Tag: climate change
Activists glue themselves to Spain’s Congress of Deputies in protest over climate emergency
CLIMATE activists from a Spanish organisation called Futuro Vegetal (Vegetable Future) glued themselves to the microphones at the lectern in the Congress of Deputies...
As COP27 climate conference starts in Egypt, Greenpeace calls on Spanish PM for better access to renewables
ENVIRONMENTAL campaigning organisation Greenpeace staged a demonstration on Sunday in Madrid, to coincide with the start of the COP27 United Nations Climate Change Conference...
Environmental protestors glue hands to Goya paintings in Spain’s world-famous Prado Museum
TWO CLIMATE activists glued their hands to the frames of Goya’s Las Majas paintings in Madrid’s Prado Museum on Saturday, in the latest of...
Areas of Spain that could be underwater by 2050 if sea levels keep rising
Thousands of homes and businesses in Andalucia and along the Costa Blanca could be completely submerged in water by 2050, new research shows.
According to...
Eye-watering figure needed to fix Andalucia drought crisis in Spain
WATER levels inside Andalucian dams are at record lows and the region’s government has a solution, but it won’t be cheap.
Andalucia needs €5 billion...
Climate change: When will we deal with the elephant in the room?
Eyes Wide Shut. NO not the 1999 Stanley Kubrick film starring Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman.
I refer to the inactivity of the world’s leaders...
The Mediterranean has experienced record sea temperatures this summer: this could devastate marine life
While official data is yet to be released, this year’s Mediterranean marine heatwave will likely have devastating ecological consequences.
SANCHEZ HAS IT CRACKED: Or so Spain’s premier thinks when it comes to coping with global warming
WHEN it comes to talking about climate change, it is impossible to stay away from politics. They are completely intertwined.
My recent columns have focused...
It’s official: July was the hottest month recorded in Spain since records began
SPAIN suffered its hottest July in more than six decades, confirmed the national meteorological office on Monday.
Data published by AEMET showed that the average...
HEATWAVE: How sea temperatures around Spain are rising and threatening marine life
THE heatwaves of the summer aren’t only taking their toll on land where wildfires have ravaged more than 230,000 hectares already across Spain. Temperatures...
Spain’s winemakers battle to save harvest as heatwaves and drought takes toll
THE effects of successive heatwaves and drought are threatening this year’s wine harvest across Spain.
An exceptionally hot and dry summer has left grapes withering...
FOCUS: How Spain is on track for the most devastating summer of fires on record
BLACKENED earth, smouldering trees, the charred corpses of wild animals barbecued to a crisp. The pungent tang of smoked pine and eucalyptus lingers in...
Spain and Portugal experiencing driest spells in over a millennium
THE IBERIAN PENINSULA is going through its driest period for 1,200 years, according to new research.
The majority of rain in Portugal and Spain falls...
ANALYSIS: Why is Spain getting hotter every year?
This year, summer has only just begun and 2022 has already experienced record-breaking temperatures with Spain’s warmest May in 58 years, writes Livia Cockerell
OPINION: When it comes to saving the planet, it’s now or never
THE human race never learns. Why?
Are we stupid, ambivalent, or just downright lazy? Read on and you decide.
My vote is for all three.
When you...
Climate change activists smear red paint on Spain’s Congress building in Madrid
CLIMATE change protestors daubed red paint on the steps leading to Spain's Congress building in Madrid on Wednesday.
Walls were also smeared as part of...
When is Earth Hour 2022? What is it and how is Spain is involved in the WWF ‘blackout’ event
THIS year marks the 15th Earth Hour - the world’s biggest environmental event.
The global event aims to ‘increase awareness and spark global conversations on...
Spain’s Palma to switch off lights for one hour to raise awareness of climate change
PALMA City Council is supporting the Earth Hour again this weekend, and raising awareness of global warming.
Between 8:30pm and 9:30pm on Saturday, March 27,...
Jellyfish population surge on southern Spanish beaches as rising sea pollution kills predators
MALAGA'S beaches could soon be inundated with record numbers of jellyfish, marine experts have warned.
Climate change, water conditions, the urbanisation of the Mediterranean coast...
Massive green energy project unveiled for Spain’s Aragon
SPAIN has unveiled plans for a massive green energy project in the northeast region of Aragon that aims to meet 30% of the nation’s...
Mallorca politician demands end to environmentally damaging ‘ghost flights’ by airlines saving their slots
THE practice of airlines flying empty planes to keep coveted flight slots has been slammed by a Mallorcan politician.
The deputy for MES in Mallorca,...
Slurry bad news: Across Spain, dubious industrial and agricultural methods have continued to pollute this beautiful nation
A LEGION of politicians piled fury on Alberto Garzon’s comments about the quality of Spanish meat because he criticised their two most important loves:...
Spain’s Barcelona has its first road made from non-recyclable plastic waste.
A NEW road surface has been unveiled in Barcelona using non-recyclable plastic waste in the first project of its kind in Spain.
66% of Balearic Island beaches could be lost due to climate change
A NEW study claims that 66% of Balearic beaches could be lost to the sea by the end of the century in a worst...
Las Tablas de Daimiel: How Spain’s precious wetlands have been sucked dry
THE unique wetlands, Las Tablas de Daimel, in the central plains of Castile-la Mancha, have nearly completely dried up over the past three years as its water has been re-routed for agricultural use.
How Spain’s Valencia region became the leader in organic farming
ORGANIC farming in Valencia has grown 81.2% in the past five years, more than anywhere else in Spain and exceeding Spain's average which is...
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