PASOK President – Movement for Change, Nikos Androulakisin his statement about world environment daywhich this year focuses on the fight against plastic pollution, also highlights its significant impact on our health.

“Greece is estimated to produce 700,000 tons of plastic waste every year, a significant part of which ends up in the environment, polluting our coasts,” he says, and notes that “our country and the Southeast Mediterranean region as a whole are considered among the most vulnerable in in terms of environmental pollution. planet in the aftermath of the climate crisis.

Mr. Androulakis adds that Rising temperatures, more frequent and intense extreme weather events, rising sea levels are already part of our daily lives.

It highlights that the need for sustainable water management is becoming even more important due to the drought that affects not only Greece but Southern Europe as a whole.

“For all these reasons PASOK – The Movement for Change has placed environmental protection at the center of its policies and actions..

With our proposals such as Energy Democracy, we are focusing on sustainable development and the transition to a green environment in a socially just way to make our society and economy more climate resilient and environmentally sustainable,” emphasizes his president. PASOK-KINAL.

Source: RES-IPE

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