‘Johnny’ Méndez creates ‘Task Force’ for legislation medidas de mitigación al cambio climático

As part of his compromise with the ambient medium and attending to the effects of the climatic change, the spokesman of the delegation of the New Progressive Party in the Chamber of Representatives, Carlos “Johnny” Méndez Núñez, informed the creation of a Working Group (Taakmag) directs to evaluate legislation and integral reforms that address the needs and propose any aspect related to the global calendar on the Puerto Rican Archipelago.

Méndez Núñez appointed the representative of Aguadilla and Moca District # 17, Wilson Román López, to lead the ‘Task Force’. He will also be the representative of San Juan District # 4 and an expert on energy issues, Víctor Parés Otero and the representative of District # 38 of Carolina, Canóvanas and Trujillo Alto, Wanda del Valle.

“The effects of the climate change climate, including global calendars, are real. We can differ in the extent of the differences, but if there is no option for the other, all the contrary, while we are rapidly accepting this reality, then we can develop a public policy directed to mitigate the impact of this effect, the president of the Cámara Baja.

The design of the Task Force is based on the commemoration of the Global Action Day on Climate Change.

“The conditions of the climatic exchange for Puerto Rico are great, due to the lack of precipitation. During the last decades (2000-2010 and present, 2011-) the number of sequential periods has been duplicated in comparison with the previous 40 years. In the decade of recent years, three sequel events in the Isla have been recorded. In the fifties there were five, including two of the most prolonged in our history, as in 1994, more in Puerto Rico from 1934 ”, added the new progressive leader.

Among the Task Force’s responsibilities are to delineate strategies for implementing sequential events that are more extensive and pronounced, while planning for what it is, which, in particular, will be more extreme, which will aggravate the impacts of the eruptions costera, between others.

The Climate Review Volume, Volume II, published in 2019 by the United States Program of Investigation on the World Cup, an information requested by the Congregation – dedicated exclusively to Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, an area designated as el Caribbean estadounidense. In the three previous editions, information on the region is included in the chapter corresponding to the United States Surest.

Also, it is the first time that is published in English and Spanish. The detailed information is that we know, the climatic change is real and we have to act.

When Méndez Núñez presided over the Chamber of Representatives, he first created a commission to attend this situation, the Special Commission for the Global Climate Change Study and Global Calentamiento.

“We will evaluate, in particular, what can be done to reduce the impact of the climate change on costs, infrastructure, ecosystems, economic development, the tourism industry and the preparation of public safety elements ahead of the new fences; the proposals and formulations of the energetic public policy of our archipelago, especially those directed to the reduction of dependence on fossil fuels and the step in the Creation and use of organic combustible, the uso “, concludes.

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