Building resilience is not a luxury – it is a necessity!
Marshal Piotr Całbecki, as chair of the Commission for Natural Resources in the European Committee of the Regions (NAT/KR), is leading an observation visit by members of two committees of the Committee of the Regions to the Spanish region of Valencia, which was hit by catastrophic flooding last October. The delegation is meeting with representatives of the autonomous Community of Valencia and visiting sites where damaged infrastructure and flood protection systems are being rebuilt and modernised.
“This place has suffered the dramatic effects of a natural disaster, as have many other regions of Europe, including Kujawsko-Pomorskie. Increasingly frequent natural disasters show how important local resilience to such threats is. We understand this perfectly well in our region, which is why we have established the Salutaris Local Government Association, which supports municipalities in crisis situations. Our visit to Valencia is not only an expression of solidarity. We are listening, learning and working to ensure that regions, including Kujawsko-Pomorskie, receive support and funds from the European Union to adapt to climate change. Building resilience is not a luxury – it is a necessity. And it is our shared responsibility, emphasises Marshal Piotr Całbecki.
Members of the NAT and ENVE committees (Committee on the Environment, Climate Change and Energy of the Committee of the Regions) visiting Valencia today are visiting, among other places, the Godelleta area (where local infrastructure is being rebuilt as part of projects carried out by the Valencian authorities) and the viaduct on the regional road CV -36, Quart-Manises in the Valencia agglomeration (where, in order to prevent environmental damage, 50,000 tonnes of flood debris were disposed of and 30,000 cubic metres of flood sludge were secured) and the rural municipality of Alcasser, where local roads and irrigation systems are being rebuilt.
Beata Krzemińska
Press Officer of the Marshal’s Office
27 June 2025
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- Wizytacja komisji Europejskiego Komitetu Reginów w autonomicznej Wspólnocie Walencja, fot. Mieszko Matusiak/UMWKP
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- Wizytacja komisji Europejskiego Komitetu Reginów w autonomicznej Wspólnocie Walencja, fot. Mieszko Matusiak/UMWKP
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- Wizytacja komisji Europejskiego Komitetu Reginów w autonomicznej Wspólnocie Walencja, fot. Mieszko Matusiak/UMWKP
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- Wizytacja komisji Europejskiego Komitetu Reginów w autonomicznej Wspólnocie Walencja, fot. Mieszko Matusiak/UMWKP
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- Wizytacja komisji Europejskiego Komitetu Reginów w autonomicznej Wspólnocie Walencja, fot. Mieszko Matusiak/UMWKP
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- Wizytacja komisji Europejskiego Komitetu Reginów w autonomicznej Wspólnocie Walencja, fot. Mieszko Matusiak/UMWKP
