve citizens in local climate actions\u201d, while the third was dedicated to \u201cTourism Sustainability\u201d. Finally, the fourth block dealt with \u201cEnergy poverty evaluation and monitoring systems\u201d. <\/p>\n

The day ended with a guided visit to the ITER facilities where the attendees could learn about the main areas and research projects of ITER.<\/p>\n

In the sessions held yesterday (Tuesday 30) in Gran Canaria, the new features of the Covenant of Mayors for the new year were addressed and a tour of success stories and the problems arising from climate change mitigation and adaptation measures in different municipalities was made.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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