“Regional and local governments are ready to assume ambitious climate targets”. Francesco Pigliaru is President of the Sardinia Region and Chair of the ENVE Commission (Commission for the Environment, Climate Change and Energy) in the framework of the European Committee of the Regions.

At Cop 21 side event  “Regions and Climate Change: a major challenge for local communities”, President Pigliaru underlined the need for a synergetic approach to climate policy and brought the attention on the crucial role of subnational governments to achieve global targets, to combine adaptation and mitigation, and to reduce the vulnerability of our territories.

Watch the video published in Climate Science & Policy, the digital magazine edited by CMCC

This video is part of the COP21 Side Event “Regions and Climate Change: a major challenge for local communities” – COP Conference Center, Observer Room 12, Paris – December 10, 2015  – was organized by the Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change – CMCC (Lead applicant) in collaboration with the Basque Centre for Climate Change – BC3 (co-applicant) and the Italian Society for Climate Sciences – SISC (co-applicant).

Speakers: Antonio Navarra (CMCC), Gian Luca Galletti (Italian Minister of Environment, Land and Sea), Carlo Carraro, IPCC Vice Chair WG III, Donatella Spano (CMCC), Ibon Galarraga (BC3); Francesco Pigliaru (President of Sardinia Region), Nicola Zingaretti (President of Lazio Region), Michele Emiliano (President of Puglia Region), Ana Oregi (Minister for the Environment and Land Use, Basque Government), Ken Alex (Governor’s Senior Advisor and Director of the Governor’s Office of Planning and Research, State of California), Hans Bruyninckx (Executive Director, EEA)

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