{"id":4173,"date":"2019-10-11T17:49:07","date_gmt":"2019-10-11T17:49:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/globetrotters\/?p=4173"},"modified":"2022-04-13T15:42:20","modified_gmt":"2022-04-13T15:42:20","slug":"spains-fight-against-climate-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/globetrotters\/spains-fight-against-climate-change\/","title":{"rendered":"Spain&#8217;s fight against climate change"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/globetrotters\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/281\/2019\/10\/Protest-1024x772.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4176\" width=\"254\" height=\"191\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/globetrotters\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/281\/2019\/10\/Protest-1024x772.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/globetrotters\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/281\/2019\/10\/Protest-450x339.jpg 450w, https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/globetrotters\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/281\/2019\/10\/Protest-768x579.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/globetrotters\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/281\/2019\/10\/Protest.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 254px) 100vw, 254px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During my short time here I have been really\namazed by Spain\u2019s fight against climate change. I was able to be\npart of the worldwide global strike which saw almost 50 Spanish cities participate\nin environmental protests and marches in order to raise awareness of the environmental\ncrisis. &nbsp;In Granada the streets were full\nof banners and chants pleading for action. It was the first protest I had ever\nbeen to and I found it so encouraging that so many people are driven to make\nchange happen. There was a complete mix of ages, groups and nationalities who\nall banded together for their shared goal. My personal favourite protester was\na boy who was around 7 who brought a microphone and speaker and didn\u2019t stop\nchanting the entire march, which lasted around 3 hours. Along with the march, hundreds\nof students took part in the Spanish students\u2019 classroom strike throughout the\nweek. After the protest I was so motivated to see how else Spain was trying to fight\nclimate change that I spent the whole of the next day researching. Here are some\nthings that I found:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>I found out that big companies in Spain\nhave begun to try and use their power and influence to pressure the Spanish government\nto take action. Around 30 companies have rallied together to sign a declaration\nwhich urges the Spanish government to approve on a law that deals with climate\nchange and the transition to green energy. The declaration was created by the\nSpanish Group for Green Growth and was signed by big companies such as\nTelefonica, BBVA and Bankia. The declaration demands a price to be set on\ncarbon emissions and for companies to pay more for emitting fossil fuels.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The most amazing article I read was\nabout a small island in the Canary Islands called El Hierro, which aims to\ngenerate clean energy all year round. To do this they have created the\nhydro-wind power plant of Gorona del Viento, which consists of five wind\nturbines, two water deposits, four hydraulic turbines and one pumping station.\nThe island created this with help of its geographical elements. They emptied a volcano\ncrater to create a water deposit and used the extremely strong and ever\nconstant wind that can be found on the hills of Valverde to set up wind\ngenerators. While an aim of creating 100% clean energy seems optimistic, this\ntiny island has already met power demands just with renewable energy for 18\nconsecutive days and in 2017, 47% of the electricity used on the island was\nrenewable. This led to the island using 6,070 tonnes less diesel in 2017 and\nsince 2015 it has reduced greenhouse gas emissions by 40,000. Therefore, this Spanish\nisland, while being small, is leading the way in clean energy and hopefully\nwill promote the use of renewable energy sources. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Wind power has been very prominent in Spain\nfor a while now and if you have ever taken a road trip in Spain, I am sure you\nwould have seen hundreds of wind turbines along the way. In 2015, Spain became\nthe 5<sup>th<\/sup> largest producer of wind power in the world. For example,\nThe Perd\u00f3n\nHills, which can be found to the north of Pamplona is the home of 40 windmills\nthat cover 80% of the area\u2019s energy demand. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Granada has also been involved in innovating research in the\nfight against climate change. Researchers from\nGranada University have carried out experiments on pine trees in various areas\nof the province using the technique of \u2018tree thinning\u2019. Through their\ninvestigation they have confirmed that reducing the number of trees in an area\nallows the pine trees to adapt and grow quicker and stronger. They concluded\nthat the areas with less pine trees were less vulnerable to drought, and had a\nmuch greater resilience to change, which is essential in a rapidly changing environment.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Also, in 2017 Granada introduced the Metro to the city, with the aim to\ncut down emissions through the use of public transport over cars.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Finally, The Spanish Climate Change and Clean Energy Strategy has stated objectives which they aim to achieve in order to contribute to the sustainable development of our planet. Here are some of their objectives:<ul><li>To have the electricity from renewable sources reach 37% by 2020<\/li><li>To have 0% of biofuels in the transport sector by 2020<\/li><li>To raise awareness about climate change and clean energy<\/li><li>To promote innovation and research in the fight against climate change<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Therefore, while\nthere is a very long way to go in the fight for climate change, Spain has shown\nthe difference we can make, and hopefully encourages more and more people to join\nthe fight. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"During my short time here I have been really amazed by Spain\u2019s fight against climate change. 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