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Impacto económico del cambio climático: Informe completo en castellano

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CLIMATE DETECTIVES

ESERO 2023/2024

ECONOMIC IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE

Is climate change only an environmental problem or will it affect our economy in the immediate future?

FIRE IN CASTELLÓN

March 23, 2023 Villanueva de Viver

  • Evolution of fire

It burned 4,723 hectares and 1,800 residents were evicted.

The fire remained active for 20 days.

Satellite images

  • Fire expansion. E-Browser

https://postfire.es/informes/impacto/informe_villanueva_viver.pdf

  • Analysis of the soil after the fire

The students analysed the pH of the soil in the area burned in the fire.

  • Newspaper news
  • Economic impact

According to the newspaper El País, the government had to spend 2.5 million euros to revive the tourism industry, in addition to the cost of putting out the fire, which, according to the newspaper Las Provincias, was 1.7 million euros. This is not counting the dozens of businesses that had to close due to the fire. It also destroyed 6 private homes and a vehicle.

TORRENTIAL RAIN IN CASTELLÓN

May 26, 2023

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  • Newspaper news
  • Satellite images
Earth monitoring from space/ Benicasim/ 05-25.23 EO-browser

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Google Earth Engine Timelapse
Global Surface water explore
  • Economic impact

The economic consequences were at a private level, flooded garages, cars swept away, homes and businesses were affected in very different ways. The damage to the terraces and the power outages meant that numerous hospitality businesses not only had to close, but also lost the use of their refrigerators and freezers.

ACTIONS TO HELP ELIMINATE THE PROBLEM

What actions do we propose to change things?

Since we cannot prevent the increase in damage, we can mitigate the impact with the following solutions:

  • Policies prohibiting the construction of infrastructure in flood-prone areas.
  • Do not divert rivers from their natural channels
  • Indicate flood-prone areas and block access to these areas when the weather threatens us.
  • Implement an alert system that notifies the entire population through telecommunications devices when we are subject to any climatic danger.

To avoid or mitigate fires, we propose the following solutions:

  • Active forestry policy that favours transhumant livestock farming.
  • Increase the number of firewalls.
  • Promote policies for the conservation of arable areas.

Also the following invention that you can investigate in the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KQcnT8ZnQo