Thousands in Spain Could Be Told to Move Air-Con Units

Cómo criar hijos en una de las capitales más calurosas de Europa

Desde elegir el momento para ir al parque hasta tomar duchas frías, criar hijos en Madrid ofrece un adelanto de cómo el cambio climático está transformando la vida familiar en toda Europa. (Source: Bloomberg)

This air conditioning mistake could cost you €3,000

Spain’s summer heat can make air conditioning feel less like a luxury and more like a survival tool. But before []

Cooling divide emerging as air conditioning deepens climate inequality in the UK, study finds

For decades, people in the UK tended to view air conditioning as something that belonged elsewhere. It was associated with office buildings, hotels and hotter countries rather than their own homes. But as summers become warmer and heatwaves more frequent, that picture is beginning to change. Colleagues and I analysed data from the English Housing []

How Spain's one-network model helps Malaga take off

Korea Herald correspondent MALAGA, Spain — At Malaga-Costa del Sol Airport in southern Spain, travelers move with the ease of commuters passing through a well-run railway station — local in character despite the constant stream of international arrivals. The gateway to the Costa del Sol ranks as Spain's fourth-busiest airport, after Madrid, Barcelona and Palma de Mallorca, with passenger traffic more than doubling over the past decade to top 25 million travelers in 2025. Airport officials trace

Is Europe embracing air conditioning as deadly heat waves become more common?

Many Europeans have long seen air conditioning as an unnecessary, costly, carbon emissions-heavy indulgence. But as the continent's summers get hotter, claiming more lives as they do, that appears to be changing. Over the last week, 40 people died in France from drowning as they sought relief from extreme heat. In Spain, temperatures hit 111 degrees, and the U.K. is enduring its hottest June on record. Every year, heat claims an average of 175,000 lives across Europe, according to the World Health Organization...