Marta Olazabal gave an interview (in Spanish) to the local Radio Euskadi this past weekend.
Here is the link to listen to this interesting conversation between the journalist Goizalde Landabaso and Marta Olazabal
“Marta Olazabal es una científica e investigadora del BC3. Ha conseguido financiación de la Comisión Europea para analizar y ayudar a implementar medidas y acciones para paliar las consecuencias de la crisis climática en 12 ciudades del mundo.”
“En Europa el 80% de las personas ya viven en torno a las ciudades”.
“Vivimos en ciudades privilegiadas que actualmente tiene los recursos económicos suficientes para arreglas las consecuencias de la crisis climática”.
“En los veranos anteriores han fallecido miles de personas debido a las consecuencias de la crisis climática”.
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Marta Olazabal gave an interview (in Spanish) to the local Radio Euskadi this past weekend.
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