Check out the 5 most shocking climate change and sustainability news stories of the week!<\/p>\n
We were able to attend the presentation of the Race for Water Oddyssey and interview the expert and political scientist Ivan Lanegra, who shared with us his knowledge about the new Framework Law on Climate Change in Peru. Another important highlight of the week was the inauguration of the largest solar power plant in Peru.<\/p>\n
\u201cRace for Water Odyssey, the first 100% boat powered by renewable energies, arrived in Lima, as part of a five-year scientific expedition to demonstrate that it is possible to move a boat around the world, using the energy of the sun, air and water. We were present and managed to go aboard this vessel!<\/p>\n
At this video<\/a>, Gunter Pauli explains how this clean technology works.<\/p>\n Climate change, so often relegated to the background in favor of short-term, short-range debates, is the great economic and social challenge of the 21st century. It is an existential threat, as World Bank CEO Kristalina Georgieva warns: rising oceans due to melting of the poles, destruction by storms or droughts will force entire communities to move to areas where their survival is more viable.<\/p>\n The situation will be particularly serious in Latin America, where up to 17 million people will have to migrate within their own country, and especially in Mexico and Central America, where up to four million citizens will be forced into internal exile. Worldwide, according to the international organization's estimates, this figure will rise to 143 million internal migrants.<\/p>\n Enel, through its Peruvian renewable energy subsidiary Enel Green Power Peru, started operations at the 180 MW Rubi solar photovoltaic plant1 , the largest in Peru and Enel's first solar power plant in the country. To celebrate this milestone, an inaugural ceremony was held on Wednesday, March 20, in the presence of the country's Minister of Energy and Mines, Angela Grossheim Barrientos; Antonio Cammisecra, Head of Enel's global Renewable Energies division, Enel Green Power; Luca D'Agnese, Enel's Head of South America; and Carlos Temboury, Enel's General Manager in Peru. Learn more about the Rub\u00ed plant at this video<\/a>.<\/p>\n Peru has taken a firm step towards sustainable development. Last Thursday, March 15, the Congress of the Republic approved the Framework Law on Climate Change, making us one of the first countries in the region to have a law. This law seeks to define climate change objectives for the country and will establish specific obligations in the regions and sectors. It will make it possible to define concrete adaptation and mitigation actions, increasing the adaptive capacity of the population and productive ecosystems at the national, regional and local levels.<\/p>\n On Tuesday, March 20, political expert and political scientist Ivan Lanegra was with us for an interview via Facebook Live<\/a> to explain the importance of the new Framework Law on Climate Change in Peru.<\/p>\n\n
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