Manifest interest in the I ecointegral 2011, business opportunities arising from the management of CO2

Last March 30 was held in Cordoba this event organized by ecointegral, which helped the Spanish Climate Change Office, the Ministry of Environment, Aprea and UCO.

Over one hundred people participated in this meeting I ecointegral 2011 business opportunities arising from CO2 Management, held at the Parador Nacional de Córdoba.
The meeting was marked by the interest of all attendees, which was reflected in his conversation and debate that raised the various papers presented.

In opening the meeting, D. Juan Ramón Mateos, Director General of ecointegral said that this meeting "is the first of a series of professional meetings, from ecointegral, we celebrate in the coming years and will focus on matters that remain topics of great interest and relevance, part of our business lines and therefore of our areas of expertise. "He also stressed that climate change mitigation should be seen as an investment to make, and that, even in a situation like the current adverse economic investment talk might seem unwise, the transition to a low carbon economy will entail competitive challenges and significant growth opportunities.

D. Mariano Barroso, president of the association of renewable energy developers in Andalucia (APRE), also emphasized the key role played by the energy sector, particularly renewable energy in mitigating climate change, since, in terms Overall, the processing power in Spain represents 77% of total emissions.

The first intervention was given by Professor Lopez Bellido, professor at the University of Córdoba, which exposed the role of agriculture as a sink of COfrom a real and scientific. The presentation of the Andalusian Emission Offset (SACE) from the Ministry of Environment of the Junta de Andalucía was provided by Doña Rocío Rodríguez Quintero, which clearly stated requirements and the benefits it can bring to any company membership the SACE. D. Ismael Aznar Cano, deputy director of the Emissions Trading Spanish Climate Change Office, Ministry of Rural and Marine Environment, discussed the new challenges of carbon markets and business opportunities arising from the management of greenhouse gas emissions under compulsory. Finally D. Jose Maria Font, director of the division ecointegral Environment, spoke on various business opportunities in the context of the investigation and management of CO2.