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Updated Friday, December 3, 2021- 12:54

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They say the data is stubborn.

And this is demonstrated by the studies that relate the climate and health crises that we suffer today.

We can and must learn the lessons that the covid-19 pandemic has left us, and at the same time raise awareness about the impact of a climate crisis that will bring serious consequences.

Under this premise, Reale Seguros has held its II Environment Forum at a time to RE-build a solution to face both crises. To do this, it has brought together a large group of experts from environmental organizations, universities, and social companies who have put on the table answers to questions such as What is the relationship between loss of biodiversity and the spread of COVID? How has Covid affected the environment? How will digital transformation help mitigate our impact on the environment? What are the next steps in sustainable mobility?

Luis Suárez, Conservation Coordinator for WWF Spain, participated in the event presenting the main conclusions of the "Loss of Nature and Pandemics Report". It states that 3 out of 4 diseases are of zoonotic origin -that is, diseases that pass from animals to humans. "With this premise, human health is closely linked to the health of ecosystems and the health of the Animals. In healthy and complex ecosystems, pathogens are diluted, there is a balance that prevents them from leaving that ecosystem. But reality once again contradicts the theory: according to Suárez, "we are destroying our main antivirus, which is the forests." For his part, Asunción Ruiz, CEO of SEO / Birdlife, expressed his concern about the vulnerability that our country has in the face of climate change,but he recalled that it is also the richest country in nature and biodiversity. And he affirmed that the challenges of the 21st century are environmental and encouraged us to make a motto of his organization ours: "not one degree more, not one species less".

Regarding mobility, for the emeritus professor of the UPM, Francisco Aparicio, "it is related to social welfare and economic growth". The solution is to decarbonize that mobility and bet on electrification. But reality once again collides with wishes: it is impossible to meet the percentage of electrification of vehicles and the recharging network in 2030.

And that the new regulations at the European level are already impacting sectors such as the insurer. Leticia Feria, director of Offer and Product at Reale Seguros, assures that the new regulations mean that "we have to take into account sustainability factors when designing products", something that also affects the search for solutions that insurers have to be carried out to cover and protect the problems that are related to climate change.

Will digital transformation be the solution? At this meeting, Jaime García Cantero, content director of the El País magazine Retina, affirmed that sustainability is an end in itself and digitization a means to achieve our goal, although, as he stressed, "we have to achieve a technology with a purpose. " And we have the belief that what we do in the digital world has no impact on the physical world. For this reason, companies such as TechHeroX launch training initiatives in companies such as Reale Seguros so that all their stakeholders understand concepts such as the "digital waste" that is produced since digital activities require energy.

The direct impacts of health crises like the one we have experienced with Covid-19 on the environment can be seen in our seas. While before the pandemic we had managed to reduce single-use plastics, the arrival of the pandemic has brought new elements such as masks. Amaia Rodríguez, founder of Gravity Wave, a social company that collects plastics from the Mediterranean through traditional fishermen, affirms that approximately 25,000 million tons of sanitary masks have ended up in the sea.

And the rural world?

What are you noticing?

According to Juanjo Manzano, founder of Alma Natura, our country is "an unbalanced country, where 85% of the population lives in large cities and the rest are scattered through small towns".

They estimate that in our country there are already almost 5,000 towns with less than 2,000 inhabitants.

And although the impulse of teleworking caused by the pandemic has brought a new wave that claims the value of rural environments, the change from the city to the country does not have the speed necessary to notice a paradigm shift.

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