The president of Colombia maintains that the floods in eastern Spain are due to a “climate collapse”

MADRID 30 Oct. () –

The president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, argued this Tuesday that the floods registered in the Valencian Community and in Castilla-La Mancha (in eastern Spain), which have left several dead and missing, are the consequence of a “climate collapse “.

“Climate collapse in Spain. This happens by not stopping the fossil economy. We know that the consumption of oil, coal and gas can exterminate life in the short term, but it does not matter to the powers of the world, until humanity reacts “, he stated through his profile on the social network X.

Petro’s comments coincide with the opening of the high-level segment of the United Nations Conference on Biodiversity 2024 (COP16), which is being held these days in the Colombian city of Cali. The president participated in the ceremony during the day, where he criticized the lack of action against the climate crisis.

“What we are experiencing is worse than the apocalypse. Times of extinction bring tensions and different political expressions. Climate crises are reflected in these political expressions,” he said in statements collected by the radio station W Radio. He has also criticized the bureaucracy of the process and the “interests at stake.”