Spain

Spain

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🧍‍♂🧍‍♀️ 46,754,800 🏭 Annual emissions 268.23 mt CO2 Europe

Spain's Climate Change Impact

Positive

  • 🎉 Pledge net zero by 2050 (proposed legislation)
  • 🚗 Ban ICE (diesel and petrol) vehicles by 2040
  • 🌞 Uses solar power (5%)
  • 🍃 Uses wind power (20%)
  • 🌊 Uses hydro power (9%)
  • 🌅 Other renewables power (~2%)

Negative

  • 😠 Electricity from renewable sources too low (36%)
  • 🤬 Electricity from fossil fuels too high (41.53%)
  • 🤮 4% of electricity still from coal
  • 🛢 Electricity from oil (6%)
  • ⛽ Electricity from natural gas (30%)
  • ☢️ Uses nuclear power (21%)
  • 💤 Banning ICE vehicles happens to late!

Percentages rounded from 2019 data.

📈 Spain is rank 166 out of 195 countries for Climate Change.

How would you rate Spain's Environmental Impact?

Is the Spain part of the IEA (International Energy Agency)?

Yes, Spain is part country member of the IEA, working together in partnership on tackling the emerging energy challenges.

What is Spain's renewable vs fossil fuel energy mix?

Spain uses 36% energy from renewable sources compared to 41.53% energy from fossil fuel sources.

Spain's Climate Change Action

A list of some of Spain's common climate change questions.

Have Spain's government pledged to ban diesel and petrol cars?

Yes, Spain have plans to ban ICE cars by 2040.


Have Spain's government pledged to be a net zero country?

Yes, Spain have pledged to be a net zero country by 2050.


Does Spain's electricity mix still contain coal?

Yes, Spain's electricity does still contain coal as part of the countries energy mix.

Does Spain's generate nuclear electricity?

Yes, Spain's does generate nuclear electricity.

Spain's Climate Change Resources

National Climate Change Entity

Are you looking for your countries department for action against climate change? If so, the website below is Spain's dedicated environment and global warming resource. We encourage everyone to put pressure on local and national government's to put climate change high on their priority and to push forward with climate positive laws.

Spanish Climate Change Office, Ministry for the Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge

Spain's Comparison Against Countries

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