Marina Aísa
The only good thing about boiling in the north of Europe is that the south of Europe has been boiling for the last 15 years and maybe if we all boil together, we will finally do something against climate change. 🐦‍🔥🌡️🤞
Jun 24 at 4:52pmWeb
Show threadMarina Aísa3d ago

I’m from Aragon (Spain) one of Europe’s warmest regions. In the last 15 years, July and August have been very hot with temperatures often exceeding 40 degrees. But not in June like in this heat wave.

While we’re far better equipped than the UK with air conditioning in homes, public transport and most other places, leaving the house becomes practically impossible before 9pm and nighttime temperatures rarely drop below 30 degrees.

I know many people that has moved to cooler parts of the country (Galicia, Basque Country, Asturias, Cantabria) or even abroad (I moved to London in 2025) due to the extreme heat.

Climate migration is likely to become more common but only the wealthiest will be able to afford it.

Show threadMarina Aísa3d ago

I moved from Barcelona to London, not from Aragon* but the problem is the same: extreme heat and longer summers every year.

The temperate is lower in Barcelona but with a higher humidity is even worse. And in Barcelona because of the severe housing crisis, some renting flats don't have AC (some landlords don't care because everything gets rented anyways).

Show threadMarina Aísa3d ago

In recent years, several city halls across Spain have launched a new initiative: providing public climate shelters.

Barcelona: https://www.barcelona.cat/barcelona-pel-clima/en/specific-actions/climate-shelters-network

Zaragoza: https://www.zaragoza.es/sede/portal/verano/calor?open=refugios

Even the Madrid's Fine Arts Circle has its own climate shelter: https://www.circulobellasartes.com/refugio-climatico/refugio-climatico/

Climate Shelters Network

Because of climate change, intense heatwaves are expected to become increasingly frequent and intense.

Barcelona for Climate
Show threadAurora 🐌1d ago

@marinaaisa Poca gente entiende la cantidad de refugiados climáticos que estamos produciendo en España.

Los más jovenes pueden migrar fuera, pero los ancianos a veces tienen que migrar por meses.

Show threadSebasFC5h ago

@marinaaisa Inspired by this situation I wrote this post yesterday after jumping into the swimming pool

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/sebastianfleischhacker_cant-sleep-went-swimming-but-even-the-share-7476429478794072064-Kt97/

Can't sleep, went swimming, but even the pool was too hot. ...and well, I have my calls with French, German, Brits and Finnish friends: -We have a heat wave over here. mmh... in two weeks you'll… | Sebastian Fleischhacker

Can't sleep, went swimming, but even the pool was too hot. ...and well, I have my calls with French, German, Brits and Finnish friends: -We have a heat wave over here. mmh... in two weeks you'll have a bit of rain, the heat wave you are experiencing, because your house's cooling systems were not built for this will be gone... but I will be in this oven until October. And it turns out, that if you zoom out, there is no winter in the southern hemisphere, the waters in the Mediterranean are a soup and desalinisation has brought a new visitor to the beaches, a meat chomping worm 🪱. Maybe we should really start calling heat waves by the name of their oily creators

LinkedIn
Show threadMarina Aísa4h ago

RE: https://hachyderm.io/@marinaaisa/116806194198757099

Well, this post went quite viral so I'd like to add some more thoughts:

I don't believe climate migration is a long-term solution for me. I moved to the UK 1.5 years ago and while it might be a good short-term option, temperatures are rising rapidly and within 10 years the weather will be the same as in my homecity.

The Guardian recently discussed that the UK should learn from southern European countries about adapting to extreme summer weather by installing AC in homes, hospitals, schools, transportation and public spaces. But I doubt they'll take action or have the capacity to do so on time: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6gpJb4szHvPF44jFTxJTPP?si=51e08776ee5b4d9b

Show threadJonathan Wight3d ago
@marinaaisa wealthiest and most desperate perhaps.
Show threadRihards Olups1d ago

@marinaaisa 22 in Latvia right now, 13:30.
We do get occasional 30+ day, and those are very much boiling - but don't hold your hopes up for that changing something.

People responsible for this won't suffer even if north Europe was boiling, though - you'd have to boil all the billionaires to have anything change :)

Show threadIker1d ago
@marinaaisa Más de 40 grados desde el domingo en Bilbao 😅 De poco les habrá servido mudarse a País Vasco. Y estamos muy mal preparados aquí para estas temperaturas, no es lo normal ni siquiera en agosto.
Show threadDagnabbit, Pascaline ! 💥1d ago

@marinaaisa

Climate migration has been in the news for quite a few years, with the emphasis on the rich who can afford purchasing lots of land to build their mansions with pools and much more. It's a crying shame that countries allow individuals to own land. This is almost medieval.

Show threadCarmen Zedler22h ago
@marinaaisa #taxtherich #climatechage
Show threadOwen G. Richards - ANTIFAscist7h ago

@marinaaisa

Es mi primer verano en Aragon.

And it is hotter than I expected (hotter than many people anticipated apparently)... and I am extremely grateful to have an air conditioner in my home.

Show threadcauZation6h ago

@marinaaisa Just a slight correction to your excellent post: "but only the wealthiest will be able to afford it."

That, more accurately, is the wealthiest .01%, causing most of the #ClimateCrisis, will continue to strive for as much profit, off your losses, and will literally render you extinct, while they luxuriate in their high tech bunkers. They should be removed from power, asap.

Show threadaptitude6h ago
@cauZation More poignant in trickle-down economics nations, as the power is even more concentrated, while becoming more aloof.
Show threadSzymon Sokół 🇵🇱🇪🇺🇺🇦6h ago
@marinaaisa We visited Spain (Catalunya/Aragon/Castille) 10 years ago. We thought that in September temperatures should be reasonable. We were wrong. We've got 35° on average, and in Manressa we hit 40° – wind felt like hairdryer's exhaust. This year we were more prudent and went to Andalusia in February… and while it was rather cold when we arrived (it even snowed in Sierra Nevada), on our last day in Malaga (20th of February) it was about 25°. And then we returned to 5° in Kraków.
Show thread aetios HATES GOOGLE1d ago
@marinaaisa haha, funny
Show threadQuasiMagia 🌀 マルコ1d ago

@marinaaisa as a (boiling) italian guy, I agree.

When French boils too, maybe someone will wake up

Show threadPetra van Cronenburg6h ago
@QuasiMagia We had a waking up moment in France after about 20,000 (direct) heat deaths in 2003. Since then, a lot has changed.
But in the last few years, the government cuts money from important projects. Macron doesn't sweat.
@marinaaisa
Show threadDieu1d ago
@marinaaisa No can do, that might endanger the fortunes of some people with climatised homes.
Show threadAnni writes Solarpunk10h ago
@marinaaisa i was going to write sth. About Europe people unite against climate crisis since days.
So what shall we do so that governments have no excuse?
Show threadPeter "Lackaffe" Fröhlich10h ago
@marinaaisa Sadly I doubt that very much. So much infrastructure has been created to criminalize and suppress climate action that it's not "cost effective" for the ruling class to listen. They'll just keep beating people up and putting everybody in jail.
Show threadSenioradmin6h ago
@marinaaisa Ahora hace 38 grados en mi ciudad, Düsseldorf, Alemania. En Sevilla, Andalucía, solo 33 grados. Y 25 grados en Cádiz? Quiero ir allí ...
Show threadPetra van Cronenburg6h ago
@marinaaisa We should ban the superrich and the CEOs of the fossil fuel industry, and the worst politicians into social housing during heatwaves.
They don't *feel* what people live in their luxury ressorts.