Climate change in Madrid
Climate change in the community of Madrid affects various industries and environments.
Greenhouse gas emissions
[edit]Annual greenhouse gas emissions amounted to 15,758,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent in 1990 and 28,830,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent in 2005, corresponding to an 83% increase.[1] In 2022 Annual greenhouse gas emissions amounted to 21,596,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent, corresponding to a 25% decrease.[1]
Impacts of climate change
[edit]Severity of forest fires
[edit]The severity of forest fires would increase, and they would become harder to put out.[2]
Response
[edit]Legislation
[edit]Madrid does not have binding climate legislation.[3] Más Madrid lodged draft climate legislation, but this was refused by the governing People's Party.[4][3]
Policies
[edit]Madrid has made considerable investments in building more green spaces, and green spaces have been a factor in many government strategies relating to climate change.[5]
Many municipalities are implementing restrictions on cars, under the Climate Change and Energy Transition Act .[6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "EMISIONES DE GEI POR COMUNIDADESAUTÓNOMAS A PARTIR DEL INVENTARIO ESPAÑOL – SERIE 1990-2022" (PDF). Government of Spain. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2024-11-24. Retrieved 2025-03-17.
- ^ Carrasco, Tania (2022-07-25). "El cambio climático ya está en Madrid: lagunas desecadas, la fauna se desplaza a cotas altas en la sierra, la máxima histórica de 42,8 ºC..." 20minutos.es. Archived from the original on 2022-07-26. Retrieved 2025-03-18.
- ^ a b "Más Madrid registra una Ley de Cambio Climático y Transición Ecológica para hacer frente al "negacionismo" de Ayuso" [Más Madrid registers a Climate Change and Ecological Transition Law to face Ayuso's "denialism"]. europapress/madrid. 2022-10-24. Archived from the original on 2022-10-24. Retrieved 2025-03-18.
- ^ "Ayuso responde a Más Madrid por el cambio climático: "Su partido algo sabe de calentamiento"" [Ayuso responds to Más Madrid about climate change: "His party knows something about warming"]. Ondacero. 2024-11-07. Archived from the original on 2024-12-09. Retrieved 2025-03-18.
- ^ "Analizamos las políticas de espacios verdes en Madrid". The Conversation. 2020-02-09. Archived from the original on 2021-06-25. Retrieved 2025-03-18.
- ^ Moral, Jordi (2023-08-24). "Estos son los 23 pueblos y ciudades de la Comunidad de Madrid que tendrán ya restricciones a coches" [These are the 23 towns and cities in the Community of Madrid that will already have car restrictions]. Archived from the original on 2024-01-28.
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