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Spain’s Telecommuting and Early Retirement Trends Benefit Climate Change Mitigation
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Spain’s Telecommuting and Early Retirement Trends Benefit Climate Change Mitigation

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...

Spain’s Integrated National Energy and Climate Plan
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Spain’s Integrated National Energy and Climate Plan

The policy that will make a significant difference in lowering greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in Spain is the European Union’s (EU) binding Climate and Energy policy for 2030. This policy requires all member state governments to adopt Integrated National Energy and Climate Plans (INECPs) covering 2021 to 2030. In January 2020, the Spanish government declared...

Spain: Model Community Climate Mitigation Programs
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Spain: Model Community Climate Mitigation Programs

Vitoria-Gasteiz THE COMMUNITY VITORIA-GASTEIZ (VG) is a community in Alava province with 253.093 citizens and 280 km2. VG is an industrial area in the north of Spain that is making efforts to mitigate climate change. They live in a high-risk area for climate change hazards. According to high-resolution climate scenarios, temperatures in VG are expected...

Spain: COP 28 Recommendations for Strengthening Country Climate Ambition
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Spain: COP 28 Recommendations for Strengthening Country Climate Ambition

To: Valvanera Ulargui, General Manager of the Spanish Office for Climate Change, SECRETARÍA Address: Plaza San Juan de la Cruz, 10 – Madrid 28071 (Spain) Tel: 0034 91 597 67 45/47 e-mail: buzon-dgoecc@miteco.es  Dear Vulvanera Ulargul, My name is Ron Israel. I am the Director of Climate Scorecard, an international NGO working to reduce greenhouse gas emissions....

Spain’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory Provides Useful Information but Could be More Timely
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Spain’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory Provides Useful Information but Could be More Timely

Rating B- Like many other countries, Spain maintains a comprehensive greenhouse gas emissions inventory to monitor and report its emissions yearly. The latest complete report was released on March 2023 with 2021 data—a preview of the next GEI report to be released utilizing data from 2022.Generally speaking, emissions of 293.8 million tons of CO2 equivalent...

Spanish Farmers’ Climate Adaptation Efforts are Harder in Times of Political Instability
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Spanish Farmers’ Climate Adaptation Efforts are Harder in Times of Political Instability

Rating BAlthough Climate Change is an escalating global challenge, it’s especially relevant for Spain, as it is one of the EU countries expected to be affected the most by the climate crisis, impacting various sectors, including agriculture.The size of a Spanish farmer’s farm can vary widely. Some farmers operate small family-owned plots, while others might...

Spain will help the EU Come Close towards Reaching the EU 50% Emission Reduction Goal
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Spain will help the EU Come Close towards Reaching the EU 50% Emission Reduction Goal

Spain will not reach a 50% greenhouse gas emissions reduction by 2030. However, it will contribute towards coming close to meeting the 50% emission reduction threshold as a collective component of the wider EU bloc. According to Spain’s objectives laid out in its Integrated National Energy and Climate Plan (INECP), adopted in 2019, Spain is...

An independent study found that Spain spent 3 billion Euros on fossil fuel subsidies in 2020
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An independent study found that Spain spent 3 billion Euros on fossil fuel subsidies in 2020

Despite EU member states laying out comprehensive climate action plans to galvanize momentum in phasing out fossil fuels by 2030, analysts have conflictingly documented a 4% growth in fossil fuel subsidies across the EU between 2015 and 2019, displaying firm resolute in preserving significant flows of fossil fuel subsidies (FFS) that threaten to derail climate...

Spain’s Agriculture Sector Emitted .64% of Global Agricultural Sector Emissions in 2021
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Spain’s Agriculture Sector Emitted .64% of Global Agricultural Sector Emissions in 2021

Despite the critical focus of Spain’s climate policy and action understandably being directed to its two most carbon-intensive industries, energy, and transport, jointly making up about 50% of the country’s total carbon emissions, the agriculture industry has bizarrely been left largely excluded from the environmental spotlight. Yet, contributing to around 3% of GDP, the agricultural...

Spain: A Climate Look Past and Forward
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Spain: A Climate Look Past and Forward

Looking Back 2022:  Extreme Weather Strains Energy Resources Looking Forward 2023: Plan to Secure 74% of Electricity with  Renewable Energy Resources After a turbulent year setting off with the wettest march in 61 years, the earliest heatwave in over 40 years, and complete with the warmest New Year’s Day in over 20 years, 2022 has...

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