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Spain’s Drought-Hit Tourism Sector Seeks To Save Water
July 24th, 2023
Via Terra Daily, an article on Spanish efforts to save water in its tourism sector: There are no longer showers on the beach in Lloret de Mar which, like many popular tourist resorts in drought-hit Spain, is seeking ways to conserve its increasingly sparse water supplies.With Spain at the forefront of the climate crisis in […]
Read more »Facing a Future of Drought, Spain Turns to Medieval Solutions and ‘Ancient Wisdom’
July 19th, 2023
Courtesy of the New York Times, a report on how Spain is excavating acequias, a network of water channels created by the Moors over 1,000 years ago, to adapt to the crises of climate change: High in Spain’s southern mountains, 40 or so people armed with pitchforks and spades cleared stones and piles of grass […]
Read more »Water Politics In Europe: A New Fault Line
June 3rd, 2023
Courtesy of The Guardian, commentary on the need – as drought becomes the norm – for creative European politics solutions to deal with a new, parched reality: In April, Spain’s prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, suggested that severe drought would become “one of the central political and territorial debates of our country in the coming years”. That […]
Read more »Water Woes Shake Up Spain’s Election Campaign
May 27th, 2023
Via Seed Daily, a report on the impact that drought is having upon Spanish election campaign activities: Concern over the future of Spain’s Donana natural park, which is threatened by overfarming, has made water management a key issue ahead of local elections at the end of May.Spain’s water resources are becoming exhausted while its irrigation […]
Read more »Simmering Global Water Tension As Hot, Dry Summer Looms
May 25th, 2023
Courtesy of Circle of Blue, some hotspots for water tension as a hot, dry summer looms: Sun-baked fields and dusty reservoirs dot the landscape of southern Spain. Travel east in the Mediterranean and Tunisia is cutting urban water service at night to conserve supplies amid a harsh, multi-year drought. In the Horn of Africa, meanwhile, […]
Read more »Spain To Spend 2.2B Euros To Tackle Drought
May 12th, 2023
Via Terra Daily, a report on Spain’s investment to tackle drought: Spain’s cabinet on Thursday approved measures worth more than two billion euros to alleviate the impact of a prolonged drought that has hit its key agricultural sector. The country’s water reserves are on average below 50 percent of capacity, while levels have fallen to […]
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