Greenpeace presents eight keys in favor of the territory, the people and social justice to face the ecological emergency in Galicia during the next legislature. Greenpeace considers it urgent to plan the abandonment of fossil fuels and move towards a 100% renewable energy system in the hands of the people and that protects biodiversity by 2040. Increase the protected space up to 30%, regenerate the coastline and estuaries, advance in mobility sustainable or changing the consumption model are among the many measures that aim to transform the socio-economic model.
Start the Galician election campaign y Greenpeace has presented a document with its proposals to be able to transform Galicia in favor of the territory, the people and social justice. In the face of devastating policies that devastate nature, health and the sustainability of life. The environmental organization considers that it is essential to talk about concrete and realistic political proposals to address the climate crisis, the loss of biodiversity, growing inequality and a socio-economic model characterized by unlimited growth that collides head-on with the limits of the planet.
The numerous requests, which Greenpeace will be sent to the parties competing in the elections on February 18, are distributed in eight large sections that address energy, mobility, water, natural heritage, rural Galicia and the primary sector, the consumption model, the economy social and democracy and citizen participation.
“We see with disgust that there are parties that are making very generic and even cosmetic and empty proposals, but they do not specify what they are going to do or how they are going to address the ecological crisis and the model of society that we are living in. We need ambitious measures and a 180-degree turn in socio-environmental policies. We want to invite you to walk together towards a more just Galicia in environmental and social terms. Enough of the green costumes even if the campaign is open.”, stated Manoel Santos, coordinator of Greenpeace in Galicia.
Facing the ecological emergency in Galicia
Among the numerous measures that Greenpeace has included in its proposals for the XII legislature of the Parliament of Galicia worth highlighting:
- Energy: commitment to plan the progressive abandonment of fossil fuels and the decarbonization of the economy by 2040, reducing energy demand by half and establishing a 100% renewable, democratic energy system that protects biodiversity.
- Mobility: approve a Galician law on sustainable mobility and that the next one will be the legislature of the train and public transport in general.
- Agua: put an end to waste and mismanagement of water and aquifers, putting the brakes on industrial livestock farming and agriculture, urban and industrial pollution, and placing special emphasis on the sanitation and regeneration of estuaries.
- Natural heritage: expand protected spaces – especially the Natura network – to reach 30% of the Galician territory by 2030, changing the forestry model, creating species conservation plans and approving a nature restoration law.
- living towns: move towards a Galicia with places, villages and towns with all services, defending food sovereignty, moving towards ecological agriculture and livestock, proximity chains and the defense of artisanal and sustainable fishing.
- Consumption: guarantee ecological, local and sustainable public procurement, while establishing policies that promote reparability, reuse and exchange, changing the Sogama model of waste management and advancing the circular economy.
- Economy: get out of the framework of an oligopoly economy, guaranteeing access to basic services for all, advancing green taxation and strengthening the economic fabric of the social, ecological and care economy.
- Democracy: implement effective mechanisms that allow more and better citizen participation, promoting participatory decision-making on matters of importance and transparency in public management.
For the Greenpeacefaced with minorities that monopolize wealth, prey on resources and natural heritage, escape from their democratic responsibilities, divert the attention of public opinion and ignore future generations, it is time to propose alternatives through brave, concrete and political action. without distractions that leads us to a model of society and economy at peace with the planet.
“Electoral campaigns must serve to ensure that those running for election talk to us about what matters to all people, not just what interests them to give a successful headline. We also want to hear about climate change, nature, social justice… because we are risking the future of Galicia and of the next generations. We do not want sustainability to be a simple disguise. We need policies, not declarations, and for them to tell us what they are going to do so we can assess which is the best option,” concluded Manoel Santos, from Greenpeace.