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2030 Agenda: social, economic and environmental goals for the next ten years
2030 Agenda. The report will be presented to the Full Council and sets out how to get through the social, economic, environmental and health crisis and guarantee a sustainable future.
Barcelona Biodiversity Atlas: a tool to discover and protect the city’s flora and fauna
Environment and sustainability. The atlas has been updated and includes nearly 1,500 plant and tree species and 532 animal species in an open-access online map.
‘Model, batega!’, the winning project to transform the former prison
Urban planning. The priority is to open up space for use by local people, preserve historical memory and create public housing, new facilities and a park.
More traffic-free space for 78 schools
Protecting schools. The schools will have safer and healthier surroundings, benefitting more than 26,000 pupils and their families.
By-laws adapted to the context of the pandemic
City Council. Municipal taxes will be frozen and the 75% reduction to the tax on bar and restaurant terraces maintained throughout 2021.
Faster, more eco-friendly and efficient construction to create public rental housing
Housing. Invitation to tender for the construction of 212 flats with affordable rents on four city sites using industrialised construction techniques.
Cutting pollution would prevent a thousand deaths a year in the city
Air quality. The excess in pollution causes one in every three new cases of asthma among children and 11% of lung cancer cases.
Authorisation granted for the acquisition of a building in Dreta de l'Eixample, exercising the right of first refusal and setting aside
Housing. It has 23 apartments and two commercial units that will now become part of the city’s public housing stock for young people.
Preventive warning for PM10 pollution deactivated
Pollution. The stations belonging to the Atmospheric Pollution Monitoring and Forecast Network have recorded a drop in levels of particulate matter (PM10), allowing the warning to be deactivated.
Activation of preventative warning stage for high levels of PM10
Pollution. Municipal services are taking preventative measures, such as more intense watering down of streets and avoiding the use of air blowers.