Greta Thunberg joins Madrid climate change protests
Thousands of protesters of all ages joined Swedish teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg in marching through downtown Madrid Friday to demand concrete…
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Study shows climate change hits women & girls hardest
Climate change is multiplying the inequality and discrimination faced by women and girls in the developing world, according to a new study…
Spain to host UN’s COP25 Climate Change Conference
The United Nations has agreed to Spain’s offer to host the 2019 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP25) in Madrid in early…
Spain pledges 150mn euros to combat climate change
► Spain commits to helping Green Climate Change projects in developing world ► Contributions by Spain, EU countries to offset U.S. refusal…
NGOs demand action from Congress on climate change
► Environmental groups join call for comprehensive climate-change legislation ► Groups urge symbolic declaration of international climate-change emergency More than two-dozen leading…
Greenpeace climbers protest climate change, rising seas
While Spain was on momentary pause the day before national elections at the weekend, climbers from Greenpeace España scaled Barcelona’s iconic Columbus…
Spanish students join protest against climate change
Groups of Spanish students rallying under the banner of Juventud por el clima (‘Youth for Climate’) will be joining students from around…
Spanish celebs urge gov’t to combat climate change
• Miguel Bosé joins drive to get Spain to up spending to fight climate change • Spanish celebrities are signing onto a campaign…
Startups take on climate change in Valencia
• Fifteen startups selected in annual Climate-KIC Accelerator program • Ideas deemed economically viable, innovative in approach to climate change Fifteen business…
Environmental NGO says climate change could snatch quarter of Spain’s water reserves by 2020
• ‘Ecologistas en Acción’ sees possible ‘water collapse’ within 5 years • Less rainfall, high temps & increased irrigation demands at fault,…
Four autonomous governments sign ‘Mediterranean Declaration on Climate Change’
• Catalonia, Valencia, Balearics & Andalusia unite to protect Mediterranean • Murcia region expected to sign onto pact to stop coastal waters…
Greenpeace spoofs Rajoy’s climate-change promises
► Activists unfurl banner critical of policies on renewables and climate change ► Activists from Greenpeace España unveiled a giant film poster…
Spain signs up to global ‘climate emergency’ movement
In its Consejo de Ministros cabinet meeting on Tuesday, Spain’s new coalition government agreed to issue a formal Declaration of Climate and…
Hundreds of groups back 27th September climate strike
► More than 300 NGOS, unions backing Global Climate Strike action in Spain ► Marches and rallies planned for 32 Spanish cities,…
Spain ready for new climate law, more emissions curbs
• Climate change official sees new law in 2018, backs greater EU restrictions • More renewable energy possible, pending regional, bilateral electricity…
Spain readies Paris climate accord ratification
• Next Congress could opt for urgent six-month ratification of Paris Agreement • Spain awaiting word on carbon pricing as it prepares…
Global March for Climate takes to streets of Spain’s cities on Sunday Nov. 29th
• Saturday citywide blackout in Madrid to draw attention to climate change • Spanish celebrities to participate as part of global climate-awareness…
Sánchez to Davos: social justice, growth must co-exist
Spanish President Pedro Sánchez put forward a contrarian message Wednesday to the 2020 World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland — that social…
Fourth V-P to push transition toward green economy
Incoming President Pedro Sánchez revealed on Thursday that the cabinet of his new progressive coalition government will be headlined by four vice-presidencies,…
Iglesias to coordinate ‘Agenda 2030’ for coalition gov’t
In one of the final interventions of the congressional debate Tuesday that saw Socialist party general secretary Pedro Sánchez re-elected to a…
Sánchez commits Spain to slash carbon 30pct by 2030
Acting President Pedro Sánchez announced Monday that Spain is committing to a sharp reduction in greenhouse-gas emissions that cause global warming and…
Madrid Central cut emissions by 20 percent in first year
The Madrid Central anti-pollution plan put in place under the progressive administration of former Mayor Manuela Carmena significantly reduced air-contamination in Spain’s…
#VIDEO Greenpeace protests Black Friday consumerism
Activists from Greenpeace España unfurled a banner on Friday in downtown Madrid to protest the consumerism of ‘Black Friday’ sales promotions in…
Extinction Rebellion Spain activists join hunger strike
Climate-change activists belonging to the Spanish affiliate of the global climate-action group Extinction Rebellion Spain have joined the weeklong hunger-strike that kicked…
PSOE, Unidas Podemos agree to attempt coalition gov’t
Leaders of Spain’s Socialist party and smaller left-wing rival Unidas Podemos signed a 10-point “pre-agreement” on Tuesday establishing the basis for formation…
DOCUMENT: PSOE-Unidas Podemos coalition accord
Follows is an English-language translation of the 10-point ‘pre-agreement’ toward a coalition government between the Socialist party (PSOE) and Unidas Podemos, signed…
Left parties vie for ‘green vote’ in upcoming elections
► PSOE pledges ‘New Green Deal’, Podemos wants state-run renewables utility ►Más País calls for environmental sustainability inclusion in Spain’s Constitution It…
UGT leader calls for repeal of Rajoy-era labour ‘reforms’
► Pepe Álvarez welcomes Errejón’s ‘Más País’ to debate over labour legislation ► Leader sets end to “Gag Law”, workplace equality as…
PSPV-PSOE, Compromís, Podemos seal ‘Botànic II’ pact
► Podemos gets Vice-Presidency, role in climate-change, environment policies ► PSPV’s Puig pledges fairer federal funding for progressive agenda in Valencia Following…
Gender violence top concern among women aged 18-34
► ‘Instituto de la Mujer’ report surveyed 1,500 women of all ages across Spain ► Violence, gender equality, jobs, social inequities, climate…
Tech startup promotes UN sustainability compliance
A Spanish tech startup that launched last year in the United States and Mexico is now coming home to Spain with the…