Climate Change and Its Effects over Spain

Dear Colleagues,

Climate change poses a number of risks that affect the development and economies of all countries in the world, which in recent decades have been hit by extreme weather events associated with climate change.

It is expected that, in the coming decades, the temperature (both maximum and minimum) will rise throughout Spain by between 2 and 4 °C and that there will be slight changes in the amount of precipitation accumulated annually, albeit with more concentrated precipitation events over time, as well as increasingly intense extreme phenomena. In other words, events such as heat waves, droughts, extreme precipitation, etc., will occur more frequently, considerably increasing the socio-economic risk associated with their presence.

In order to assess and/or estimate climate risk, it is necessary to define it according to the degree to which climate impacts affect the sector being assessed and/or estimated. In this sense, it is necessary to bear in mind that Spain is one of the regions most vulnerable to climate change and that the impact of climate change does not affect all regions or sectors homogeneously in the same way.

This Special Issue invites contributions describing the effects of climate change in Spain on sectors such as agriculture, health, economy, energy, etc., addressing new methodological aspects and adaptation approaches.

Dr. Emma Gaitán Fernández
Dr. María Rosa Pino-Otín
Guest Editors

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