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The European Climate Pact has announced that in the recent national event “Tree Planting for Transition”, which took place from Tuesday 3 to Friday 6 March, schoolchildren, associations and citizens joined forces to plant 5,000 trees in the Bambësch forest in Mamer.

Organised by the Municipality of Mamer and the Climate Pact Ambassadors in Luxembourg as part of the European initiative “3 Billion Trees by 2030”, the project opened with an official morning programme in the presence of Luxembourgish and European decision-makers.

The mayor of the Municipality of Mamer, Luc Feller, the representative of the European Commission in Luxembourg, Anne Calteux, several ambassadors of the European Climate Pact, as well as members of the college of aldermen and the municipal council joined the volunteers to plant trees, thus highlighting the importance of reforestation in the face of climate change.

“It is a particularly interesting project, which demonstrates that a small municipality like Mamer can contribute something within a large European climate project. We have many citizens who participated, which highlights the interest the municipality has shown for biodiversity for years,” stated Luc Feller, Mayor of Mamer.

“The initiative ‘3 Billion Trees by 2030’ is a project that is particularly close to our hearts. We are currently far from the objective with 34 million trees planted. We need to do more, which is why we are delighted with this event and proud of our European Climate Pact ambassadors for their motivation and inspiring ideas,” added Anne Calteux, Representative of the European Commission in Luxembourg.

According to the European Climate Pact, local decision-makers, the ambassadors of the European Climate Pact and the parents of students who participated in the initiative were invited to a reception at the Municipal Administration of Mamer, to close the week of planting.

The programme included speeches by Luc Feller, Andrew Ferrone, Deputy Director for Climate and Sustainable Development at the Luxembourg ministry for the Environment, Climate and Biodiversity, Angele Scibilia, Representative of the European Commission in Luxembourg, Julie Schadeck, General Manager of UNature, and Jennifer Feschuk, Luxembourg Country Coordinator for the European Climate Pact.

According to the organisers, each of the speeches shared a common message: “If we can always do more, every action counts and brings us closer to our common objectives for biodiversity and for the climate.”

The evening concluded with the official introduction of the new European Climate Pact Ambassadors.