National Strategy for the Environment launched for consultation
Cleaner air quality, zero waste, thriving biodiversity, flourishing seas - these are among the goals Malta has to reach by 2050 according to the National Strategy for the Environment 2050 launched for public consultation on Wednesday.
The strategy builds on eight strategic goals, which tackle traditional environmental facets while focusing on key environmental challenges. It lays down the roadmap to enable and empower the changes needed to support an environmental transformation over a generation.
Environment Minister Miriam Dalli. Photo: Jonathan Borg
Speaking during the launch of the strategy’s consultation period, Environment Minister Miriam Dalli said all stakeholders, including the public, had to work together to pull the same rope for a better future for future generations.
She called on members of the public to give their views on the matter as this was a subject that required everyone’s participation.
The National Strategy for the Environment 2050 has been developed in consultation and collaboration with several stakeholders. A panel composed of representatives from different sectors, such as policymaking, academia, the business community and voluntary sector, was set up...