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Mayor also participated in an international meeting for climate and sustainable energy. Both events took place in San Jose, Costa Rica.The province of Coronel Portillo, in the Ucayali region, highlighted on international stages the experience in solid waste management that has been developing in its capital, Pucallpa.
During her participation in the Third Edition of the Ibero-American Congress of Metropolitan Areas, which took place from April 14 to 16 in San Jose, Costa Rica, the provincial mayor, Janet Castagne, shared the successful experience of the Cleaning Command, an initiative that has been transforming solid waste management in the city.
This important meeting brings together leaders, representatives of local governments and international organizations with the aim of exchanging experiences, strengthening metropolitan governance and promoting innovative solutions to urban challenges.
In the block dedicated to waste management, Mayor Castagne highlighted how the Cleaning Command has been promoting a new environmental culture in Pucallpa, promoting the valorization of solid waste through its transformation into fertilizer and compost. This practice, based on circular economy principles, not only contributes to reducing environmental impact, but also generates social value and opportunities for the local population in the production of community, family and school biogardens.
Waste management has to be addressed in a comprehensive and metropolitan manner, with institutions that stop working in isolation and begin to walk together. From Costa Rica we share what we have already been promoting in our city: solid waste requires joint decisions and, in our city we are on that path, articulating efforts, bringing people together, supporting a strategy that little by little is beginning to give results, he commented.
At the III Ibero-American Congress of Metropolitan Areas, three mayors, Zeneida Chaves (Belen, Costa Rica), Nancy Vizurraga (San Isidro, Lima, Peru) and Janet Castagne (Coronel Portillo, Peru), presented solutions in governance, mobility and waste management) and another team also from the Pact facilitated a workshop on sustainable mobility with Carlos Gutierrez (La Estrella, Colombia) and Diego Rosero (Manta, Ecuador).
At the closing, mayors signed a letter of support for Costa Rica to incorporate environmental management and climate change as mandatory axes in local administration.
The congress is organized by prominent international institutions such as Conacam-Costa Rica, the Metropolitan Entity of Cordoba, the UNGL Costa Rica, the AMB - Area dInternacional i Metropolis Digital, the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy (GCoM) and the CAF - Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean.
Participation in international climate agenda
Previously, on Monday, April 13, Coronel Portillos delegation participated in the annual meeting of the Global Compact of Mayors for Climate and Energy (GCoM), held in the canton of Oreamuno, Costa Rica. This space brought together municipal authorities committed to climate action and sustainable development in the region.
During the day, experiences were exchanged with mayors and delegations from different Latin American countries, strengthening international cooperation and joint learning. Likewise, local initiatives such as community innovation projects, sustainable ventures and a model farm with good environmental practices were visited.
Coronel Portillos active participation in these international spaces reaffirms his commitment to sustainability, positioning Pucallpa as an emerging reference in environmental management and the fight against climate change.
