Spanish Coastline in "Unprecedented Fragility": Areas Most Threatened by Climate Change
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The Spanish coast has needed 246 million euros this year to replenish artificial sand and repair sea rides destroyed by the storms. More than a hundred beaches have passed through the operating room before the tourist season, in an operation that the sea will undo again with the next storm. In order to get an idea this figure triples the annual investment that the State allocates to protect the entire coastline and amounts, for example, to build…
Spanish coastline in "unprecedented fragility": areas most threatened by climate change
Greenpeace warns that urban development and climate change have pushed Spain's coastline to breaking point and urges a shift from beach regeneration models to nature-based solutions.
The most vulnerable point in the country is the Ebro Delta in Tarragona, followed by the beaches of the Restinga de la Albufera (Valencia), the coast of the Doñana National Park (Huelva) or the Manga del Mar Menor (Region of Murcia), among others.
Greenpeace warns of "unprecedented fragility" of the coastline, with almost 200 critical points
The Basque coast is increasingly vulnerable to climate change, and the current management model is not enough to deal with the situation. This is the conclusion drawn by Greenpeace in its report Coast to Coast Destruction 2026. The environmental organization has analyzed the coastline of Bizkaia and Gipuzkoa, and concluded that rising sea levels, increasingly severe winters and human pressure have put beaches, cliffs and estuaries at "high risk"…
Greenpeace denounces that the 246 million euros invested in the artificial repair of beaches in 2025 are “a useless patch in the face of climate collapse.” The report ‘Destruction to All Coast’ reflects the fragility of the Spanish coastline, whose 13.1% is already urbanized.Main Topics: CoastsRead full article
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