The Spanish coastline is going through a situation of "unprecedented fragility" due to the combined impact of intensive urban development and the increasingly severe effects of climate change, according to Greenpeace's report (source in Spanish) "Destrucción a toda costa 2026". The organisation identifies 194 critical points spread along the Spanish coast where the deterioration is particularly worrying.
The study maintains that more than a hundred beaches have required artificial regeneration during 2026, at a cost of 246 million euros, interventions it describes as "an increasingly expensive and less durable stopgap". According to Greenpeace, 70% of this investment was concentrated in the Valencian Community and nearly 20% in Andalusia.
