Maurizio Bezzeccheri, Enel's director for Latin America and Claudio Cunha, country manager of Enel Argentina were part of the event that brought together mayors and stakeholders to discuss issues related to the environment.
Enel Argentina was present at a new edition of the 'C40 Global Mayors Summit', held in the city of Buenos Aires, which brings together more than 100 mayors, international delegates, local mayors, philanthropists, young people and important stakeholders.
The meeting, which is held every three years, served to raise issues related to climate change and the need to move forward with concrete actions to address it. Enel X presented its proposals for electric mobility and, together with Enel Trading, clean energy options for companies.
Enel's Director for Latin America, Maurizio Bezzeccheri, was a speaker together with other industry leaders, with whom he analyzed how cities and companies should work together to generate green jobs. In this sense, he said that green employment today "is not an option" and affirmed "either we go in that direction or we don't go in any other direction".
When talking about smart cities, he explained that it does not only mean adding technology. He clarified that this concept "is evolving to circular cities", since although technology is a facilitator that is there, economic competitiveness, environmental sustainability and social inclusion must also be taken into account.
He also raised the need to redefine city regulations, which are based on old systems of norms. In the case of electricity, he explained that we used to talk about generation, transmission and generation: "But now we have prosumers, meaning that people consume, but also produce electricity". "Consumption is going to change. That's why we have to move from a linear approach to a circular approach, looking at the full life cycle of goods and making our goods and products last longer. We are moving in the direction of electrifying consumption," he concluded.
Later, Bezzeccheri participated in the event "Transition towards circular cities in Latin America and the Caribbean", organized within the framework of C40 together with the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), the City of Buenos Aires and Enel.
The meeting featured important speakers such as Jose Luis Samaniego, Director of Sustainable Development and Human Settlements of ECLAC; Carolina Piedrafita, Senior Specialist in Urban Development and Housing of the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) and Rodrigo Perpétuo, Executive Director for South America for ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability.
They were joined by Vanessa Esslinger, Circular Economy expert for the UN Environment Program; Marco Bucci, Mayor of the City of Genoa; Clara Muzzio, Minister of Public Space and Urban Hygiene of the City of Buenos Aires; Antonio Muñoz Martinez, Mayor of Seville and Jheydi Quiroz, Deputy Mayor of Lima.