After participating in the "World Green Economy Summit" in Córdoba, Mayor Enrique Cresto took stock of the two days of activities in which prominent world leaders and figures spoke, such as the former President of the United States and Nobel Peace Prize winner, Barack Obama, Nobel Prize winners in Economics, Edmund Phelps and Eric Maskin, and the Co-President of Africa Rising, Ndaba Mandela (grandson of Nelson Mandela), among others.
“This is an activity that takes place in different parts of the world with the objective of bringing knowledge and instilling what is happening with the environment,” said the Mayor of Concordia upon his return from participating in the Green Summit. Cresto stated that "climate change has arrived." The last sixteen years "were the hottest, a clear sign of the effects of global warming," he said, and to prove it, one only needs to look at the latest natural events recorded around the world, he noted.
Faced with this scenario, "responsible work is required," he maintained. In this sense, he indicated that "from the Municipality we are working on several aspects in this regard. In the way we approach and focus the project for the Central Defense, thinking both of the resident and the impact on the environment. The reconversion project of the Campo El Abasto, the recycling and material recovery policies, the sanitation and sanitary landfill project, are other clear examples," referred the municipal president.
"The sewage treatment plant that we are undertaking together with the Province and the Nation, or the Public Re-treeing Program, have to do with addressing a situation that requires the responsibility of those in leadership positions. That is why this type of activity," such as the Green Summit in Córdoba, "where the objective is to set priorities," he expressed.
"We must raise awareness about the importance of caring for the environment. It is a responsibility of this generation," maintained Cresto. "The previous (generation) was not prepared and the one to come will not have the opportunity, if we do not carry out the actions that we must carry out." The Mayor of Concordia was one of the three hundred young opinion leaders from all over the country invited to participate in the Summit organized by the Advanced Leadership Foundation.
