{"id":133781,"date":"2019-12-03T15:53:16","date_gmt":"2019-12-03T15:53:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ny1.dr1.com.do\/wordpress\/?p=133781"},"modified":"2019-12-03T21:05:16","modified_gmt":"2019-12-03T21:05:16","slug":"president-says-carbon-emissions-to-be-reduced-by-25-before-2030","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2019\/12\/03\/president-says-carbon-emissions-to-be-reduced-by-25-before-2030\/","title":{"rendered":"President says carbon emissions to be reduced by 25% before 2030"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/COP25-Presidencia-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-133830\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/COP25-Presidencia-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/COP25-Presidencia-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/COP25-Presidencia-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/COP25-Presidencia.jpg 1300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking at the United Nations Climate Summit (COP25) in Madrid, President Danilo Medina said that the Dominican Republic is looking to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 25% before 2030, using as a starting point the data registered in 2010.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During his speech, Medina highlighted: \u201cRenewable energies are also our priority. That is why we are installing 604 megawatts of solar and wind power, equivalent to 25% of the country&#8217;s energy matrix; and our goal is to reach 32% by 2023.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said that the country would use its own funds, together with the support of the Inter-American Development Bank, to reforest more than 767,000 tareas (1 tarea = 629 square meters) of land, which would allow the water basins of the rivers to recover.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As part of his participation at the Summit, President Medina was accompanied by Gustavo Montalvo, Minister of the Presidency; Jos\u00e9 Ram\u00f3n Peralta, Administrative Minister of the Presidency; \u00c1ngel Est\u00e9vez, Minister of the Environment ; F\u00e9lix Nova, senator for Monse\u00f1or Nouel; Olivo Rodr\u00edguez Huertas, Dominican Ambassador in Spain.; and Ev\u00e9rgito Pe\u00f1a Acosta, executive vice president of the National Council for Climate Change. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During his speech, Medina did not mention the coal-fired Punta Catalina Thermoelectric Power Central, estimated to cost over US$3 billion. The Medina administration took on the construction of the coal-fired power plant at a time when environmentalists criticized investing in coal-fired generation systems because of their contribution to greenhouse gas emissions. The power plant replaced arrangements that had been made for the construction of several smaller natural gas-powered plants by private investment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more in Spanish:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/hoy.com.do\/lea-aqui-el-discurso-de-danilo-medina-en-cumbre-sobre-el-cambio-climatico\/\">Hoy<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/presidencia.gob.do\/noticias\/en-madrid-danilo-medina-participa-en-apertura-cop25-y-reafirma-compromiso-rd-de-reducir-25\">Presidencia<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/hoy.com.do\/por-que-el-presidente-medina-decidio-vender-punta-catalina-ahora\/\">Hoy<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.diariolibre.com\/actualidad\/internacional\/danilo-medina-busca-eliminar-el-25-de-los-contaminantes-del-pais-FB15634573\">Diario Libre<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/listindiario.com\/la-republica\/2019\/12\/02\/594085\/danilo-dice-republica-dominicana-busca-reducir-el-25--de-emisiones-antes-de-2030\">Listin Diario<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.diariolibre.com\/opinion\/am\/carbon-si-carbon-no-MB15639656\">Diario Libre<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/presidencia.gob.do\/noticias\/danilo-medina-propone-abordar-cambio-climatico-con-inversion-en-mitigacion-fondos-de\">Presidencia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3 December 2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Speaking at the United Nations Climate Summit (COP25) in Madrid, President Danilo Medina said that the Dominican Republic is looking to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 25% before 2030, using as a starting point the data registered in 2010. During his speech, Medina highlighted: \u201cRenewable energies are also our priority. That is why we are &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2019\/12\/03\/president-says-carbon-emissions-to-be-reduced-by-25-before-2030\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133781"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=133781"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133781\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":133831,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133781\/revisions\/133831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133781"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=133781"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=133781"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}