Spain
Climate change impacts
It takes only 161 days for the average Canadian to produce as much greenhouse gases as the average Spaniard will produce over the course of the entire year. Therefore, June 10th (161 days into the year) is "Climate Change Impacts in Spain Day."
In Spain, climate change may increase the year-to-year variability in summer climates which would increase the frequency of heat waves and droughts. IPCC predicts that by the 2070s, "a 100 year drought of today’s magnitude would return, on average, more frequently than every 10 years in parts of Spain”.
For more information on climate change impacts in Spain, see WWF’s page 'Climate change impacts in Spain'.
Story
“My name is José Luis Oliveros Zafra, and I’m from Villanueva de Alcardete, a town in the region of Castilla La-Mancha in Spain.
I’ve been working in the fields since the age of 18, but this year’s drought is the worst I can remember. It hasn’t rained all spring and summer, and because of the lack of water we have lost 100 per cent of our leguminous and cereal harvest. Farmers all across the country have been hit by the drought.
But it’s not the first time we’re suffering from climate change. We’ve been noticing climate impacts for many years now. Unfortunately the problems have increased massively over the past few years, and nowadays it’s also affecting us financially.”
Read the rest of José’s story at the WWF’s Climate Witness page.
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