How climate change skepticism in Spanish government impacted flood response

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After the rains in Valencia, Spain, came the political storm. It turns out that Valencia’s center-right president, Carlos Mazón, is a climate change skeptic who could have acted more quickly to warn citizens and, later, to start clean-up efforts. But until this month, he openly ridiculed the science behind climate change. The World’s Gerry Hadden brings us the story of how a lack of buy-in set the stage for evacuation and recovery chaos.

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