Sustainability

Power generation and distribution infrastructures may be directly affected by phenomena such as floods, storms or other extreme events whose frequency and intensity are expected to increase as a consequence of climate change in the coming years.

Electrically powered cars have been on the road for almost two centuries, but petrol cars took the lead after World War I. After several changes and evolutions in technology, these vehicles are considered the next big step towards more sustainable and environmentally friendly urban mobility. After various changes and evolutions in technology, these vehicles are seen as the next big step towards more sustainable and environmentally friendly urban mobility. But why were they invented and how have they changed over time?

The last Saturday in March is Earth Hour, an initiative of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) to raise awareness about climate change by voluntarily switching off for one hour.

Despite the exponential increase in sales every year, some people are still not aware of all the advantages of the electric car over the conventional car. Economic savings and the absence of emissions are some of the most popular arguments for opting for this sustainable alternative to internal combustion cars. A technology that has ceased to be the future of mobility to become firmly established in the present.

International Forest Day is celebrated on 21 March, a global initiative to highlight the importance of these ecosystems in the fight against climate change and to warn of the danger of their degradation. In line with this objective, at the Iberdrola Group we join in the conservation and restoration of forests with different programmes to ensure their survival.

Two out of five plants are threatened or endangered. Biodiversity is suffering and many foods may disappear from our menu in the future. Seed banks, in addition to storing seeds of different species in case worse comes to worst, are used to develop more resistant varieties.

Sustainable management of resources is essential to minimising the impact of climate change, and this must also apply to forests, whose health is of concern in view of the advance of deforestation. Specifically, the FAO states that forests should be harvested at a rate that maintains their biodiversity, productivity and regeneration capacity.

Cryptocurrency mining is a process that usually involves high energy consumption, due to the complex levels of computation required. In order to minimise the carbon footprint associated with the first digital currencies, alternative models with a low environmental impact have been developed: the so-called green cryptocurrencies.