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...
The energy sector is one of the most significant contributors to greenhouse gas generation, making using renewable resources in energy production essential to advancing the fight against climate change. However, renewables reduce atmospheric emissions and decrease energy dependence, ensuring a local and secure supply. Therefore, it is unsurprising that Spain has strengthened its position in...
However, the mitigation measures implemented thus far are insufficient. Spain ranks first among European countries where heat-related mortality has increased the most during this century. This is highlighted in the second report of ‘The Lancet Countdown’ indicators in Europe, led by the Barcelona Supercomputing Center-National Supercomputing Center (BSC-CNS) in collaboration with 40 other European...
The Renewable Foundation is a think tank established in 2010 to raise awareness about the need to change the energy model and prioritize savings, efficiency, and renewable energy as fundamental principles. It was founded by professionals with extensive experience in the energy sector and has grown by involving many citizens who want to be part...
Currently, there are two complementary carbon emissions trading systems in Spain: the mandatory regulated market and the voluntary market. They are very different; their only similarity is that they auction the same thing: one ton of carbon equivalent (tCO₂e), with significant divergences in their objectives and operation. Undoubtedly, the mandatory regulated market has been the...
Climate Scorecard’s 2024 Government Climate Leadership Award is presented to a country official who has done the most to reduce emissions in their country’s government over the past year. Below is a copy of the letter sent to each nominee and why they were chosen to receive this award.Spain 2024 Climate Scorecard Award: Valvanera Maria...
The last presidential elections in Spain were held in July 2023. Although the left-wing Socialist Party (PSOE), which was in power, received fewer votes than its primary right-wing opponent (PP), it managed to stay in government by forming a strategic alliance with regional political parties, especially those in the Catalonia region with separatist tendencies from...
Historically, CO2 emissions have been strongly correlated with economic development. The richer we are, the more CO2 we emit. But this relationship no longer necessarily holds at higher incomes. Many countries are starting to achieve economic growth while reducing emissions. They are decoupling the two. It’s only over the last 20 years that this decoupling...
