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January 22, 2020

Spain Declares Climate Emergency & Readies Climate Legislation
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President Trump called climate activists "prophets of doom" in his
keynote speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. On the
top of this year's agenda at Davos is climate change. Teenage Swedish
climate activist Greta Thunberg, who is attending Davos, responded to
Trump by saying, "In case you hadn't noticed, [the world] is currently
on fire." Spain's new leftist coalition government has declared a
climate emergency and says it will send ambitious climate legislation to
the parliament within 100 days. The legislation, aimed at avoiding the
most catastrophic impacts of climate change, will include achieving zero
carbon emissions in Spain by 2050.


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