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City buildings plunge into darkness on Spain’s Costa Blanca to raise awareness of global warming

ORIHUELA City Council is supporting the Hour of the Planet again this weekend, and raising awareness of global warming. Between 8:30pm and 9:30pm on Saturday,

26 Mar, 2021 @ 17:00

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead

Global warming to bring Spain temperatures of up to 50C, extreme drought and flooding and sleepless tropical nights by 2050

In its prediction, it forecasts the summers by 2050 will be ‘immersed in a heat wave’, with the mercury ‘easily’ reaching 42C in Madrid, 44C

9 Jul, 2020 @ 11:52

Lead·National News

First five months of 2020 in Spain were the hottest of any year since records began

THE first five months of 2020 in Spain have been the hottest first five months of any year since records began.

22 Jun, 2020 @ 15:31

Environment·Lead·Nature

Spain slams ‘silent complicity’ of international leaders ahead of crisis climate change summit in Madrid

Many major countries are not on track to reduce their emissions as agreed during the 2016 Paris summit

26 Nov, 2019 @ 13:01

Environment·Lead·National News·Politics

SPAIN CLIMATE CRISIS: October was Costa del Sol’s ninth warmest in 100 years

The tenth month of the year was the ninth warmest this century, with temperatures 1.3 degrees Celsius above normal.

8 Nov, 2019 @ 12:13

Environment·Lead·Malaga

‘Warming Mediterranean Sea’ was behind record-breaking rain, claims Alicante professor

A LEADING climatologist from the University of Alicante has blamed a ‘warmer Mediterranean Sea’ for the killer floods that devastated the Costa Blanca last week.

17 Sep, 2019 @ 13:17

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead·National News

More than 50% in Spain fear climate change is ‘threatening’ survival of human race

Some 64% believe it is already negatively affecting their health

2 Dec, 2018 @ 12:15

Environment·Lead

Blowing in the wind: Does pollution on Gibraltar’s border with Spain cause increased cancer rates?

Black clouds of pollution billow daily from the industrial chimneys of the Campo de Gibraltar. Is it all merely hot air or a smoking gun

24 Nov, 2018 @ 10:00

Cadiz·Crime & Law·Environment·Gibraltar·Health·Huelva·Lead·Nature·Politics·Sevilla

DROP OF COMMON SENSE: Are humans to blame for the floods that have ravaged Spain’s Costa del Sol?

Heavy rainfall is not a recent phenomenon, but Mediterranean sea warming and building in the wrong places is adding to the recent flooding problems, writes

11 Nov, 2018 @ 14:03

Environment·Lead·Malaga·Nature·Opinion

Temperatures in Spain’s Andalucia hit climate change limit

In Malaga, Cordoba and Granada the average yearly temperature in the 21st century was at least 1.5°C higher than in the 20th century

29 Oct, 2018 @ 11:17

Environment·Lead·Malaga

IN PICS: How biblical floods wreaked havoc on Mallorca and why they could be more frequent in the future

People are still missing, including a five-year-old boy

11 Oct, 2018 @ 12:09

Environment·Lead·Mallorca

Rising temperatures to have huge impact on Spanish jobs

WEATHER-related sick days costs the Spanish economy €360 million per year, a pioneering study has found. Researchers at the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal)

15 Jun, 2018 @ 09:25

Business & Finance·Health·Lead

Marbella expat confirms Barack Obama as guest speaker at leading climate change conference

Wine expert, Pancho Campo, has secured the 44th President of the U.S. for this summer’s high profile Climate Change Leadership Porto Summit

6 May, 2018 @ 13:00

Environment·Lead

Balearic Islands pledge to phase out greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 in ambitious green manifesto

THE Balearic Islands has pledged to phase out greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. In an ambitious plan, Ibiza, Mallorca, Menorca and Formentera will take new

24 Feb, 2018 @ 16:55

Lead·Mallorca

Malaga and southern Spain will experience droughts ’14 TIMES more severe than in recent years’ – and much sooner than previously thought

MALAGA and southern Spain could see droughts 14 times more severe than in recent years from as soon as 2050 onwards. That is according to

21 Feb, 2018 @ 15:50

Environment·Lead

Wine prices to increase in Spain following 20% drop in harvest thanks to soaring temperatures

SPAIN’S production of wine for 2017 was down 20% compared to the year before, figures have shown. The agriculture ministry has reported the total production

24 Jan, 2018 @ 11:26

Business & Finance·Food & Drink·Lead·Malaga·National News

‘We are seeing what we already feared’: Farmers in southern Spain facing ruin after increasingly hot and dry seasons

FARMERS in southern Spain fear they may lose their position as the top exporters in Europe after successive hot and dry seasons. It comes after

12 Jan, 2018 @ 11:25

Environment·Lead

CLIMATE WARNING: Spain had its hottest year EVER in 2017 and climate change is ‘now noticeable’

SPAIN had its hottest year on record last year and climate change is ‘now noticeable’, weather agency AEMET has said. Some seven areas in Andalucia

12 Jan, 2018 @ 11:03

Environment·Lead·Malaga·National News

Spanish government says it should do more to reduce impact on global warming

Maria Garcia expects Spain to meet its target of reducing emissions by 26% before 2030, but said Spain must do more

23 Jun, 2017 @ 19:49

Environment·Nature

Spain criticised by European Climate Foundation for reliance on carbon energy power

The European Climate Foundation has urged Spain to attend the G20 meeting in July to talk about reducing its reliance on carbon-emitting power sources.

14 Apr, 2017 @ 20:25

Environment·Lead