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07/01/2026 - 09:59 h Urban planning and infrastructures The city’s 301 climate shelters are activated to protect people from the coldMunicipal public facilities, commercial establishments and organisations offer spaces with warm temperatures to tackle episodes of intense cold weather.
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26/11/2025 - 11:00 h Green spaces Open call for the cession of municipal spaces for community use to foster greenery and biodiversityThis initiative is part of the “Mans al verd” project by the Municipal Institute of Parks and Gardens, which promotes the activation of green spaces on municipal sites that are currently unused. Application period from 26 November to 12 January, inclusive.
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21/11/2025 - 12:15 h Environment and sustainability Exchange and sustainability to celebrate European Week for Waste ReductionThe city is organising numerous awareness activities from 22 to 30 November.
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17/11/2025 - 12:51 h Environment and sustainability Subsidies to make the city’s mopeds 100% electric and zero emissions by 2030The application period for the subsidies opens on 1 March 2026.
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06/10/2025 - 13:45 h 3,200 cyclists take part in the 2025 Barcelona Bike Festival Bike RideSustainable mobility and civic responsibility are the main focus of the Bike Festival and the Bike Ride, a gathering where families, friends, enthusiasts and organisations celebrate the use of bicycles in the city.
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25/09/2025 - 13:49 h Environment and sustainability The Bike Festival and Bike Ride return on 5 OctoberBarcelona makes the bicycle a symbol of sustainability, health and mobility, inviting everybody to enjoy the city on two wheels.
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22/09/2025 - 14:52 h Mobility and transport Metro and bus services prevent 1.6 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions dailyThey are equivalent to the emissions that would be generated by 1.7 million private cars.
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05/09/2025 - 12:21 h Environment and sustainability Barcelona triples its municipal solar potential and achieves one of the main goals in the Climate PlanThe city makes the most of everyday outdoor spaces such as pergolas and shade structures to generate green energy.
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27/08/2025 - 10:32 h Do you know what the urban heat island effect is?
Cities tend to have higher temperatures than less urban areas, particularly at night.
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21/08/2025 - 11:48 h Service information How the furniture and clothing collection service worksBarcelona has free municipal services for recycling old furniture and reusing clothing items that people no longer wear.