Antonio Cerrillo: Leading Spanish Environmental Journalist Exposing Climate Challenges Antonio Cerrillo holds a degree in Hispanic Philology from the University of Barcelona and was awarded the National Environmental Journalism Prize in 2004. Antonio is one of the pioneering journalists in environmental reporting in Spain, a fact highlighted by the award jury, although his beginnings in this...
A just climate transition aims to advance the development of a decarbonized economy by creating the right conditions to ensure that no industry, territory, or social group is harmed in the process—including workers, vulnerable communities, suppliers of goods and services (especially small and medium-sized enterprises, or SMEs), and consumers.EU Regulation 2021/1056 establishes the Just Transition...
The term “nature-based solutions” (NBS) is very recent, emerging in the 2010s, and is continually evolving as it includes conserving, restoring, or better managing ecosystems. In 2014-2015, the European network BiodivERsA35 mobilized numerous scientists, research funders, and stakeholders, proposing a typology that characterizes NBS along two gradients: The extent to which biodiversity and ecosystem engineering...
These vehicles can perform certain driving tasks such as accelerating, braking, and staying in the lane, but the driver must always be prepared to intervene and take control. The transport sector is already the largest CO2 emitter in Spain, far ahead of industry (18%) and agriculture (12%), and its contribution increases every year, pushing...
As of 2024, there are approximately 340,000 electric vehicles in circulation in Spain, representing about 1.2% of the total vehicle fleet. Even though in 2018 there were no more than 54,000 electric vehicles, which is an increase of 630%, Spain is one of the last countries in the queue for electric vehicles in Europe. Source:...
The Spain Climate Scorecard 2024 Leader Award is for Teresa Ribera Rodriguez. Ribera was born in Madrid in 1969. She got a bachelor’s degree in law from Complutense University of Madrid (1992) and a Diploma in Constitutional Law and Political Science from the Centre for Constitutional Studies (1993). Her political and professional career started in...
The most widely accepted international classification of technologies for mitigating and adapting to climate change is as follows: Low-Carbon Energy Production, Instrumental Technologies, End-Use Technologies, Waste and Wastewater Management, and Climate Change Adaptation.According to a report by the Spanish Patent and Trademark Office (www.oepm.es) updated in February 2024, which examines trends in applications for technological...
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) recently indicated in its Global Annual to Decadal Climate Update report that there is a 50% chance that global temperature will reach 1.5 °C by 2026. When the Paris Agreement set this limit, the probability was just 10%. According to the UN Environment Programme (UNEP)’s 2024 Emissions Gap Report, published...
The update of the Spanish Forest Strategy and the Spanish Forest Plan in 2022 brought with it the publication of the latest data on the state of forests in Spain. With this data, the Forest Map of Spain and the National Forest Inventory were created, showing that just over 28 million hectares are forest areas...
The NDC Partnership is a network of over 120 countries, facilitated by UNFCCC, that is dedicated to helping each other strengthen their Paris Agreement Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) Pledges. The Partnership has just released Version 3.0 of the NDC Navigator, an interactive tool that supports the development of updated country NDCs to be submitted in...
