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The climate crisis gives no respite. Last year was the hottest since 1850. World leaders announce remedies that are not enough. The inertia of power prevents us from looking at the long term. It happens in Spain, where Junts is determined to prevent government proposals against inflation and in favor of the most disadvantaged from going ahead.
Climate. Last year the average temperature was 14.98 degrees across the planet. It is the highest since records began (1850) and the highest, also, in the last 100,000 years, according to experts. This means that the 2016 heat record was surpassed by 0.17 degrees. The Earth already has an average temperature that is 1.48 degrees above the pre-industrial level, very close to the limit of 1.5 set in the Paris agreements. .
Temporary. Calafell, a coastal town in Tarragona, has begun the demolition of the promenade to give more space to the beach. The increasingly frequent storms have disrupted coastal development.
Immigration. One of the main causes of the climate crisis is the loss of the ecosystems that supported African populations. Migration to the north is intensifying and the main consequence is that 6,500 people died in 2023 trying to reach Spain from the south.
Policy. Junts is determined to overthrow the three Government decrees today to achieve a more equitable distribution of wealth, channel 11 billion euros of European aid and fight inflation. ERC supports the measures, but Junts marks territory with a refusal that the legislature can mark.
Company. Gotham City, a North American vulture fund, claims that Grifols disguises its accounts to hide the debt it carries. The company denies it and the regulator asks for calm, along with what investors do not have. The company’s value has plummeted. Grifols has lost $2.2 billion in capitalization.
France. Emmanuel Macron has chosen a faithful first-time collaborator to lead the government. Gabriel Attal, 34, replaces Élisabeth Borne and is the new prime minister of France, as well as the president’s chief deputy.
Israel. Blinken has not gotten Netanyahu to listen to him. His advice to ease the offensive in Gaza has fallen on deaf ears. Israel intensifies attacks in the south and center of the strip where it believes the hard core of Hamas is resisting.
Béla Tarr, filmmaker. “Not everyone can be a filmmaker.” Read it here.
Culture. Artificial intelligence is capable of reinventing what has already been done, which poses a serious threat to artistic creation. Many jobs may be lost. Only the EU protects the rights of the works from which artificial intelligence draws to create its own.
Soccer. Saudi Arabia once again hosts the Spanish Super Cup. Money buys almost everything, but not absolute happiness. Many stars do not adapt to the customs, schedules and empty stadiums. Jordan Herdenson, former Liverpool captain, wants to terminate his contract, and he has only been in the country for six months.
Chillida turns 100 years old. The Basque sculptor, creator of places, was a reference for tolerance and coexistence, as well as a great lover of Catalonia, where he said that his work was understood very well.
Catherine Nixey, historian. “Christianity was imposed in its beginnings: baptism or execution.” Read it here.
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