Pedro Arrojo-Agudo

Spanish physicist, economist, environmentalist, and professor

Pedro Arrojo-Agudo
Pedro Arrojo in March 2012
Nationality	Spanish
Occupation(s)	Physicist and economist
Employer	University of Zaragoza
Awards	Goldman Environmental Prize (2003)

Pedro Arrojo-Agudo (Madrid, 13 April 1951) is a Spanish physicist, economist, environmentalist, and a professor at the University of Zaragoza. He was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 2003, for his contributions to conservation of water.^[1] He was made the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation in October 2020.^[2]

Biography

Born in Madrid, Arrojo-Agudo grew up in Granada before moving to Zaragoza in 1969 to study physics, graduating in 1973.^[3]^[4] He earned his doctorate in physics from the University of Zaragoza with a thesis on fluid mechanics.^[5] He became the first Spaniard to receive the Goldman Environmental Prize for the European region based on his opposition to the proposed National Hydrological Plan of 2001.^[1]

In the 2015 general election, he led the deputies list from Podemos in Zaragoza, winning his seat. He was later elected as deputy from Unidos Podemos por Zaragoza in the 2016 general election and served as spokesman of the Committee on Agriculture, Food and Environment.^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b "Europe 2003. Pedro Arrojo-Agudo. Spain. Rivers & Dams". Goldman Environmental Prize. Archived from the original on 15 June 2011. Retrieved 4 December 2010.
^ "Mr. Pedro Arrojo-Agudo, Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation". Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
^ Barral, Cristina (5 May 2003). "Uno de los detractores del embalse recibe el Goldman de medio ambiente" [One of the reservoir's detractors receives the Goldman Environmental Prize]. La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 August 2024.
^ Roy, Antonio Calvo (10 January 2004). ""Hay grandes negocios en la trastienda del Plan Hidrológico"" ["There are big businesses in the back room of the Hydrological Plan"]. El País (in Spanish). ISSN 1134-6582. Archived from the original on 23 October 2023. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
^ Arrojo Agudo, Pedro (1987). Simulación numérica de Montecarlo para reacciones ácido-base en flujo turbulento casi isótropo (PhD thesis) (in Spanish). University of Zaragoza.
^ "El exJEMAD fichado por Podemos se queda fuera del Congreso" [Former Defence Staff filed with Podemos is left out of Congress]. La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 21 December 2015. Archived from the original on 2 August 2023. Retrieved 13 August 2024.