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President Iván Duque made the announcement today from Caño Cristales. Correa, a 47-year-old conservative, is a business administrator at the EAFIT University and has served as advisor for the regions and vice minister of Water, among others.
President Iván Duque through his twitter account reported the appointment ofand Carlos Correa Escaf as the new Minister of the Environment. Thus ended the rumors that for weeks ago spoke of the departure of Ricardo Lozano from the ministry.
Correa, 47 years old and conservative, He was mayor of Montería between 2012 and 2015. He was also Vice Minister of Water in 2016 and held the High Council for the Regions in 2017. He is a business administrator at the EAFIT University.
The new minambiente served as advisor to the IDB, UN Habitat, CAF and worked at Ecopetrol and Proexport. “He has led solar energy projects and cultural actions towards sustainability “said the president when making the announcement.
Duque, after communicating the decision to put Correa in the environmental portfolio, also thanked Lozano “his commitment, his capacity for work and the initiatives he led to consolidate the protection of our biodiversity ”.
I have appointed the former mayor of Montería, Carlos Correa, as the new Minister of the Environment. An expert on issues of sustainable cities and territories, he was an advisor to the IDB, UN Habitat and CAF. He has led solar energy projects and cultural actions towards sustainability. pic.twitter.com/rFdffv7pTS
– Iván Duque ???? (@IvanDuque) September 27, 2020
Although he did not delve into the subject, Duque hinted that Lozano was still with the government on issues on the international agenda.
A Lozano had several definitions and pending positions that will now inherit Correa’s agenda. Among them is the delimitation of the Santurbán páramo, the fumigation with glyphosate, the ratification of the Escazú treaty, fracking and compliance with all the judgments of ecosystems subject to law. But also, the execution of the environmental component of the National Development Plan.
Correa must also carry out the promise of planting 180 million trees in the country.
It is known that Correa is very close to the senator for the Conservative Party, David Barguil and Luis Felipe Henao.
Although in the environmental sector it is not well knownSome experts have said that, as mayor, he put Montería on the spectrum of innovation and sustainability.
“As mayor of Montería, he positioned the Cordovan capital as a sustainable city and under that vision he returned the Sinú River to the city, making it the axis of social, cultural and economic development of Montería. It also carried out several solar energy projects in this capital, as well as actions aimed at the culture of sustainability, “says Correa’s official profile sent by the Minambiente press office to the media.
He is currently an advisor to the Multipurpose Cadastre and Territorial Development of ESAP-Asocapitales and of the UNDP-Presidency of the Republic.
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