Barcelona Prepares for Great Heat with 400 'Climate Shelters'

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Swimming pools, museums, libraries and kindergartens available to citizens (ANSA)

El Periódico

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The City Council of Barcelona catalogues 410 points in the city as climate shelters to alleviate the heat from June 15 to September 15, 46 more than in 2024. It is the largest number of public and private spaces that are classified as acclimatized to the high temperatures reached in the city since the network was created in 2019.

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Barcelona is preparing to face the waves of summer heat coming, more and more frequent due to climate change, increasing the number of 'climate shelters' available. This year the city places 400 spaces, about fifty more than last year, among swimming pools, museums, libraries and kindergartens, to give relief to citizens so that they can find shelter in the hours of greater heat. The plan announced by the deputy mayor Laia Bonet, with delegation…

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Aware of the progressive increase in temperatures and their impact on health, especially among the most vulnerable groups, the Barcelona City Council announced this morning the expansion of its network of climate shelters for this summer of 2025. The city will have 400 spaces enabled, that is, 26 more than last year, and an unprecedented coverage in all the neighborhoods of the city. “Every year we have grown this network and this summer we alre…