Portugal without a contingency plan for the climate emergency
What's at stake
Local capacity to respond to increasingly frequent and intense heatwaves and floods.
Being defended
Binding deadlines and technical support so municipalities meet this legal obligation.
What's happening
More than 100 Portuguese municipalities still haven't submitted the municipal climate action plans required by law, leaving the country without a coordinated territorial response to the climate emergency.
The absence of these plans limits local capacity to respond to extreme events, from heatwaves to floods, which are becoming more frequent and more intense.
Organizations such as ZERO are asking the Government for binding deadlines and technical support for municipalities with fewer resources to meet this legal obligation.
What you can do now
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