The president of the Cabildo, María Dolores Corujo, met this Tuesday with the highest representative of the Higher Council for Scientific Research (CSIC) and director of the Institute of Natural Products and Agrobiology, Manuel Nogales, and the scientist Sergio Rodríguez, to sign a framework collaboration agreement between both parties and begin to shape the Atmospheric Observatory that will benefit all of the Canary Islands.
For the president of the Cabildo, "it is very important to address the reduction of gases and increase air quality." "In this sense, according to scientists, Lanzarote has the best location in the Canary Islands to assess the consequences on our health", she pointed out.
In the meeting, which took place at the Institute of Natural Products and Agrobiology of the CSIC in La Laguna (Tenerife), the importance of implementing control mechanisms to increase air quality was discussed. In this way, Lanzarote becomes the promoter of an Atmospheric Observatory that will evaluate air currents and particles.
"It is the first time that a president of the Cabildo has met with us to discuss a topic of vital importance for the people of the Canary Islands", said Nogales, who conveyed his gratitude to the president. "Without a doubt, it says a lot about the interest in the health of citizens and their concern about climate change", he added.
250,000 euros of financing
The proposal of the Cabildo of Lanzarote on the Observatory was transferred in October to the Government of the Canary Islands, which responded with a financing of 250,000 euros to launch it.
The Atmospheric Observatory of the Canary Islands will define the actions to be adopted by the Government of the Canary Islands to combat the effects of global warming in the archipelago.
Its creation, according to the Cabildo, will allow the Canary Islands to be integrated into the World Network of Observatories and into public and private, social and scientific organizations dedicated to the fight against climate change, in addition to encouraging the implementation of this type of body in the Macaronesia area.
