Six months of summer, but Alicante still can’t protect itself from climate change

Yes, with February we finished January, the coldest month of the year in Alicante province; but even if it’s there even ice cream latelythat’s why we are in the winter season, it is still spring in the province, especially in the province at noon. coastline. These are the positive synergies of climate change that will leave us thirsty for the next 50 years, according to the Government, but it also means that sun and heat prolong lifespan. the tourist season is almost on the doorstep of last Christmas, It allows for two harvests per year to help Spain’s balance of trade and the thousands of families in Alicante that are fed by the tourism and agri-food industry.

But be careful, as I remember a few days ago Jorge Olcinabrand new director recently created Climate Change President Aguas de Alicante What are we not yet prepared for at the University of Alicante? negative This brings climate change.

The heat, which we complained about a lot last summer, causes losses in thermal comfort and affects human health. A few years ago, a study by professors David Martín and Jorge Olcina showed a close relationship between an increase in cerebrovascular conditions when Saharan air came to the state of Alicante. Impressions confirmed last year by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health, highlighting the impact that extreme temperatures will have on Spain. climate change, and especially the rise in temperatures that will cause deaths in the coming years.

This is another consequence of the effects of global warming already evident in Alicante since 2000. Since the beginning of this century, more people have died in the world each year than from heat. Hence, it is the same administration that bombards us daily with messages demanding environmental restriction and even quirks like replacing millet with T-bone steak in our diet.waste management and recycling in the last 20 yearsFor example, you need to take immediate action on the issue. The province is a good testing ground.

Shady areas and more trees in citieswater storage tanks, floodplain parks, in We have one of the first in Playa de San Juan de Alicante Spain– to protect from floods, coastal embankments or simply non-renewal of some concessions on the first line of the sea and of course the guarantee of water supply, which is one of the main problems in the province of Alicante, urban and agricultural supply for both. Currently, for the latter, all the central government does is put sticks in the wheels of the car for the obsession of replacing the water from the transfers with desalinated water. A flow that even many ecologists and experts question.

Climate change is also, among many things, more cold drops on the mediterranean and that they emerged with greater virulence than a few decades ago. In fact, according to statistics from the University of Alicante Climatology Laboratory, the number of colds in the Mediterranean has increased by 20% since 1980. This means: can occur at any time of the year. It is no longer a phenomenon limited to late summer or autumn, it can occur even in winter. For this, the sea water temperature, which has increased by 1.4 degrees since 1982, plays a key role in the offshore of the province. Change the shape of the rain. It rains less but more heavily.

Professor Jorge Olcina emphasizes: sea ​​warming unstoppable since 1982, and force to take difficult, but necessary measures. According to this expert, climate change will cause a major sea storm to happen every two or two and a half years, for example, which was much less frequent 20 years ago. They will also be more severe not only in the occurrence of torrential rains, but also in the greater lethality of the stranded sea.

Therefore, urgently 2013 Coastal Law extended concessions for homes and businesses for up to 75 years. Sea level will not rise very much, but the intensity, intensity and frequency of storms will increase. It’s a medium/long term business, but we must act and protect the first shoreline. Citizens who already have settled homes cannot be deported.

Another clear piece of evidence came last summer, when human-induced climate change made soil moisture at least dry in dry conditions. 20 times more intenseTeresa Ribera, Vice President, who is hurting crop production and adding more pressure to food prices and food security, while guaranteeing Europe’s orchards.

The summer was one of the hottest ever recorded in Europe. 24,000 heat-related deaths and brought intense heat waves to Spain, parts of China, and even North America. Nobody will get rid of it, it’s everybody’s business, but it starts at everybody’s home.

It was also very dry, and the drought led to widespread water shortages, wildfires and crop shortages, once again leading to higher food prices and shocks to the electricity supply. Let them tell the farmers and ordinary mortals. That being said, we still don’t do our homework and there is no “planet b”. Let’s leave the question of colonies on Mars to George Lucas..