The Spanish prime minister Pedro Sánchez revealed this Friday from COP28 in Dubai that Barcelona will be the epicentre of an international summit to face the phenomenon of drought in September 2024. The event in the Catalan capital will carry out high-level analysis of national policies promoted by the International Drought Resilience Alliance (IDRA). Around 60 countries along with numerous international organizations from the UN down, as well as NGOs, have adhered to this alliance, promoted a year ago by Senegal and Spain at COP27 in Egypt. The announcement took place during a meeting on the IDRA initiative in the framework of the 28th UN Climate Summit (COP28) in Dubai, where Sánchez highlighted the importance of this international alliance against drought and claimed the need for international cooperation, taking as an example the severe drought that Catalonia is suffering.
