It is on the table for port authorities to achieve the goals set by the European Union with regard to reducing gas emissions, with the aim of reaching carbon neutrality by 2050, in a process that will be progressive, with targets set for each phase.
On the other hand, we are moving towards a greener and more circular economy that will change the way we all live, but will also generate more competitiveness, incentives for innovation and economic growth, as well a challenge to create new job opportunities."
This is a time of transition and we are all looking forward to specific studies coming out, providing a series of plans and initiatives for the decarbonisation of ports and for new energy-efficient environmental solutions, within a framework of adaptation to climate change, pointing the way to extending the supply of 0 Emission energy that will study the possibilities of generating electricity from renewable sources to supply ships.
For the outermost regions, such as Madeira, this will be an even greater challenge, with defiant deadlines to meet and limited resources that require specific objectives to be defined and adapted to each reality. An island cannot be viewed in the same way as a region on the mainland, but in the end we all have the same goal, DECARBONISE.