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The City Council of Puerto Lumbreras has participated in the First International Conference of the Covenant of Mayors held in Helsinki (Finland) 20 and November 21 as the main theme has been to address the various options to finance this initiative.
Puerto Lumbreras is the first Spanish town to adhere to this agreement and aims to reduce CO2 emissions by 20% by 2012.
The invitation to this event, has been sent by the European Commission through the Directorate General for Energy and Puerto Lumbreras allowed to join the group of more than one hundred representatives from European towns to discuss the future of this commitment.
According to statements by the Mayor "Puerto Lumbreras once again shows its commitment to the environment and sotenibilidad, pioneering local programs and participating in European networks that support our project"
During the conference held in Helsinki, has visited the cogeneration of heat and cold world's largest and has attended a conference in which representatives have spoken European Commissioner for Energy, Directorate General for Economic and Financial Affairs European Union, the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the Directorate General for Energy and Transport of the European Commission.
The main theme has been to explain the degree of development of the Covenant of Mayors and the present and future possibilities of financing for actions to be undertaken by municipalities.
You can set up a panel discussion in which representatives of the municipalities of Stockholm, Madrid and Rotterdam, as well as from General Electrics and the network of cities Energie-Cités, to establish a dialogue to identify needs municipalities to the EU and establish the necessary mechanisms to develop them.
The Covenant of Mayors is a European initiative in which the City Council of Puerto Lumbreras is committed to the project through local ECOPUERTO to make this a sustainable township, which has set the reduction of CO2 emissions in a 20 percent in 2012.
This agreement is intended to cities to develop plans for direct action on energy efficiency and renewables.
The Action Plan will continue to achieve this goal will be supported by the municipality in its entirety and seek other financial support to regional, national and European programs, including European and international funding agencies.
Sanchez said, "Next February 10 Puerto Lumbreras will become effectively with the signing of the pact in the first municipality of our properties to sign the Covenant of Mayors.
The measures taken within the program ECOPUERTO or different actions in environmental matters we are doing to get from Puerto Lumbreras a green municipality have won recognition from international institutions, as in this case the European Commission
Source: Ayuntamiento de Puerto Lumbreras
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