#PlanetA #Spain #illegal - How greed is turning Spain into a desert: DW Planet A

4 September 2026

Spain is Europe's greenhouse. Vast, plastic-covered fields dominate its southern coast to produce up to 25 percent of Europe's fruit and veg. But this has a price. Spain is experiencing its worst water crisis in history, with thousands of illegal wells drilled to irrigate farms aggravating the problem — all for cheap, year-round produce for the richer countries up north. #PlanetA #Spain drought #illegal wells #water crisis #groundwater depletion Credits:   Reporter: Kiyo Dörrer Additional research: Nicole Ris Video Editor: Neven Hillebrands Camera: Maud Watine Supervising Editors: Adam Baheej Adada, Michael Trobridge Fact-Check: Kirsten Funck Thumbnail: Em Chabridon Special Thanks to Felipe Fuentelsaz and WWF Spain for background interviews and footage. Read more: WWF Report from 2024 on Doñana’s water problem: https://wwf.panda.org/wwf_news/?10602... Numbers on agricultural yield and produce prices referenced in the video: https://www.mercasa.es/precios-y-merc... https://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/QCL

Sanaa (Yemen) running out of water

“This capital city is under threat of being the first in the world to run out of water,” the deputy minister said bluntly. “And we don’t want to be famous for that.”

I ask Muslim extremists would it not be better to devote their efforts to helping people in need than terrorism? Spend the money on improving infrastructure and not weapons.

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