Hundreds of thousands of years ago man inherited a paradise. All eras have their difficulties and it is in the “genetics” of man to face and solve them. The problem is that something as essential as the weather has been taken to the extreme. Fires, droughts, floods, heat waves, freezing temperatures. Extreme events are becoming more and more frequent. It may be our last chance to reverse the emergency. A call. Civil society, business, environmental organizations, activists, politicians, regulators, youth, scientists. The bells are ringing for everyone.
EL PAÍS, promoted by Santander, sponsored by EY, Ferrovial, Redeia, Familia Torres and Veolia; and in collaboration with COAM and Felicidad Collective, it organizes the Ecosistema Ahora event, the second day of which will take place on July 8 from 9:00 a.m. to 8:15 p.m. – with various breaks. This day is about the threats to the climate. Problems are analyzed and solutions proposed. Logistics and transport, the new architecture adapted to climate change, the role of technology, the materials that could replace the old and polluting ones, the innovative forms that build the mobility of the future, electrification, the challenge (we already feel in Ukraine’s granary) on tackling food scarcity and abundance, as well as case studies of different start-ups working to find a way out.
Of course there will be a geopolitical and social interpretation of our time. Can current capitalism solve the climate emergency? Will this green commitment be delayed or accelerated by the invasion of Ukraine? Is the great hope in those who will inherit the earth: the young? We will touch ever less fertile ground. 100% of nations are missing their target to halt biodiversity loss and humans seem to be getting used to a certain “commonality” of natural disasters. With what consequences?
The meeting will open, in conversation with Pablo Guimón, Editor-in-Chief of the Society of EL PAÍS, Diana Morant, Minister of Science and Innovation of the Spanish Government. Giles K. Bailey speaks as a world expert on shared mobility and electrification. And Carlos Moreno, creator of the “City of 15 minutes” concept (proposed in Paris) and renovation architects – Iñaki Alonso and Isabela Velázquez, among others – also participate, reinforcing the narrative of new materials and construction methods. May López, Director of Business Development for Sustainable Mobility, explains how to “move” to green cities and from the vineyard, Josep Mª Ribas, Director of Climate Change at Familia Torres, tells about the impact of extreme weather conditions on the vines. Later, entrepreneurial companies put forward their proposals in favor of decarbonization.
The afternoon session (starting at 4:30 p.m.) proposes the need for inclusive capitalism, voiced by Stephany Griffth-Jones, economist and adviser to the Central Bank of Chile. And geopolitics has its place with Gonzalo Escribano, an expert at the Elcano Royal Institute, journalist Marta Peirano and Citizen Assembly for Climate coordinator Joaquín Nieto. Meanwhile, the Biodiversity Protocols come from Odile Rodríguez de la Fuente, Biologist, and Elena Pita, Director of the Biodiversity Foundation of the Ministry of Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge. Oceanographer Ana Payo-Payo will also take part. The meeting ends with a debate between the paleontologist Juan Luis Arsuaga, the philosopher Alicia Puleo and the anthropologist Emilio Santiago.
The event starts at 9:00 am and can be followed live on the EL PAÍS website and on their social networks. And in person at the Official College of Architects of Madrid (COAM) at Calle de Hortaleza 63.
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