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Climate Change, Position Paper, WHO

The delegation of Spain agrees that climate change poses serious health risks and supports efforts to reduce global warming. Burning fossil fuels has warmed the earth 0.85 degrees Celsius, affecting factors like clean air and water that determine human health. Extreme heat especially endangers the elderly, as seen in the 2003 European heat wave that caused over 70,000 deaths. Climate change also exacerbates natural disasters, threatening lives and infrastructure. Spain has implemented strategies like the National Climate Change Adaptation Plan to transition to cleaner energy in line with EU emissions reduction targets and the Paris Agreement, in order to both protect public health and support economic growth.

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Climate Change, Position Paper, WHO

The delegation of Spain agrees that climate change poses serious health risks and supports efforts to reduce global warming. Burning fossil fuels has warmed the earth 0.85 degrees Celsius, affecting factors like clean air and water that determine human health. Extreme heat especially endangers the elderly, as seen in the 2003 European heat wave that caused over 70,000 deaths. Climate change also exacerbates natural disasters, threatening lives and infrastructure. Spain has implemented strategies like the National Climate Change Adaptation Plan to transition to cleaner energy in line with EU emissions reduction targets and the Paris Agreement, in order to both protect public health and support economic growth.

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Committee: World Health Organization

Topic: The health implications of climate change


Delegation: Kingdom of Spain
Delegate: Paula Medina

Over the last five decades, human activities have released sufficient quantities of carbon
dioxide and greenhouses to trap additional heat in the atmosphere and change the global
climate, causing the world to warm 0.85 o C. Global warming affects social and environmental
factors that determine the health of a human, such as clean air, safe drinking water, sufficient
food and secure shelter. Cardiovascular and respiratory disease can be affected directly by the
extreme high air temperature, especially among older people. An example would be the heat
wave of summer 2003 in Europe, which recorded more than 70,000 deaths. The climate
change alters the global natural disasters, resulting more than 60,000 casualties, mostly found
in non-developed countries. Rising sea levels and increasingly extreme weather events will
destroy homes, medical facilities, institutions, among other public services, creating a conflict
for half of the Earth’s population that live within 60 km of water. Increasingly variable
rainfall patterns affect the supply of fresh water, which causes high risks of a compromise
hygiene and diarrheal disease. On the other hand, floods are increasing in frequency and
intensity, while extreme precipitation in certain areas are only getting more aggressive
through the years. These floods pollute freshwater, heighten the risk of water-borne disease,
and creates breeding grounds for insects spreading diseases.

The delegation of Spain is in total agreement to fight for the health of the citizens and reduce
chances of an increase in global warming. The Spanish government has developed the
“Spanish Strategy for the fulfilment of the objectives under the Kyoto Protocol” with
intentions of giving special importance to measures related to the energy sector, contribute to
sustainable development and accomplishment of climate change commitments, promote and
increase public awareness with respect to clean energy. Other objectives in this plan include
to apply the National Climate Change Adaptation Plan (NCCAP) and guarantee energy
supply by means of cleaner energies. The Spanish Climate Change Commission passed a
proposal which urged the government to develop a draft law on Climate Change and Energy
Transition, which will enable Spain to achieve its global warming and clean energy
objectives. This law is expected to regulate existing and future climate related measures,
taking into consideration the reduction of climate change between the years 2030 and 2050.

As a member of the European Union and a signatory of the Paris climate agreement, Spain is
aware of the need to eliminate the fossil fuels responsible for greenhouse gas emissions while
maintaining economic growth. The EU is committed to reduce the 1990 level of emissions by
40% by the year 2030. Spain understands that by making a great deal of progress is moving
towards renewable sources of energy, namely wind, biomass, and hydropower, by this it will
reduce emissions. For now, the government of the kingdom of Spain has the intentions to
limit its greenhouse gas emissions by focusing on decreasing consumption. Spain aims to
reduce greenhouse gases, promote research, educate the Spanish population, reduce energy
consumption, and encourage the development of clean energies. 
Climate change and health. (2018). Retrieved from http://www.who.int/news-room/fact-
sheets/detail/climate-change-and-health

Spanish Strategy for Climate Change and Clean Energy and the related Plan of Urgent Measures -
Grantham Research Institute on climate change and the environment. (2018). Retrieved from
http://www.lse.ac.uk/GranthamInstitute/law/spanish-strategy-for-climate-change-and-clean-energy-and-
the-related-plan-of-urgent-measures/

Planelles, M. (2018). Spain: time to get serious about addressing climate change. Retrieved from
https://elpais.com/elpais/2017/06/07/inenglish/1496829932_378726.html

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