Released February 18, 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2020 was undoubtedly an exceptional year in many ways. Although the COVID-19 pandemic represented enormous challenges for the medical area, governments and labor reinvention for companies, it is also true that, environmentally, the improvement worldwide caused by a lower emission of carbon dioxide (CO2<\/sub>) fue bastante positiva.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The most noticeable effect has been a\ngreat atmospheric decontamination, reflecting a greater purity in skies and\nrivers worldwide; contamination that, until recently, advanced\nrapidly and had devastating effects that worsened the change\nclimate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We can take as an example of\nthis case to China, since it has been one of the countries that had the most evidence\non the benefit that the sustained decrease in CO2. <\/sub>According to\nNASA, this effect is \"at least in part\" due to the economic slowdown\nthat has resulted from the outbreak. Based on this statistic, the Chinese president,\nXi Jinping announced the commitment of his country to reach the top of its\ncarbon emissions before 2030, and reach neutrality by 2060. This\nannouncement that it could be decisive in the global fight against the climate crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For our part, Chile also\nhas made progress in establishing goals and regulations to reduce its emissions of\ncarbon and contribute to the sustainability of the environment. During 2020,\npublishes the new goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions\nChile, highlighting, among other measures, progressively reducing emissions\nup to a level of 95 Mt CO2 in 2030 (medium term) and carbon neutrality in\n2050 (long term).<\/p>\n\n\n\n In addition, he promised to reduce\nby 25% total black carbon emissions by 2030, creating plans\nstrategies for the management of the 101 basins of the country, restoration of a\nmillion hectares of landscapes and the reforestation of 200 thousand hectares of\nforests that contribute to the capture of CO2<\/sub> what's in the\natmosphere. Of the latter, 70 thousand must be native species.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In this sense, in Hidronor\nwe are committed to contributing to the sustainability of the planet. So,\nFor 25 years we have been joining this cause thanks to our management and treatment\nof hazardous and non-hazardous industrial waste. In addition, we have a\nplant that transforms the biogas extracted from the landfill into electrical energy\nCopiulemu, in the Biob\u00edo Region. This process reduces the emission\ngreenhouse gases, as well as odors associated with\ngases emitted by the accumulation and decomposition of organic waste.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Healing the environment is\npossible and it is everyone's task, and together, with our actions, we can\ncontribute to the desired improvement.<\/p>\n