The Algarve will mark Europe Day with a conference-debate on the topic of climate change this Monday, May 9, at 16:30 pm.
For this moment, the Regional Coordination and Development Commission (CCDR) of the Algarve invited the president of the National Council for the Environment and Sustainable Development (CNADS), Filipe Duarte Santos and Luis Filipe Dias, coordinators of the Intermunicipal Plan for Adaptation to Climate Change (PIAAC). – AMAL), António Miguel Pina, president of the Algarve Intermunicipal Community (AMAL), and Pedro Coelho, Regional Director of the Portuguese Environment Agency.
The conference-debate will take place at 16:30 pm, in the auditorium of the CCDR Algarve headquarters, in Faro, and will be moderated by RTP journalist Duarte Baltazar, followed by a musical concert by the Union, at the entrance of the building, with the participation of the Philharmonic Association of Faro and the Coral Ossónoba Group.
«We know that, given its geographical position, Portugal is one of the European countries most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change and that the Algarve region is exposed to a set of climate vulnerabilities, potentially exacerbated in a context of climate change, which will have on different socio-economic areas and sectors in the region», says CCDR Algarve in a statement.
On the 10th of May, Tuesday, the celebrations continue in Monchique with various activities under the motto “Europe and Youth: What future?”, involving local authorities, the educational community and various local and regional entities.
Europe Day 2022 in the Algarve is a joint initiative of CCDR Algarve, Europe Direct Algarve, Operational Program CRESC ALGARVE 2020, in partnership with AMAL, University of Algarve, municipalities of Faro and Monchique, Vincentian Association, Philharmonic Association of Faro and Grupo Coral Ossónoba.
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