Iberdrola assina manifesto Green Recovery Alliance. Quer
recuperação verde pós Covid-19
Fátima Castro
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Para a elétrica
espanhola, a transição energética será o motor do relançamento da economia
mundial, pós a pandemia do Covid-19.
A redução da
pegada ambiental rumo a um futuro sustentável enfrenta, atualmente, novos
desafios causados pelo Covid-19. Face a esta problemática, várias organizações
mundiais uniram-se para pressionar os decisores políticos a estabelecerem um
compromisso para uma recuperação económica alicerçada num futuro sustentável.
Foi com base
neste compromisso que a Iberdrola assinou o Green Recovery Alliance, do
Parlamento Europeu, um manifesto para a recuperação económica pós Covid-19,
baseado no Green Deal Europeu, que tem como premissa o investimento criterioso,
que permita a convergência total entre o desenvolvimento económico e o
ambiente.
Os investimentos
que permitiram à empresa antecipar a transição energética já ultrapassaram os
100 mil milhões de euros.
“A recuperação
económica dos países impactados pelo novo coronavírus terá como vetor a
sustentabilidade do planeta, por forma a criar as condições para a
sustentabilidade económica e social. No âmbito da Green Recovery Alliance, a
Iberdrola reitera a sua convicção e investimento num modelo de negócio limpo,
confiável e inteligente que substitui a produção com fontes contaminantes por
energias limpas, intensificando a descarbonização e eletrificação da economia“,
explica a elétrica espanhola em comunicado.
No dia em que se
comemora Dia Mundial do Ambiente, a empresa que reforçar o seu compromisso com
a sociedade atual e as gerações vindouras e reafirma a sua aposta no
cumprimento das metas ambientais europeias como via única para um
desenvolvimento económico robusto e sustentável.
“A Iberdrola
defende que o futuro assentará na confluência total entre sustentabilidade,
inovação e crescimento económico. Só desta forma se criará riqueza e emprego
qualificado e duradouro, cuidando dos recursos presentes e acautelando o
bem-estar das gerações futuras”, diz a elétrica espanhola.
Projetos
emblemáticos de renováveis em Portugal e no mundo
Energia Eólica
Offshore
Complexo eólico
britânico East Anglia Hub; parque eólico offshore de Saint-Brieuc, primeiro
grande projeto de energia eólica offshore na Bretanha francesa; parque eólico
de Vineyard Wind, nos Estados Unidos e o parque eólico offshore Baltic Eagle,
no Mar Báltico.
Energia Eólica
Onshore
Complexo eólico
de Oitis, na América Latina; complexo eólico da Paraíba; complexo Eólico Cavar,
em Espanha, e o projeto Port Augusta na Austrália, são as novas grandes
estruturas que irão garantir o fornecimento desta energia renovável.
Energia
Hidroelétrica
O centro
eletroprodutor do Tâmega, em Portugal, formada pelas novas barragens de
Gouvães, Daivões e Alto Tâmega, deverá ficar totalmente concluído em 2023.
Energia
Fotovoltaica
As quatro
centrais fotovoltaicas: Francisco Pizarro, Núñez de Balboa; Ciudade Rodrigo e
Ceclavín, são as novas estruturas em Espanha, assim como a central fotovoltaica
de Lund Hill, localizada em Washington.
Financiers join EU ‘green recovery alliance’
By Frédéric
Simon | EURACTIV.com 5 May 2020
https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy-environment/news/financiers-join-eu-green-recovery-alliance/
"Unlike the 2008 crisis, investors and banks now
have a horizon to reinvest in the economy, in line with carbon neutrality by
2050: the Green Deal," said a statement from the alliance.
More than
50 CEOs from the banking and insurance sector – including household names such
as BNP Paribas, AXA, Allianz, and Santander – have joined the “green recovery
alliance” in the European Parliament.
The
alliance was launched last month at the initiative of Pascal Canfin, a French
centrist MEP who chairs the European Parliament’s committee on environment and
public health.
At the
time, it included 12 environment ministers, 79 MEPs, 37 CEOs and business
associations, as well as environmental groups, trade unions and think tanks.
It can now
also boast more than 50 signatories from the world of finance, including AXA,
Allianz, BBVA, BNP Paribas Asset Management, Groupama Asset Management, Nordea
Life & Pension, PensionDanmakr, and Santander.
“All of
these players, including the two largest European insurance companies, three of
the largest Spanish and French banks, and European investment funds from 10
European countries, recognise the importance of aligning economic recovery
after the coronavirus crisis with the ecological transition in order to save
our economy and transform it,” said a statement from the alliance.
“Unlike the
2008 crisis, investors and banks now have a horizon to reinvest in the economy,
in line with carbon neutrality by 2050: the Green Deal,” it added.
'Green recovery
alliance' launched in European Parliament
An informal
alliance has been launched in the European Parliament on the back of calls from
12 EU environment ministers who have signed an appeal for a green recovery from
the COVID-19 pandemic.
Signatories
of the alliance say they are committed to supporting post-pandemic “stimulus
transformation plans” that put the fight against climate change and
biodiversity loss at the centre of Europe’s economic policy.
“Today, it
is all the more important to work with the actors of the financial sector,
because the transition to climate neutrality implies major investments,” said
Canfin. “We cannot limit global warming well below 2 degrees without banks and
asset managers aligning their portfolios with this objective,” he said.
Jean-Laurent
Bonnafé, the CEO of BNP Paribas, has led a coalition of 92 French business
leaders urging for a green recovery from the crisis. In a joint letter, the
coalition calls for recovery efforts to focus in three sectors:
energy
retrofits of dwellings, buildings and offices in the public and private
sectors;
development
of decarbonised mobility, electric vehicles, soft mobility infrastructure and
public transport;
expansion
and storage of renewable and decarbonised electrical energies or heat.
“The
benefits of these green investments include improved air quality, population
health and quality of life in cities. Successfully implementing this emergency
plan will also give us greater legitimacy as active participants in the
European Green Deal,” says a statement by the French coalition.
Investors join in
The move by
financiers follows similar statements by the Institutional Investor Group on
Climate Change (IIGCC), which manages more than $34 trillion in assets, nearly
half the world’s invested capital.
On Monday
(4 May), the IIGCC published a statement with other investor groups urging
governments to ensure the economic response to the pandemic is aligned with the
Paris Agreement on climate change and supports action to achieve net-zero
emissions.
“As
governments pursue efforts to recover from this economic downturn, they should
not lose sight of the climate crisis,” says the statement by The Investor
Agenda, an initiative developed for the global investor community to accelerate
action against climate change.
“Ultimately,
in their recovery plans, governments should prioritise sustainability and
equity, and accelerate the transition to a net zero emissions economy to
mitigate climate risk, create new jobs and catalyse the sustainable deployment
of private capital,” the statement says.
Investors
also had a warning for governments rushing to bail out polluting companies.
“Recovery plans that exacerbate climate change would expose investors and
national economies to escalating financial, health and social risks in the
coming years,” they said.
“Governments
should avoid the prioritisation of risky, short-term emissions-intensive
projects,” the statement added, warning: “The path we choose in the coming
months will have significant ramifications for our global economy and
generations to come.”
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