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The shelters will provide free cooled spaces in public buildings to protect vulnerable groups amid an 88% public concern over climate change, after an 87.6% rise in heat deaths.
- On Wednesday, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced a nationwide network of climate shelters using government buildings, especially central administration sites, to be available to everyone before next summer.
- Spain sweltered through its hottest summer with an average temperature of 24.2C and three heatwaves in 2025; heat-related deaths reached 3,832, up 87.6% from 2024.
- The shelters will be air-conditioned spaces with seating and free water, aimed at vulnerable people, built from roughly 4,000 proposals by citizens, ecologists and scientists, supplementing networks in Catalonia and the Basque Country; Barcelona already has about 400 shelters.
- As an immediate step, the government included the network among 80 concrete measures and will fund shelters in neighbourhoods "that need them most", with �20m designated for fire prevention in small towns.
- Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez asked other political groups to join a pact and said, `Devastating droughts and heat waves are no longer rare`, citing IPCC findings and 88% public concern.
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Spain plans to establish climate shelters by next summer. They should be located in public buildings and accessible to everyone. Prime Minister Sanchez made this announcement during the presentation of climate measures proposals in Madrid. Temperatures are rising steadily during the Spanish summer. The network of shelters is part of a plan to address the consequences of climate change. "Devastating droughts and heatwaves are no longer rare," the…
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