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Southern Europe has been affected by extreme weather conditions again since the beginning of the year: Spain - and also Italy with extreme drought and devastating floods: ???????? https://1.ard.de/weltspiegel_flut_ita... ???????? Spain is coming off the driest start to the year in decades with drought, which is further fueling the dispute over water in tourism and agriculture. A country in which water as a resource is notoriously scarce. Global warming and the climate catastrophe are dramatically exacerbating the problem. Golf courses, pools and huge hotels use massive amounts of water to offer the luxury that travelers demand. The existing water is not enough, the tourism industry is trying to counteract this with recycled water and desalination plants. 70 to 80 percent of the water used in Spain is used for agriculture. Clearly too much for the amount of water available so that we in Germany can get strawberries and tomatoes all year round. For example in Murcia. Water theft, illegal wells and overuse despite climate change and an inactive government. We also look at France, where huge reservoirs are pumped full of water in winter for irrigation in agriculture. For the French government, its "water plan" is a way into the future. But a huge dispute has erupted over it. Authors: Ute Brucker, Kristina Böker, Ulli Neuhoff, Frederike Hofmann, Matthias Ebert, Sebastian Kisters This Weltspiegel was already published here on June 18, 2023: https://1.ard.de/weltspiegel_18062023 _________ We talk about hydrogen from Spain in our Weltspiegel podcast: https://1.ard.de/weltspiegel_podcast_... Our correspondent reports on the almost dried up Aral Sea in Uzbekistan here: https://1.ard.de/weltspiegel_aralsee _________ Weltspiegel in the ARD media library: https://1.ard.de/mediathek_weltspiegel Instagram: / weltspiegel Twitter: / weltspiegel_ard Facebook: / weltspiegel #spain #drought #climatechange #france