The councilor of Nueva Canarias-Bloque Canarista (NC-bc) in Teguise, Fernando Jiménez, defended a motion in the plenary session this Tuesday to create a network of climate shelters in the municipality, following the line of the recently approved Non-Law Proposal presented by deputy Yoné Caraballo in the Parliament of the Canary Islands.
For Fernando Jiménez, "this plenary consensus has immense value since Teguise, and Lanzarote in general, have a deficit regarding adaptation to climate change and the protection of residents against increasingly frequent heat waves and episodes of extreme haze."
Thus, the Canarian councilor explained the importance of these public spaces that "aim to be a comfortable, air-conditioned, and accessible environment, where the residents of the municipality, especially the most vulnerable such as children, the elderly, and people with chronic diseases, can be safe from extreme weather phenomena while having access to leisure services, activities, library, shade, public water, etc."
"Climate shelters can be the teleclubs themselves; schools; parks with shade; or public buildings such as libraries or health centers," says Fernando Jiménez, who clarifies to the government group of Teguise that "in no case can beaches be considered climate shelters as they argued."
"We already know what the government group of CC, PP, and the former Vox councilor think about protecting the population from extreme heat waves, that they should go to the beach," says Jiménez, who equates this "going to the beach" with "the plants on the balconies to combat Ayuso's climate change."
No answers about possible files to Canal Gestión
As the Canarian formation had announced, councilor Fernando Jiménez has asked the government group of Teguise "how many sanctioning or other types of files the consistory has filed against Canal Gestión in these 11 years of privatization of the service."
"To the surprise of NC-bc, the government group has refused to answer these questions, but instead, has brought 393 invoices to the plenary with an amount of 250,000 euros to be paid to Canal Gestión," they state.
"We are not against paying what the City Council owes for water services, but we insist that it is as important to pay as it is to ensure that the service is fulfilled efficiently. Today, this service leaves much to be desired given the continuous water cuts suffered by the residents of the municipality," concludes Fernando Jiménez.
