Romain Vaillant is in charge of the climate plan
During the last Toulouse Métropole council meeting, Romain Vaillant was entrusted with the vice-presidency in charge of the implementation of the territorial climate air energy plan in the municipalities of the agglomeration.
The Toulouse Métropole council on Thursday, October 14th was an opportunity for Romain Vaillant to change delegation. The elected official, member of the Métropole Solidaire, Écologique et Démocratique (MSED) group, was until in charge of decentralized cooperation, a competence which was entrusted to Jean-Claude Dardelet and Nicole Miquel-Belaud. And it inherits the version of the PCAET, the Territorial Climate Air Energy Plan, in the 37 municipalities of the agglomeration. “Alongside François Chollet, Vice-President for Ecology and Energy Transition, I will ensure that emulation is created so that this plan is necessary to pursue all the municipalities so that, together, the metropolis achieves its objectives. to the environmental and climatic issues that we are learning ”declares Romain Vaillant, also mayor of the municipality of Villeneuve-Tolosane.
The Territorial Climate Air Energy Plan in the municipalities.
This plan, definitively adopted in 2017, is a tool that should make it possible to regulate the energy transition on the territory of the metropolis, in order to reduce the impact of climate change. While 50 to 70% of the solutions are intended to be implemented at the scale of cities, according to experts from the IPCC, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, “this plan therefore appears to be essential. », Insists the press release of the MSED. In particular, it provides for a 40% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, a 20% reduction in energy consumption by 2030 and a doubling of local renewable energy production. “Today, most of the municipalities in Toulouse Metropolis always individually in terms of preserving the environment, without necessarily harmonizing with the objectives of the PCAET or sharing good municipal practices. This delegation is aimed at precisely that ”, conclusion of the metropolitan group.
Source: press release