{"id":36221,"date":"2020-11-25T16:57:48","date_gmt":"2020-11-25T15:57:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifewatercool.com\/2020\/11\/25\/arturo-larena-efes-lifewatercool-representative-among-the-100-most-influential-latinos-for-climate-action\/"},"modified":"2020-11-25T16:57:48","modified_gmt":"2020-11-25T15:57:48","slug":"arturo-larena-efes-lifewatercool-representative-among-the-100-most-influential-latinos-for-climate-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifewatercool.com\/en\/arturo-larena-efes-lifewatercool-representative-among-the-100-most-influential-latinos-for-climate-action\/","title":{"rendered":"Arturo Larena, EFE’s @LifeWatercool representative, among the 100 most influential Latinos for climate action"},"content":{"rendered":"

Photo: Arturo Larena (left), Carlos Gosch and Antonio Guterres.<\/p>\n

Madrid, Sevilla 25 oct 2020.-\u00a0Efeverde<\/a>\u00a0 ‘s director and EFE’s representative in the Management Committee of the European LifeWatercool project, Arturo Larena<\/a>, has been included in the 2020 list of ‘The 100 most influential Latinos committed to climate action’ along with the Mexican Patricia Espinosa, executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, the U.S. Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, or the former president of Bolivia, Carlos Mesa, among others.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Arturo Larena has participated in the design and implementation of the Life Watercool project, coordinated by Emasesa and together with Lourdes Uquilas and Mar Morales of EFEverde, coordinate the informative actions on the web and social networks of this information and communication initiative of the European Union, co-financed by the EU Life mechanism, on invasive alien species in aquatic environments.<\/p>\n

“The 100 selected are recognized and committed personalities in their sector” who “through their work” promote global awareness of the climate emergency and the need for solutions “that help us live in balance with our planet,” explained Carlos Zegarra, executive director of Sachamama, the Miami-based environmental organization known for its work on climate change and climate and environmental communications in Latino communities.<\/p>\n

The publication is being launched as part of the No Planet B Latino Summit, the “largest gathering of influential Latinos towards the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 26),” aimed at empowering “Latino leadership in the fight against climate change,” as well as increasing “global pressure” to implement the Paris Agreement and the sustainable development goals of the 2030 Agenda.<\/p>\n

From Nobel laureates to entertainers<\/h2>\n

The hundred or so names included in it are influential for “promoting the environmental struggle, sustainability and actions in the face of climate and environmental emergencies” and include Nobel laureates, high-profile politicians, academics, journalists, activists and artists from the world of entertainment in Spanish-speaking countries, selected “with the support of the main environmental organizations”.<\/p>\n

Among them are UN Secretary General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres of Portugal, Chile’s Minister of the Environment Carolina Schmidt, and American actors Jessica Alba and Joaquin Phoenix.<\/p>\n

Only 15 Spaniards appear in this year’s list, including personalities who are regulars in this type of recognition such as the Minister of Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge, Teresa Ribera, the singer Alejandro Sanz or the actors Javier Bardem and Pen\u00e9lope Cruz.<\/p>\n

The list includes executives of well-known companies, high-profile politicians, academics, activists, journalists, Nobel Prize winners and stars of the show such as:<\/p>\n

Marina Colorado- Environmental Reporter France 24
\nCarolina Schmidt – Minister of the Environment of Chile
\nArturo Larena – Director of EFEVerde
\nJoaquin Phoenix – Actor and Activist
\nS\u00f4nia Guajajara – Indigenous and Environmental Activist
\nAntonio Luiz Seabra – Chairman of Natura
\nAnt\u00f3nio Guterres – Secretary General of the United Nations<\/p>\n

\"\"Larena highlights the importance of WaterCool<\/span><\/h2>\n

The director of Efeverde said he was “surprised and grateful” for its inclusion in this document which, he said, “should serve so that, between all of us, we can help to continue creating a well-informed citizenry in environmental matters”.<\/p>\n

Larena stressed the importance of information on the climate emergency and ecological transition “at a time when disinformation is reborn in the face of the climate crisis and the goal of achieving an evolution towards a more just and decarbonized world”. In this sense, he highlighted the importance of adaptation projects such as LifeWaterool which, from Seville, will serve as a benchmark for other cities to address this problem.<\/p>\n

EFEverde is the global multi-format platform for environmental information, integrated today in the EFE360 department of Agencia Efe, and channels all kinds of news related to climate crisis, biodiversity, sustainable development and circular economy, among other environmental issues. EFEverde.<\/p>\n

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Here is the complete list: The 100 Latinos <\/a>\u00a0#los100latinos<\/p>\n