Madrid Temperature Could Top 50 Celsius by 2100

Summer temperatures in Madrid could soar to 50 degrees Celsius (122 Fahrenheit) by the end of this century if global warming continues unchecked, an Environment Ministry report said on Tuesday.

Rainfall in southern Spain, large areas of which are already at risk of desertification, could fall by as much as 40 percent.

The ministry wants to persuade the governments of the 17 autonomous regions, who have wide powers over environmental policy, to prepare for global warming and to help stop it.
Spain, struggling to contain emissions from an economy growing annually at 4 percent, is one of the countries that climate change will hit hardest and where carbon emissions are growing fastest.

Tuesday’s 50 pages of measures to curb emissions include moves to discourage the use of cars in cities, such as increased parking charges, higher taxes on the most contaminating vehicles and better public transport.

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