The President of the Spanish Global Compact Network, Clara Arpa, has urged civil society to add "small actions" against climate change to resume the commitment to sustainability and thus take advantage of the "inertia" of European institutions in this regard.

For Arpa, as she commented in the podcast hosted by BASF Spain "Conversations for a sustainable future", Europe has created its "own ecosystem" with the Green Deal and the Covid-19 regeneration and recovery funds.

“We are lucky to be in Europe, which takes it seriously”, she remarked, after adding that the different actions that are being designed create “the inertia to launch ourselves and thus be able to comply with a large part of the 2030 Agenda”.

European Green Deal

The European Green Deal was created a year and a half ago with the aim of achieving climate neutrality by 2050, and at a recent summit, the twenty-seven member states agreed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 55% during this decade.

As for European aid, at least a third of the common crisis recovery package will go to green investments, which represents an approximate amount of almost 2 billion euros.

However, Arpa has warned that "little progress has actually been made" and that "there is still a lot of talk", which is why she has deemed it necessary to actively shape all of these projects.

Therefore, in her opinion, everyone plays an important role in this challenge and is "part of the transformation", which is why specific measures are urgently needed in order to raise awareness among citizens.

Commitment through the Global Compact and the SDGs

The CEO of BASF Spain, Carles Navarro, who hosts the company's podcast, agrees that the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are not yet familiar terms "for the vast majority".

Therefore, he believes that understanding these goals and knowing what they force us to do are key processes in reducing the impact of daily life on the environment and achieving the necessary levels of sustainability.

Navarro thanked the President of the Spanish Global Compact Network for her participation in this initial program and her "optimistic recipe" for getting "everyone to take action".

“In the future, I think that everything will be better, because we will have achieved a large part of the objectives, the vast majority of people will be on the path to sustainability and we will be able to advance towards the challenges of 2050. The green shoots will be meadows”, concluded Arpa.

Podcast: "Conversations for a sustainable future"

"Conversations for a sustainable future" will have 10 episodes in this initial series, available on digital platforms -Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Ivoox-, and will have guests such as the science expert Deborah García Bello; the founder of HolaLuz, Oriol Vila; and the founder of Ametller Origen, Josep Ametller; who will talk about the evolution of society in the current context.