Barcelona Unveils $625 Million Plan to Fight Climate Change

The city’s climate emergency package advocates for 103 different actions, including the creation of low-emission zones that are off-limits to polluting vehicles, restricting traffic in more areas of the city, introducing new speed limits, creating parks, reducing airport emissions, introducing healthier meals in schools, and increasing the amount of solar energy generated from rooftops of factories and residential buildings.

As reported in El País, Barcelona Mayor Ada Colau said, “We didn’t want this to be a purely rhetorical declaration, but rather a document of measures that will mark a before and after. This is not a drill, the house is on fire […] Time has run out and there are no shortcuts.”