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Climate change has caused temperatures in the world to rise in the last few decades, and temperatures in Europe have risen twice as fast as the average change in the rest of the world. [1] In Spain , which already has a hot and dry climate, extreme events such as heatwaves are becoming increasingly frequent.
Climate change. Aemet, Spain’s meteorological agency, said Valencia had seen “the most adverse cold drop of the century” prior to the floods.
Disastrous floods have been reported throughout the history of Valencia, from the 14th century up to the contemporary period. [5] The 1957 Valencia flood was caused by a three-day cold drop (Spanish: gota fría) (which usually leads to heavy autumn rains in Spain and France); it overflowed the banks of the Túria river and devastated the city of Valencia.
Global climate change will probably make it more complex and expensive to ensure water security. [50] It creates new threats and adaptation challenges. [51] This is because climate change leads to increased hydrological variability and extremes. Climate change has many impacts on the water cycle.
Climate change has made droughts like this at least 100 times more likely, according to the WWA. Human-caused warming was also the main driver of drought in the Amazon rainforest in the second ...
“These deadly floods are yet another reminder of how dangerous climate change has already become at just 1.3C of warming.” Spain’s Aemet also said the climate crisis is to blame for the ...
To mitigate the effects of climate change, Spain is promoting an energy transition to renewable energies, such as solar and wind energy. [47] In 2021, to support this process, the government approved a law on climate change and energy transition. [48] Spanish society as a whole is one of the most climate change conscious societies in the EU. [49]
Climate change is already making extreme flooding more frequent and intense and by 2050 100-year flood events are projected to occur at least twice as frequently as today across 40% of the planet.