![]() Trees and green areas temper the climate conditions and prevent local flooding. ![]() The plan is aligned with the goal of the Barcelona Green Infrastructure and Biodiversity Plan 2020 (GIBP), recently updated with the "Barcelona Nature Plan 2030". This green cover has increased over the past years, as part of the “Trees for living. Increasing the green space and tackling population density have been the core policy strategy to deal with climate change impacts like flooding and heatwaves and to enhance liveability in Barcelona. The city’s green infrastructure, which comprises public and private green areas and trees, currently covers 35% of the city land. The overall impact is expected to be large, given the city’s high population density. ![]() These climate change impacts are: rising temperatures and heatwaves, which are expected to affect people’s health reduced water availability and therefore less potable water drought, increased flooding due to irregular and torrential rain and shrinking beaches due to sea level rise. Barcelona is prone to several climate change impacts that are common to the whole Mediterranean region. Barcelona, the capital city of Catalonia is the second most populated city in Spain with 1,6 million inhabitants in 2020. ![]()
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