European Ambassadors: Climate Action in Las Rozas de Madrid
On January 23, 2025, Life Terra and the Las Rozas City Council organized a tree-planting event at the Dehesa de Navalcarbón in Las Rozas (Madrid). The event, which promoted climate action and environmental education, brought together European ambassadors, local officials, and students from Gredos San Diego School.
The event concluded the first edition of European Tree Planting Day, an initiative led by the Life Terra Foundation. This campaign brought together more than 40 organizations and NGOs from 19 European countries to work on shared environmental goals.
Ten embassies representing Austria, Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Norway, Portugal, and the Netherlands participated, alongside the European Commission’s Representative in Spain, Lucas González Ojeda; the Mayor of Las Rozas, José de la Uz; Life Terra founder, Sven Kallen; the Director General of Biodiversity and Forest Management of the Madrid Region, Irene Aguiló Vidal; and the director of Gredos San Diego School, Gustavo Pita Puértolas.
During the event, 100 native trees and shrubs were planted to boost local biodiversity, including strawberry trees, holm oaks, stone pines, and hawthorns. Each ambassador planted alongside students, fostering intergenerational collaboration for environmental stewardship.
Since 2019, when the first tree-planting event was organized during the COP25 Madrid Climate Conference, Life Terra and the Las Rozas City Council have built a strong partnership. Together, they’ve facilitated planting thousands of trees and engaged the local community in impactful reforestation initiatives.
“It is a great honour for the Commission to be here today defending the LIFE programme and one of its largest projects, Life Terra. This project addresses both the fight against climate change and the preservation of biodiversity, one of the fundamental objectives of the LIFE programme. The European Union wants to plant 3 billion trees, and today we are doing our bit to help.”
“We are delighted that our municipality continues to lead initiatives such as this, which contribute to the reforestation of our natural areas. I would like to thank Life Terra, the European ambassadors and the San Diego Gredos School for their collaboration. We have been committed to initiatives such as this for years, planting more than 14,000 trees in recent years to make our city a benchmark in environmental protection, while contributing to leaving a green legacy for future generations.
