Marina Aísa6d ago
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. 🐦‍🔥🌡️🤞
Show threadMarina Aísa6d 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 Aísa

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).

Jun 24 at 5:23pmWeb
Show threadMarina Aísa6d 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 🐌4d 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 threadSebasFC3d 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

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