RT Journal Article
T1 Shifting summer holidays in Spain as an adaptation measure to climate change
A1 Garrido Pérez, José Manuel
A1 García Herrera, Ricardo Francisco
A1 Barriopedro Cepero, David
A1 Ordóñez García, Carlos
AB This paper assesses whether moving summer holidays to the warmest period of the year in Spain could be a useful climate change adaptation strategy. While the most popular period for Spanish summer holidays has traditionally been August, we illustrate that the second half of July is the hottest period of the year and when the negative effects of high temperatures are most pronounced. If the holiday period in the second fortnight of August was moved to the second fortnight of July, some of the associated impacts would be mitigated due to the reduced anthropogenic activity during non-working days. In particular, we find a significant reduction in the annual peak of labour productivity loss (~25 %) and, to a lesser extent, of electricity demand and near-surface ozone concentrations (~3–4 %). Finally, we also show that global warming could lead to enhanced differences between both fortnights (even with no change in the seasonal cycle of temperature) because of the non-linear relationships between temperature and its impacts. Therefore, the positive effect of shifting holidays would be even larger in the coming future.
PB Elsevier
SN 0048-9697
YR 2023
FD 2023
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/91053
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/91053
LA eng
NO Garrido-Perez, Jose M., et al. «Shifting Summer Holidays in Spain as an Adaptation Measure to Climate Change». Science of The Total Environment, vol. 904, diciembre de 2023, p. 166879. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.166879.
NO Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (España)
NO European Commission
DS Docta Complutense
RD 12 abr 2025