Mrs. Mònica Rivera, Board of directors. ACECMA (Catalan Association of Environmental Consultancy and Engineering Services). Side Event #CARBONEXPO "Climate Change as a driver for sustainable growth of Catalan environmental services and business"

1. How can the Catalan experience
help to the global climate
challenges?
Mrs. Mònica Rivera, Board of directors. ACECMA
Catalan Association of Environmental Consultancy and Engineering Services

2. Environmental engineering and consultancy association
ACECMA is a trade association whose active members
are companies that provide environmental consulting and
engineering services.
The Association represents the interests of its members
and promotes development of the environmental
industry.
Membership of the Association is represented by
environmental consultants located in Catalonia whose
main focus is the environment.

3. • Climate change assessment
• Environmental consultancy
• Environmental Impact Assessment and Planning
• Biodiversity Management and ecosystem evaluation
• Waste reduction and management
• Water management and engineering
• Industry security and risk management
• Ecological restoration
• Contaminated Site Management
• Marine and coastal engineering and consultancy
• Renewable energy and efficiency
• Urban ecology and planning
• River and wetland engineering and planning
• Irrigation, infrastructure and control systems
• …
Environmental Services

4. • Carbon Market advisory.
• Energy and GHG Management: Energy efficiency, Renewable
energy, carbon capture and storage.
• Carbon strategy and policy services: strategic risk assessment, risk
management, strategy for competitive advantage and climate-friendly
consumer product development.
• Climate Change Forecast studies
• Risk management, Adaptation and Mitigation strategies.
• Carbon footprint
• Carbon credit validation and verification: Emissions trading, services
for mandatory and voluntary reporting of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in
the EU Emission Trading Scheme (ETS).
• Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) projects
• Voluntary emission reduction.
Climate Change Services

5. A wide range of specializations: climate change, environmental
legislation, energy, waste, water, oceans, the atmosphere (air
quality, odour and noise pollution), sustainability, risk reduction
strategies, biodiversity, responsible tourism, environmental
communication.
Highly qualified professionals in the above mentioned topics.
Advanced technological tools: digital cartography, measurement
systems, remote sensing, control networks, mathematical
modelling.
Ability to adapt, develop and innovate.
Experience working in consortiums and multidisciplinary teams.
Experience in international public procurement in different
countries.
A very large network of contacts from public administration,
multilateral organisations and local entreprises in different areas of
the world.
What can our entreprises offer?

6. Catalonia has a long track record of environmental
projects and initiatives. As a result of the efforts done
to accomplish the European Directives it has been
acquired in the last 30 years substantial know-how
on projects to fight and adapt to climate change
risks.
The following slides show some concrete examples.
The expertise achieved is our main added value

7. The Catalan Government’s Plans and tools to fight
Climate Change

8. Framework studies for preventing and adapting to climate
change in Catalonia
Framework studies for preventing and
adapting to climate change in Catalonia
Study N1: Ebro Delta

9. Automatic monitoring of the water cycle
This network provides an information service on the state of
water in Catalonia in real time in order to improve its use and to
promote better services and the dissemination of available
hydrometeorological information.
Agencia Catalana de l’Aigua. Government of Catalonia

10. Water Control Networks

11. Desalination plants
Desalination plant of the Llobregat
Basin
The largest in Europe dedicated to
urban supply
It has a capacity
produce up to 60 million cubic
meters of water annually
Desalination plant of Tordera
with a capacity of
20 million cubic meters of
water per year

12. Waste water treatment plants
Agència catalana de l’Aigua

13. Waste water treatment plants
The wastewater treatment Plant of Prat Llobregat is one of the largest
and most modern in Europe.
Capacity of 420 million liters per day

14. Waste water treatment plants
The wastewater treatment Plant of Besos one of the world’s largest
wastewater treatment plant.
Capacity of 525 million liters per day

15. Drought management plan and infrastructures
The Catalan Water Agency, therefore, aids in drawing up the Drought Management Plan, to establish a
protocol and improve the decrees on drought that have been carried out in previous years. It includes a
list of actions (measure), based on certain indicators obtained (reserve levels), which should serve as
the brainchild behind the Prevention Plan for Water Drought Conditions

16. Waste water saving and efficiency

17. Renewable energy
On January 1, 2013, in
Catalonia there is a wind
power service of
1.263.32 MW

18. Waste management facilites in Catalonia
• Waste minimization programmes at
the site of origin
• Waste treatment plants: dumps,
valorization plants, ecopark

19. Decontamination and remediation
The Flix Reservoir: risk reduction of the acumulation of toxic waste

20. Irrigation Infrastructures & Control Systems
Segarra- Garrigues Channel and facilities
infraestructures
The Segarra-Garrigues hydraulic infrastructure is
aimed to irrigate over 70,000 hectares of crops in
the regions of Garrigues, Noguera, Pla d'Urgell,
Segarra, Segriá and Urgel.
The infrastructure will also ensure water for 72,000
residential consumption of several municipalities
Lleida.
The power required by new network channel can also
be utilized for industrial development of the regions
involved.
Irrigation canal system
and control
infrastructures Ebro Delta

21. Environmental assessment and planning
• Environmental impact assessment of infrastructure projects
• Strategic environmental assessment
• Environmental planning
• Sustainability reports
• Landscape architecture

22. Restoration
• Wetlands restoration
• Coastal protection
• Soil restoration
• Rivers restoration
• Forests Management

23. Biodiversity & protected natural areas