Mesa Neutralidad climática
Working Group 5
Climate Neutrality
Madrid aims to become climate neutral by 2030–2050, and to do so it must continue moving forward on decarbonisation, passing through transitional phases until the final goal is reached, with the support and guidance of a Strategic Plan.
The Climate Neutrality Working Group is focused on moving towards climate neutrality by setting specific objectives, supported by concrete lines of action and monitoring indicators that make it possible to track the decarbonisation process and estimate its costs, while also ensuring flexibility in the measures and a long-term vision that can adapt to future scenarios and emerging technologies.
Participants
The first focused on a new energy model oriented towards a decarbonised, energy-producing city, minimising the use of combustion and making the most of local energy potential.
The second focused on new urban developments and their alignment with climate neutrality goals, prioritising buildings that are not only carbon neutral but also energy-producing and water-recycling.
The third worked on the renewal of the existing building stock, proposing to accelerate the energy renovation of existing buildings, encourage comprehensive urban regeneration projects, and reconcile energy efficiency with heritage protection.
And the fourth analysed the transition towards climate neutrality, ensuring that no one is left behind, because a city that cares for everyone is one that places people’s wellbeing at the centre of its energy transition.
Working groups
City energy model
New urban developments
Renovation and urban regeneration
Just transition
Ideas discussed
This working group brought together representatives from institutional, technical, academic, and private-sector backgrounds. Their reflections confirmed that climate neutrality is an essential objective for the city’s future, closely linked to public health and to the energy model adopted.
They argue that reducing energy demand should be the priority, above the question of which energy source is used, and they also emphasise the scale of intervention, making the neighbourhood the most appropriate scale because it allows synergies to be created, the microclimate to be regulated, and circular economy dynamics to be activated.
In addition, they place social justice at the centre of the process, ensuring support for the most vulnerable groups, avoiding gentrification processes, and promoting active citizen participation in the energy transition.
