- In the city of Madrid there are 18 shelters, some such as the Círculo de Bellas Artes and others located in the ministries themselves.
- They also exist in the large cities of the Community of Madrid such as Alcorcón, Móstoles or Getafe
- MITECO has developed a Map of climate refuges throughout Spain so that citizens can consult the availability and characteristics of nearby climate refuges.
The Government presented on Monday, at the headquarters of the Ministry for Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge (MITECO), the Network of Climate Refuges within the framework of the State Pact against the Climate Emergency. The Network is made up of more than 180 public and accessible spaces of the General Administration of the State that throughout the national territory will be operational this summer and every year from May 15 to September 30.
In the Community of Madrid there are 18 belonging to the buildings of the General Administration of the State and up to 40 if we take into account other entities that are distributed by the main population centers, such as the headquarters of Workers’ Commissions.
In the city of Madrid we find spaces such as the Círculo de Bellas Artes; Museo Reina Sofía; Matadero Madrid (Nave Una); Iglesia de San Antón; Municipal Markets: 43 neighborhood markets or the Tajo Hydrographic Confederation itself.
It must be taken into account that these spaces belonging to the Network have to meet a series of requirements to be included.
PROTECTION AGAINST CLIMATE IMPACTS
The Network of Climate Refuges responds to axis eight of the State Pact against the Climate Emergency, which establishes the protection of the health of people against the impacts of the climate and, in particular, its first point raises a network of safe, accessible and well-distributed spaces in the territory.
To achieve this purpose, during the event the vice-president announced the publication of the Guide for the Climate Refuge Network, which is available to administrations, companies, associations and organizations that want to implement a climate refuge. The document includes information on how to make an initial diagnosis, the minimum requirements that shelters must meet and the complementary characteristics desirable to improve the spaces.
The centres that meet these requirements and want to be part of the Network can be incorporated into the Map of climate refuges throughout Spain, a tool developed by MITECO so that citizens can consult the availability and characteristics of nearby climate refuges, which already has 1,100 refuges identified in the country.
In addition, new buildings will be able to join the Network based on the competition of innovative proposals for the creation of urban, ephemeral or seasonal climate refuges that was launched in June and in which numerous proposals have been received.