What can each of us do?
The Mediterranean region is one of the most vulnerable to climate change. With warming 20% faster than the global average, its effects are already evident: more frequent heat waves, droughts, fires, and rising sea levels. Faced with this situation, a collective response is essential, but individual actions also play a key role.
Barcelona has launched the Climate Plan—Change for Climate, a strategy focused on four axes: mitigation, adaptation, climate justice and citizen action. This plan encourages citizens to get involved and transform everyday habits to reduce environmental impacts.
One of the most effective actions is to change the way we move around. Using public transport, cycling or walking instead of using the private car significantly reduces emissions. We can also adopt a more sustainable diet: eat local and seasonal produce, reduce waste and minimise meat consumption.
At home, saving energy is easier than it seems: using LED bulbs, avoiding leaving appliances on unnecessarily and regulating air conditioning are simple but effective actions. Also, if possible, choose energy from renewable sources.
Finally, participating in collective actions, getting informed and demanding environmental commitments from our political representatives is a powerful way to generate bigger changes. The Mediterranean alerts us, but it also offers us an opportunity: to act together and on a daily basis. The future depends on the decisions we make today.
The Centre de la Platja (Barcelona City Council) brings people closer to the sea so that they can get to know it, appreciate it and understand its close links with climatic phenomena. With activities as diverse as a debate on the beach, “Get your feet wet and? let’s talk about climate change‘, or the talk with Nieves Figueras, author of the novel ’Lorac”, everyone can learn for free while enjoying what the sea and the ocean give us.
The Centre de la Platja is open to the public from 1 April to 31 October, from Tuesday to Sunday, from 10 am to 2 pm, with a programme of different activities for everyone.
https://linktr.ee/centreplatja – @centredelaplatja_bcn
centreplatja@bcn.cat – T: 932 565 194
