Climate change expert calls for socioeconomic changes amid ongoing drought in Spain

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Climate change expert calls for socioeconomic changes amid ongoing drought in Spain

STORY: Climate change expert calls for socioeconomic changes amid ongoing drought in Spain DATELINE: May 31, 2023 LENGTH: 0:02:30 LOCATION: BARCELONA, Spain CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of the interview with a climate change expert 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Catalan): JORDI SOLE, Professor, Barcelona University 3. various of streets of Spain 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Catalan): JORDI SOLE, Professor, Barcelona University STORYLINE: The historic drought affecting Spain shows that the country needs to start making "socioeconomic changes," such as new models of consumption, in order to move towards a more sustainable system, a climate change expert told Xinhua in an interview on Tuesday. SOUNDBITE 1 (Catalan): JORDI SOLE, Professor, Barcelona University "We need strategies to manage scarcity, for example, reducing water use and looking at how to reuse and get the most out of certain resources and products, readapt consumption, and make socioeconomic changes towards a more sustainable system." Water levels in Spain'

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