climate change

UN investigates Madrid landfill site after massive methane leaks are detected from space

A UN agency is probing a Madrid landfill after satellites detected massive emissions of climate-altering methane gas billowing from the site. The International Methane Emissions

22 Oct, 2025 @ 16:55

Environment·Lead·Madrid

Hard-hitting report says climate change has created 141 related risks to Spain- 51 of which are described as ‘key’

SPAIN is confronting 141 climate-related risks that threaten public health, economy, and biodiversity, according to a government report published on Tuesday. The Assessment of Risks

14 Oct, 2025 @ 18:45

Environment·Green·Lead

Orange weather warning for the Balearic Islands as DANA Alice continues to drench Spain – with British ‘anticyclone’ to blame

AN orange weather warning has been issued for the Balearic Islands as DANA Alice continues to bring thunderstorms and torrential rain to Spain’s eastern coast.

14 Oct, 2025 @ 11:41

Balearic Islands·Lead·Weather

‘European way of life is under threat’: New environmental report is grim reading for Spain

CLIMATE change is threatening the European way of life despite ‘significant advances’ in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, an alarming new report has warned. According to

2 Oct, 2025 @ 14:30

Environment·Green·Lead

DANA death toll rises to 222 in Valencia as body of unidentified man is found almost a month after disaster

Spanish schools to give pupils lessons on surviving environmental disasters driven by climate change

PUPILS as young as three will be given lessons on how to respond to environmental disasters in an attempt to counter the growing impact of

24 Sep, 2025 @ 10:35

Education·Lead·Weather

Forest fires in Spain: Growing blaze claims firefighter’s life in Avila

FOREST fires in Ávila and Las Hurdes remain highly active today, following several days of burning and the tragic death of a firefighter. The fires

30 Jul, 2025 @ 16:05

Environment

Barcelona is preparing for 50C as summers get ‘hotter and hotter’

SPANISH meteorologist Mario Picazo is warning that Barcelona could reach 50 degrees Celsius in the coming days. On his El Tiempo media channel, Picazo said

4 Jul, 2025 @ 15:04

Barcelona·Catalunya·Health·Lead

Barcelona temperature ‘will rise 3.7C by 2100’ unless carbon emissions ‘substantially reduced’, study warns

THE average temperature in Barcelona could rise by up to 3.7 degrees Celsius by the end of the century unless greenhouse gas emissions are ‘substantially

18 May, 2025 @ 09:00

Barcelona·Environment·Lead·Weather

Spain offers temporary residency to estimated 25,000 migrants affected by Valencia floods

Spain’s government blames climate change for Valencia flood disaster and criticises region ‘for not knowing how to respond’

SPAIN’S environment minister says that climate change was mainly to blame for the Valencia flood disaster, as she defended the government’s handling of the response

21 Nov, 2024 @ 12:00

Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Pollution causes 60,000 hospitalisations per year in Spain, experts warn

AIR pollution causes 60,000 admissions to Spanish hospitals every year especially with people who have serious pathologies and clinical conditions, according to a top scientist.

18 Oct, 2024 @ 16:00

Environment·Health·Lead

Spain is slipping into a desert climate, new drought study warns

PARTS of Spain will have a desert-like climate by 2050, a new study has warned. Research from the Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya (UPC) into global

22 Sep, 2024 @ 14:00

Balearic Islands·Catalunya·Environment·Lead

Portugal burns: 100 ‘out of control’ forest fires are visible from space after destroying thousands of hectares – as state of emergency is declared

AT least seven people have died as scores of wildfires continue to rage in Portugal, forcing authorities to officially declare a ‘state of calamity’. Over

19 Sep, 2024 @ 11:48

Environment·Lead

Remembering one of the Costa del Sol’s most devastating forest fires: How this week three years ago saw 3,000 people evacuated and a heroic firefighter killed by raging inferno in the Sierra Bermeja

THIS week marks three years since the start of the devastating Sierra Bermeja forest fire – the worst blaze registered in Spain in 2021 –

11 Sep, 2024 @ 16:06

Andalucia·Environment·Lead·Malaga·Video

Fears for biodiversity and sea life after waters in Spain’s Andalucia record high temperature

THE waters of the Mediterranean have reached record temperatures off Andalucia, the latest analysis suggests. A bouy in the sea off Cabo de Gata (pictured

1 Sep, 2024 @ 13:58

Almeria·Andalucia·Environment·Lead

Exclusive: As cases of Mpox, West Nile virus and now SLOTH fever rise in Spain – how worried we should REALLY be? Health experts give their verdict

IN a risk assessment last week, the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), called the increase of imported Mpox cases from African countries

25 Aug, 2024 @ 17:00

Andalucia·EXPLAINER·Health·Lead

Just Stop Oil comes to Spain: Five activists linked to notorious UK eco-protest group are intercepted while ‘attempting to glue themselves to runway’ at Barcelona’s El-Prat airport

FIVE activists linked to the notorious environmental protest group Just Stop Oil were intercepted at Barcelona El-Prat Airport on Wednesday morning after attempting to glue

25 Jul, 2024 @ 11:30

Barcelona·Catalunya·Crime & Law·Environment·Lead

These areas of Spain will be uninhabitable by 2050 due to extreme heat and rising sea levels, NASA warns – unless urgent action reverses climate change trends

SKY-HIGH temperatures, long periods of drought and coastal cities swamped by rising sea levels. That will be the future of Spain, at least according to

18 Jul, 2024 @ 12:12

Barcelona·Catalunya·Environment·Lead·Madrid

Spain’s eroding coastline: Images taken 70 years apart show how beach on the Costa del Sol is being ‘eaten’ by the sea

BEACHES on the Costa del Sol are slowly disappearing due to climate change, land usage, and other human activities, reveals a series of striking photographs

7 Jul, 2024 @ 11:40

Andalucia·Malaga

Spain tsunami warning: Experts say deadly weather phenomenon will hit the country by this date – with multiple coasts at risk

EXPERTS predict that Spain is ever more likely to be hit by a tsunami, attributed to the region’s proximity to tectonic plate boundaries. According to

3 Jul, 2024 @ 09:24

Andalucia·Lead·Nature·Valencian Community

Chaos in Gibraltar: ‘Pollution tax’ that would have cost drivers an extra £520 per year sparks protests – forcing Fabian Picardo into embarrassing U-turn just two hours after announcing policy

GIBRALTAR’S Chief Minister Fabian Picardo was forced into an embarrassing U-turn on Monday afternoon after a Budget proposal for a new pollution levy sparked an

2 Jul, 2024 @ 16:22

Environment·Gibraltar·Lead·Politics

Barcelona’s famous beaches lose 20% of their sand in a year: Local authorities blame winter storms

BARCELONA’S famous beaches are one of the Catalan capital’s great selling points for locals and visitors alike – yet local authorities have cause for concern

27 Jun, 2024 @ 10:06

Barcelona·Catalunya

Jellyfish warning in Spain: Potentially dangerous creatures are arriving earlier and in larger numbers this year, say sealife experts

UNUSUALLY warm weather last month on Spain’s Costa Brava attracted bathers to the sea, earlier than the norm for a dip. But to their surprise,

11 May, 2024 @ 13:04

Lead·Travel News

Why are there so many cockroaches in Spain? How the vile bugs thrive in southern Europe – as new research shows they are becoming resistant to insecticides

REPORTS of shocking cockroach infestations are nothing new in Spain, with its warm climate, long summers, and myriad of dense cityscapes rife with the kinds

20 Apr, 2024 @ 08:00

Andalucia·Animals

Tourists will face new water restrictions in this region of Spain due to ongoing drought

THE government in the northeastern Spanish region of Catalunya has introduced more water restrictions for tourists, as it struggles to cope with the effects of

16 Apr, 2024 @ 15:22

Barcelona·Environment·Lead

Is YOUR town at risk of going underwater in Spain? NASA reveals interactive map of predicted sea level rises due to climate change – with multiple expat havens on alert

AN interactive map from NASA has revealed the regions in Spain and around the world most at risk from rising sea levels. Taking into the

13 Apr, 2024 @ 12:15