The Daily Sun reported an announcement by Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez that Spain will set up a national network of climate shelters to help people to better get through the country’s increasingly severe heatwaves.
“Devastating droughts and heatwaves are no longer rare. Some summers, it’s not separate waves we face, but one long heatwave stretching from June through August. This is now the new normal,” he said at a recent climate conference in Madrid.
“Before next summer, we’re going to set up a nationwide network of climate shelters, using government buildings — especially from the central administration — and making them available to everyone,” Prime Minister Sanchez added.
The article noted that similar shelters are already in place in Catalonia and the Basque Country, and that the central government will coordinate with these.
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