Global warming is happening at an accelerating rate in Spain. In 2020, the average temperature in the country was 1.7 degrees Celsius higher than the average in preindustrial times, between 1850 and 1900. Whatâs more, the rate of warming has accelerated in the last few decades, rising a cumulative 1.3ºC in 60 years. Thatâs according to the executive report on the state of the climate in Spain in 2020, presented by the Spanish weather agency Aemet on Friday. The report warns that if greenhouse emissions continue at their current rate, the average temperature will rise 5ºC by the end of the century.
Limiting global warming to well below 2ºC by reducing greenhouse gas emissions is the central goal of the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change. Nearly half of all gases emitted accumulate in the atmosphere, which accelerates global warming, while the other 50% are absorbed by oceans and forests. In its report, Aemet explains that although the coronavirus lockdown led t
Section of Tordera river in Hostalric in May 2020, year of Storm Gloria.
Historical values of IMBWP index in the study area of the Llobregat river in La Puda (Olesa de Montserrat). The colored background represents the biological quality of water (blue: very good; green: good; yellow: moderate; Orange: bad; red: poor; sd: no data).
Number of identified taxons mainly as the genus in the sampling spot in the interminent stream of Fuirosos, in Montnegre i el Corredor Park.
All the analysed rivers in the 2020 CARIMED report on the ecological quality of rivers in the provincial area of Barcelona flowed with water –both in spring and in summer– and there were no dry spots like in previous years. This is a unique hydrological condition within the 26-year period of scientific monitoring of the river network in Barcelona, carried out by the Freshwater, Hydrology and Management (FEHM) research group of the University of Barcelona.
Press release from EFA MEP Diana Riba
EFA MEP
Diana Riba is calling for concrete action at EU level to conserve Europe s deltas, including the Ebro Delta.
Significant deltas in Europe include the Danube, the Vistula, the Rhine, the Po, the Rhone and the Ebro.
They are all rich in biodiversity and of high socio-economic and environmental significance, but many face challenges due to climate change such as erosion, subsidence, flooding and salinization.
Diana Riba and fellow Catalan MEP Toni Comin have published a Manifesto for the protection of European Deltas, together with the Platform in Defense of the river Ebro (Plataforma en Defensa de l’Ebre).