There are many measures geared toward decreasing the causes behind climate change, but did you know that it is also vital that we learn to “adapt” to it? Its effects are already here, and with a few easy actions, not only will we reduce pressure on the planet, but we will also improve our quality…
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Work Green
(Estimated reading time: 5 minutes) – Audio version of article available. Thanks to measures taken in recent years to build an economy and a society resilient to climate change, green jobs have become an option with ever-increasing potential for professionals in search of new career paths to reinvent themselves. It is also an opportunity for…
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Benefits of Sustainable Energy
Do you want to learn how sustainable energy improves your life (and the planet’s)? Just like environmental journalist Adela Ucar, Fundación Canal believes that one cannot love what they do not know. Which is why we asked her to help us to discover the advantages and benefits of sustainable energy use in the city. Will…
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Smart Solutions to Fight Climate Change
(Estimated reading time: 5 minutes) – Audio version of article available. The “green economy’s” ability to regenerate is so clear to all now that, in recent months, talk in Europe of a “Green Deal” and recovery has become a bit of a mantra. The green and digital transition is now one of the great springboards…
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Self-Supply in Homeowner Communities
(Estimated reading time: 5 minutes) – Audio version of article available. One of Royal Decree 244/2019’s greatest achievements was allowing residents in a homeowner community to share a self-supply installation (MITECO, 2020), a much-needed leg up to promote the solar sector in Spain, given that most of the population lives in cities and in blocks…
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More renewables for more economic development
(Estimated reading time: 5 minutes) – Audio version of article available. The benefits of expanding renewable energy in our country, rich in resources like sun and wind, are well-known to all. They help to reduce pollution (and the health problems this causes (European Environment Agency, 2019)), and fight climate change by promoting decarbonisation and reduced…
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Resilient Buildings and Population
(Estimated reading time: 5 minutes) – Audio version of article available. The strategies to adapt to climate change are just as important as the measures to fight it. There is a huge worldwide effort being made to keep the planet’s average temperature increase at less than 1.5ºC above preindustrial numbers. However, and at the same…
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Hot Investment
(Estimated reading time: 5 minutes) – Audio version of article available. According to a report published July 2 by the Agencia Estatal de Metereología (National Weather Agency), 2019 was especially warm, a continuation of the trend in previous years. In fact, predictions for the decades to come foresee scenarios with maximum temperatures 5ºC higher than…
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Riding the Green Curve
(Estimated reading time: 5 minutes) – Audio version of article available. We’re in crisis. There, we said it. Now, let’s look for solutions. Solutions for economic reactivation and solutions for climate change. The good news is that mitigating and adapting to climate change creates both economic and environmental wealth. This is why the European Union…
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We Are Nature
(Estimated reading time: 5 minutes) – Audio version of article available. With the onset of the summer season, holidays, and gradually returning to normal, we can also once again go to the countryside to take a stroll, do a bit of sport, or simply enjoy the open space. After weeks of lockdown, we feel the…
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