Meet our Ambassador

José Segarra

Organisation

Low Carbon Economy

Position

Director

Email

jsegarra@lowcarboneconomy.org

Country

Espanha

Ambassador Group

Policy maker or institutional representative

Gender

Male

Biography

Graduated in Environmental Sciences and Civil Engineering at the Polytechnic University of Valencia (UPV) and holds a Master in Science and Innovation Management. He is currently one of the 15 members of the Mission Board for Climate Change Adaptation at the European Commission and is also an ambassador of the European Climate Pact. Since 2014 he is co-founder of the Low Carbon Economy Foundation where he currently carries out his main activity as Director and also collaborates with Associació CRESOL. Both organisations are mainly focused on the development of environmental education and participation projects mainly focused on tackling climate change. He collaborates with national and international development cooperation agencies, such as AECID – Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation or UNIDO – United Nations Industrial Development Organization. He is a lecturer in the Master in International Peace, Conflict and Development Studies at the Universitat Jaume I of Castellón (UJI) in the subject of Environment and Sustainable Development. He is also part of the panel of evaluators of the Erasmus+ programme for the Spanish agency SEPIE.

Motivation

The priorities of the AURORA project are aligned with my professional goals related to democratisation and citizen participation in tackling climate change including the promotion of community energy systems.

Firstly as a founding partner of the solar photovoltaic company HELIOTEC, since 2006 I have been contributing to energy change by promoting local projects for a just energy transition.

As director of the Low Carbon Economy Foundation, our NGO promotes education and awareness-raising projects that promote a low-carbon economy and enable citizens to combat climate change.

As ambassador of the European climate pact, our mission is to connect with citizens to engage them and promote their commitment and participation.

As a member of the Mission Board on Climate Change Adaptation at the European Commission, I am supporting the Mission’s signatory regions to move towards greater adaptation and resilience by promoting citizen participation as one of the key enabling conditions.

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