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Alert stage of the municipal emergency plan for snow and ice activated
Emergencies. The weather forecast indicates the possibility of snow in the upper parts of the city.
Another step to boost solar energy in the city
Environment and sustainability. The solar energy source will come into use in the first quarter of 2021, rounding off the project to cover the ring road where it passes through the Vall d’Hebron neighbourhood.
New plan to transform school playgrounds into climate shelters open to neighbourhoods
Climate emergency. The goal is to tackle the effects of the climate emergency, promote inclusive play and open spaces up to the neighbourhoods.
Fifty million euros in investment to speed up the energy transition in the city
Climate emergency. The Barcelona Sustainable Energy Mechanism is being set up with the goal of driving energy projects and attracting private funding.
Debating the future of the city’s beaches
Climate emergency. A group of experts will spend a year exploring solutions to the challenges posed by the climate emergency and draw up a roadmap.
Work gets under way to widen the drainage tank under Av. Diagonal bigger to reduce flood risks
Urban planning. The work is a key project for adapting the sewerage system to the effects of the climate crisis.
Turning Barcelona into a big superblock
Urban planning. The transformation begins in L’Eixample, where one in three streets will be greened up and local people will all have a square within 200 metres of their homes.
Cutting pollution would prevent a thousand deaths a year in the city
Air quality. The excess in pollution causes one in every three new cases of asthma among children and 11% of lung cancer cases.
Eleven schools turned into climate shelters
Climate emergency. Outdoor spaces at these schools have been transformed so that pupils and local people can take shelter from the heat in the summer.
Energy production forms part of the revamp to the Ronda de Dalt
Three pergolas are to be built to generate energy from solar panelling.