These are the 23 main environmental demands for the 23J.

According to environmental organizations, crossing environmental limits is putting an increasing proportion of the population at risk. the urge to adopt energetic and urgent action that creates profound changes in the economy and society.

Organizations warned Spain is “particularly vulnerable to climate change” due to its geographical location and climatic features. and it is already subject to the ravages of extreme phenomena such as “suffocating heat waves, prolonged droughts, severe fires and soil erosion that threatens its productivity.”

Below are 4 blocks with 23 lines of action, in each of which a proposal is selected.

Deer in Doñana National Park. pixabay

Protect and protect nature

1. Conserving biodiversity is a necessity for Spain. In the first 100 days of government, approve a roadmap detailing all measures to be approved or implemented during the legislature for compliance with the Kunming-Montreal Biodiversity Framework and the European Biodiversity Strategy 2030.
2. Conservation of species in Spain, protection of our natural wealth. Prepare a joint roadmap between the Ministry and the autonomous communities to improve the conservation status of common species. It should define concrete actions and promote citizen participation and environmental education in biodiversity conservation.
3. Protect, conserve and manage 30% of the territory by 2030. Reversing the degradation of the Doñana and Daimiel national parks to restore water and biodiversity and, together with autonomous communities, check out the national park designation of the Chinijo Archipelago in Lanzarote, Mar de las Calmas. El Hierro Island and the Monegros Steppes.
4. Marine protection. To provide the necessary resources to comply with commitments to protect 30% of the sea surface in Spanish waters, maintain the established roadmap and actively promote dialogue and participation with scientists and the community in identifying these areas.
5. Protection and effective management of forest ecosystems. Develop and approve a State Strategy for Comprehensive Forest Fire Prevention, which should include and coordinate all sectoral policies and provide it with the necessary tools, such as clear and ambitious targets, programme, budget, indicators and mode of follow-up.
6. Restoration of Nature. Support the urgent adoption of an ambitious and appropriate EU Nature Restoration regulation to address the twin climate and biodiversity crises.

Polluting factories next to a waterway. pixabay

tackling climate change

1. More ambition against climate change. In the National Integrated Energy and Climate Plan (PNIEC), aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% compared to 1990 by 2030 and decarbonize by 2040, not exceeding the 1.5ºC warming limit.
2. Energy saving and democratization. Democratize the energy system to put an end to the unexpected benefits of big energy companies by limiting the practices of electrified oligopoly as well as promoting community energy as required by European directives, with effective measures that allow citizens to take a proactive role. fair price for energy and the entry of new actors and innovative, more democratic models.
3. Fair and sustainable renewable energy for the region and nature. Seek social consensus on the deployment of renewable energies with the active participation of local communities. Promote responsible political management and establish a legal framework that obliges partners and public administrations to consult with all relevant actors, by providing clear rules that ensure that environmental impact is minimized and social benefits are maximized.
4. Reduce mobility and transportation. Approval of a law setting the obligation to achieve climate neutrality in the transport-mobility sector by 2040, with interim targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions for 2030 and 2035 from 1990 levels. The most problematic means, such as limiting low-emission zones in cities with more than 20,000 inhabitants, or stopping short flights with rail alternatives.

Circulatory obstruction. pixabay

More democratic and ecological economy

1. Water: protect and manage a limited resource. Reduce water use for irrigation by reducing intensive production and prioritizing crops of socio-environmental value. Establish a moratorium on downward revision of water concessions for new irrigation and modern irrigation.
2. Changing the dominant farming model: a shift to agroecology only. It is urgent to develop a government strategy for a just agroecological transition towards multifunctional, rain-fed and comprehensive farming systems and to ensure fair prices and decent working conditions by promoting family farming and local consumption.
3. More fish for the sea and fishing. Provide adequate resources to the National Plan for Reducing Accidental Catches in Fishing, including sharks, stingrays and chimeras; ensuring the active participation of fisheries sector, experts and civil society representatives.
4. An urbanism detached from speculation and adapted to climate change. It ensures that urban centers located in protected areas can meet their housing needs and basic facilities by approving the regulations that develop the Land and Urban Transformation Law and other mechanisms that limit the transformation of land from rural to urban.
5. Respect the land and the territory. Prepare a National Plan to reduce the use of mineral resources, based on the study of current and potential consumption associated with different demand scenarios and analyzing potential resources to understand their socio-environmental impacts.
6. Economics and employment for biodiversity and the public good. Promote assistance schemes for workers in sectors in transition, including basic income and education in new sustainable employment niches.
7. More global and ecological justice. At the end of the legislature, place the tax burden and green taxation on the eurozone average (from 38.7% to 42.2% of GDP and 1.8% to 2.4% of GDP, respectively), to tax evasion and tax avoidance. Put an end to the permanent taxation of large groups and property and extraordinary earnings.
8. Environmental democracy and governance. Maintain an environmental vice presidency in the Government who has the power and resources to effectively influence all government policies and decisions.

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a healthy life

1. Ensure the right to clean air. Promote an ambitious review of air quality regulations setting WHO air quality standards as new limit values ​​to be reached by 2030, including limit values ​​for health and vegetation protection for tropospheric ozone, the pollutant that affects more population and region in the Spanish State.
2. A healthy, sustainable and accessible diet. To guarantee access to healthy and sustainable food based on agroecological products, to implement differentiated taxation policies for organic products, to create special aids for vulnerable populations.
3. Stop chemical contamination. Support the European Commission’s proposal for a Regulation on the Sustainable Use of Pesticides that provides a binding reduction of at least 50% in both the use and risk of pesticides (phytosanitary products), based on criteria based on the toxicology of each. of these substances
4. More resources with zero waste. Promptly approve the Waste Prevention Plan established by law, including measures to eliminate single-use products with strong environmental impact, to combat the toxicity of products by imposing a ban on phthalates and bisphenol A in packaging, especially food.
5. And happiness, when? (in conclusion). Develop health and environmental plans to combat the lack of nature, ‘eco anxiety’ and loneliness, strengthen public health with mental health and nature health plans in primary care.

Reference report: https://seo.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Programa-tierra-2023.pdf