Valencia prepared its commitment to sustainability in a great presentation of the campaign, where it opted for clarity, commitment and a great level of institutional support present in one of the warehouses of the Parc Central. They all came to the conclusion that the main reason for this candidacy is to try to change the economic model of the city, centred on a savage neoliberalism.
For this, the Overcapacity Day was given as an example (the day on which the city has consumed the resources that would correspond by forecast to a whole year). This event occurred on May 25; In other words, in a little less than 6 months, it was consumed twice the amount corresponding to this year 2021.
In the exhibition, great importance was also given to the fulfilment of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals proposed by the United Nations to ensure a sustainable future for all, as well as the approval of a 2030 Agenda, at the regional level an Urban Agenda, and with regard to the European Commission, the establishment, in addition, of the European Green Pact – known as the European Green Deal-, by which it is intended that Europe will be, by the year 2050, the first climate-neutral continent.
Optimal institutional measures to promote Valencia’s candidacy as European Green Capital in 2024, in addition to already having a good infrastructure: 4,000 new trees planted in recent months, a green and biodiversity plan with projects worth 25 million euros, 160 kilometres of bike lanes, 70% of the renewed public bus fleet and 155,000 pedestrian square meters, among other things. Unbeatable conditions to enjoy this project, with which the EFA La Malvesía hopes to collaborate with the Erasmus+ K3 project European Platform for Urban Greening to achieve the Valencia 2024.
About the European Green Capital name
Challenge. awarded since 2010, with an economic endowment of 350,000 euros and that, so far, only 13 cities have received: Stockholm, Hamburg, Vitoria, Nantes, Copenhagen, Bristol, Ljublijana, Essen, Nijmegen, Oslo, Lisbon and Lahti. The vast majority, cities in central and northern Europe, which makes evident its great advantage in environmental policies with respect to the rest of the continent. This difference has been reduced in the City of Valencia in recent years, and the project is a great opportunity to further reduce these differences.
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