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The minister for the Ecological Transition, Teresa Ribera, has announced the creation of a new National Index of Air Quality, with the aim of informing in an accessible way on the presence of contaminants in the air.
In their participation in an informative breakfast organised by ‘Forum Europe’, Ribera emphasized that the purpose of this index will make it possible to query in real-time to any person or administration of data on air pollution.
In particular, the minister pointed out that Spain will have a new index, “homogeneous”, based on color codes, which will allow to inform in an accessible manner on the presence of pollutants in the air. In addition, the Bank indicated that in April of the next year, the goal is that Spain has also a new Program of Monitoring Atmospheric.
Panoramic of Madrid with the ‘beret’ of pollution. JAVIER BARBANCHO
The owner of Ecological Transition stated that the air quality is one of the issues that more evidence “what’s important” which is the environmental protection for the quality of life and stressed that the next ten years “will be decisive” to tackle climate change, an issue that “it is not debatable thanks to science”.
he said, Furthermore, that they are in a process of change in which must end with the social inequalities and the negative effects on the environment, for what it is working on a strategy of circular economy. “We need a circular model is more rational in the use of resources,” he said.
For this reason, Ribera recalled that the story “will be relentless with those who can do did nothing about climate change”, and pointed out that “science must win the game to the postverdad”.
