“Spain has developed one of the most advanced networks of climate shelters in the world, as extreme heat becomes the deadliest environmental hazard of our time.”

https://www.euronews.com/2026/05/10/spains-climate-shelters-could-save-thousands-of-lives-why-is-the-rest-of-europe-lagging-be

#Climate #ClimateCrisis #ClimateAdaptation #Heat #Mediterranean #Europe #Spain #España

Can Spain’s pioneering climate shelters inspire the rest of Europe?

Climate shelters are becoming "critical components” of urban strategies as heat deaths in Europe continue to rise.

euronews

🌱Check the newly published article ‘A shift in species niche through autopolyploidy: From sexual to vegetative reproduction in Saxifraga oppositifolia’ in @AnnBot by Ingrid Vesterdal Tjessem 🧵(1/9)

👉 https://doi.org/q5f9

#AoBpapers #PlantScience #Polyploidy #ArcticEcology #PlantReproduction #ClimateAdaptation

💡#EGU26 *highlight* Pico talk 💡

Simon Jirka focuses on positioning Urban Digital Twins (#UDTs) as key tools to accelerate urban planning in his talk "LINK Urban Digital Twinning (#LINKUDT): Advancing Climate Adaptation and Planning Acceleration through Interoperable Digital Twin Ecosystems".

📅 Thursday, May 7, 2026
🕓 16:22–16:24

👉 More information: https://52north.org/events/egu-general-assemly-2026/

#digitaltwins #urbandigitaltwins #urbanplanning #climateadaptation #interoperability

@EuroGeosciences

The Hungary reset: Magyar in Brussels chasing EU funds

The power shift in Budapest hasn’t happened yet — but Brussels is already engaging with what comes next. Péter Magyar arrives in Brussels as Hungary’s incoming prime minister, skipping the usual wa…

POLITICO
Last year was hot. Next year will be even hotter.

Nearly all of Europe was warmer than average in 2025, scientists found.

POLITICO

Maritime Executive: #China Puts Fully-#Electric, Intelligent #Containership in Service - https://maritime-executive.com/article/china-puts-fully-electric-intelligent-containership-in-service

These two ships each have a 740 #TEU capacity. With 10 container-sized batteries aboard, the ships will work a 70 km feeder route. The bow superstructure design reduces wind resistance by 15-20%.

The ships are 128 m / 420 feet in length

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#shipping #ClimateAdaptation #GreenEconomy #EnergyTransition

China Puts Fully-Electric, Intelligent Containership in Service

 The first of two large, fully-electric containerships was placed in service in China. Built for Ningbo Ocean Shipping, they are being promoted as a k...

The Maritime Executive
Como los días de calor infernal se acercan, seguimos adaptando la casa para reducir el calor. No podemos poner nada permanente porque rentamos pero sí hemos puesto cosas que se quitan: arbustos y enredaderas en maceta para reducir el calor de las paredes, cubierta en el techo para reducir la radiación directa que llega al techo. #AdaptaciónClimatica #CambioClimatico #ClimateAdaptation