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It isn’t the first time the region has faced water shortages but experts say they are now getting more frequent and intense due to climate change.
Around the world, cities are implementing measures to reduce or mitigate the effects of rising temperatures. To protect the most vulnerable groups of citizens, the City Council of Barcelona has decided to create a network of climate shelters. These are specially conditioned spaces kept at 26 degrees Celsius with good accessibility, rest, and water areas to ease the sensation of heat. Spaces across the city are adapted to serve as shelters, with local schools being one of the primary resources used in the program.
Barcelona City Council, the Catalan Meteorological Service and Barcelona Regional have carried out various studies in order to find out how Barcelona will be affected by climate change.
A shift to a greener economy should bring social benefits, especially for the poorest, or 'the politics will end up against us'
The City Council’s Municipal Institute for Urban Landscape and Quality of Life (IMPUQV) is offering subsidies to help protect and improve the urban landscape. With 1.3 million euros available, the funding is aimed at promoting the recovery of heritage while taking into account environmental sustainability and backing small commerce. In this respect, the call includes subsidies for commercial establishments carrying out work on their premises, which are a key part of Barcelona’s urban landscape. At the same time, the subsides include specific sections for protected historical premises and those without protection.
The city has published its 10-year plan for the greening of the city, prioritising pedestrians, residents and other street users over cars. At the heart of its radical public space policy are so-called “superblocks”.
The superblock scheme groups together nine city blocks and closes them to through traffic with plant pots and benches, introduces cycle lanes, play areas and green spaces, and eliminates most parking spaces. While cars aren’t banned, the superblocks are car-unfriendly.
The Catalan capital’s celebrated pedestrian-first zones are expanding to cover most of the city center, Mayor Ada Colau announced.
From Barcelona to Grenoble, towns, cities and regions are reclaiming democratic control over vital services like water and healthcare. We spoke to Transnational Institute researcher Lavinia Steinfort about how, contrary to decades of received wisdom, reversing privatisation results in more accessible, accountable and cost-effective public services. Seen from the midst of a pandemic, municipalisation offers a route through the crisis towards more environmentally and socially just societies.
Un total de 166 ciudadanos y ciudadanas han participado en la campaña de préstamo colectivo ('crowdlending') que ha reunido en solo once días los 105.000 euros necesarios para financiar la construcción de una instalación fotovoltaica en el Centro Cívico Convent de Sant Agustí.
La campaña de crowdlending, la primera de estas características impulsada por el Ayuntamiento de Barcelona a través de la empresa pública Tersa, ha utilizado la plataforma Ecrowd!, especializada en este tipo de financiación.
La instalación fotovoltaica que se hará tiene una potencia de 32kWp, y generará anualmente un total de 38.880 kWh de electricidad (el equivalente al consumo eléctrico de diecisiete hogares) que se destinarán al autoconsumo del propio edificio del Centro Cívico Convent de Sant Agustí.
Europe needs to learn from the 2008 crisis and its austerity-based response: the actions taken after the coronavirus crisis must be based on solidarity and socially-oriented principles that will help people, public services and companies recover and strengthen, write Femke Halsema, Ada Colau, Giuseppe Sala, and Anne Hidalgo.
The authors are mayors Femke Halsema (Amsterdam), Ada Colau (Barcelona), Giuseppe Sala (Milan), Anne Hidalgo (Paris).
In her re-election campaign, Mayor Anne Hidalgo says that every Paris resident should be able to meet their essential needs within a short walk or bike ride.
El Ayuntamiento de Barcelona propondrá al Aeropuerto de Barcelona-El Prat eliminar las líneas de vuelos que tengan una alternativa ferroviaria, como la conexión entre Barcelona y Madrid, tal como anunció la alcaldesa Ada Colau el pasado mes de octubre en la cumbre de ciudades C40 en Copenhague. “El puente aéreo tiene una alternativa ferroviaria sin emisiones”, ha asegurado el concejal de Emergencia Climática de Barcelona, Eloi Badia, en una entrevista a Betevé.
Amsterdam and Barcelona are trialling an alternative model. Dubbed DECODE (DEcentralised Citizen-owned Data Ecosystems), it will allow people to decide which applications, platforms and tools can access their information, and allow governments and the private sector to use it for the common good.
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Identify a handful of adjacent city blocks, restrict traffic to the perimeter, and make the interior for walking, biking, and green space. A new study finds it could work even in cities with an irregular street grid.
Authorities in Barcelona have announced the start of a pilot test that will see the provision of free solar energy to low-income families in the city with the goal of lightening their energy bills. The electricity will be produced and provided by photovoltaic pergolas installed in public spaces around the city. The proposed aim of the project is to see whether this is a viable path to creating self-sufficient energy communities in the Catalonian capital. Likewise, it is a way to maximize the efficient use of public space surfaces in a way that brings benefits to the communities living in their vicinity.
The City of Barcelona in Spain has announced that it is embracing the tools and concepts of Doughnut Economics to guide actions to address the climate emergency and the city's ecological transition.
The initiative was launched during a press conference on July 29, 2021 - the same day as Earth Overshoot Day - which was hosted by Barcelona City Councillor Eloi Badia i Casas.
Cities such as Barcelona and Valencia are among the most exposed in Europe to phenomena such as heatwaves, floods, storms or droughts, which will be more and more frequent and could alter coastal areas. In this context, climate information is essential to face the challenges of climate change and adapt these cities and their surroundings to present and future adversities.
In this regard, the mayors of Barcelona and Valencia, Ada Colau and Joan Ribó, underlined the key role of cities in managing the climate crisis. By concentrating a large part of the population, large cities are the main sources of greenhouse gas emissions globally and in the case of the Mediterranean region, they are also areas with a great potential impact of climatic extremes.
Comment favoriser une moindre consommation de ressources dans les territoires, alors que la population progresse ? Les idées ne manquent pas malgré l'importance du défi.
Y a-t-il de l’espace, en ville, pour les femmes, les personnes âgées ou les enfants ? De la place pour flâner, jouer, bref, vivre ? À Barcelone, un collectif féministe propose de repenser l’urbanisme et faire de la ville un vrai lieu de vie. Les politiques ont emboîté le pas.
Changement climatique, Covid-19, violences policières, chômage des jeunes… Le fond de l’air est triste. Mais il se passe aussi plein de choses revigorantes. Cette semaine, Reporterre vous présente des initiatives pleines d’espoir, (...)
The Catalan capital’s celebrated pedestrian-first zones are expanding to cover most of the city center, Mayor Ada Colau announced.
he European Investment Bank (EIB) will provide €95 million (US$112.4 million) for 40 projects in Barcelona to support climate change mitigation and adaptation, including expanding the ‘superblocks’ programme.
As well as focusing on environmental initiatives, after Barcelona declared a climate emergency in January this year, the projects will also address social inclusion and are expected to create 1,500 jobs.
How can multi-level and metropolitan cooperation help cities emerge stronger from the Covid-19 pandemic? Here is our expert analysis.
Technology gives us an opportunity to make cities more open, inclusive and democratic. But only if it's used in the right way, says Barcelona's chief technology officer, Francesca Bria
Barcelona hosts the 10th anniversary of the Euro-Mediterranean Regional and Local Assembly with global warming seen as a catalyst for deeper cooperation in the Mediterranean
With the Gloria storm as an unexpected guest, the Euro-Mediterranean Regional and Local Assembly (ARLEM) has celebrated its 10th anniversary in the city where it held its first meeting: Barcelona. The Catalan capital welcomed over 100 representatives of local and regional authorities from the three shores of the Mediterranean, with climate change at the top of the agenda. The region is acknowledged to be particularly vulnerable to global warming.
De Los Angeles à Tokyo en passant par Barcelone, 14 grandes métropoles viennent de signer une déclaration pour changer l'alimentation de leurs citoyens.
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