Climate Change

The month of September 2023 has only exceeded the record, with the average sea surface temperature being the highest ever recorded (21.05 ° C). 

The grants will be available from the end of October and can be applied for by private individuals, health centres, schools, industry and businesses. EUR 120 million will be allocated to this programme. 

The Councillor of the Basque Government has explained that the Members of Parliament are determining the amount of aid and the subsectors to which it will be allocated.

Experts have long warned that the Cantabrian is resembling the Mediterranean, and last summer's data leave no room for doubt: the waters off the Basque coast have recorded high thermal anomalies, 3 ° C above normal temperatures, with averages of 23.4 ° C.

The Lehendakari made this announcement during the plenary session of the General Policy of the Basque Parliament, in which it advanced the programme for the implementation of efficient and sustainable air conditioning systems for the next two years, in which all citizens will be able to participate.

"They said recently that the world was going to disappear because of climate change, a lie that never worked for them, and now they're going for the next one," the U.S. president said.

Temperatures have been high and it has barely rained, which has meant that there has been hardly any fungal disease and that the quality of the grapes is "excellent". On the other hand, weather conditions have raised the alcoholic graduation, which "must be compensated in the cellar," they say.

In Europe as a whole, it's been the third warmest summer since records, after 2024 and 2022. In the case of Western Europe, it's been the hottest in history, surpassing 2003.

Agricultural associations and trade unions, among others, want the ACV to be declared a drought zone and special measures to be taken. The meeting will take place at 4 p.m. at the headquarters of the Basque Government in Vitoria-Gasteiz. 

Education is already piloting four schools in Bizkaia: the CEIP Bagatza in Barakaldo, the IES Luis Briñas-Santutxu in Bilbao, the IPI Pagasarribide in Bilbao and the CEIP Indautxu in Bilbao.

The lack of rain and successive heat waves reduce the flow of rivers and affect agriculture, transportation and water supply.

The spokesman for the agricultural union, Xabier Iraola, has detailed that there are about 5,000 farms in Álava, Bizkaia and Gipuzkoa outside the public water supply network, which are increasingly suffering from water shortages due to summer droughts.

On our way from the Pyrenees to the Bardenas, we've been with Transhumante Pastor Enrique Ballen, who's going to guide a herd of 1,800 heads in search of fodder, because because of the contradictions of climate change, there's more to eat in the desert than in the high mountains.

In two words, a summary of what will be news of the Present today.

Ajangiz, Arratzu, Bermeo, Busturia, Ea, Elantxobe, Gernika-Lumo, Forua, Gautegiz-Arteaga, Ibarrangelu, Kortezubi, Mendata, Mundaka, Murueta, Muxika, Sukarrieta, Ispaster, Berriatua, Etxebarria, Markina-Xemein and Ondarroa are the populations affected by water shortages.

The Copernicus Climate Change Service said the situation "increases the risk of extreme rainfall and flooding."

The heat will not rest, at least, until tomorrow evening. Throughout the ACV there will be a red alarm on the inside and orange on the coast. In Navarre, too, they will be on orange notice all day tomorrow.

One in four World Cup football matches in 2026 could be in dangerous heat. A scientific study warns of the risks to players and fans in the tournament to be organized by the United States, Mexico and Canada.

According to the "Climate State in Europe 2025" report by the Copernicus service, glaciers lost ice mass, burned more hectares than ever, and the surface temperature of the A0S was the warmest in history.

Researchers have reconstructed four decades of ocean change, and for the first time they have been able to confirm through direct observations that global warming is disrupting the currents of the Southern Ocean in a worrying way . These changes affect the ability of oceans to regulate carbon and heat across the planet.