Barcelona

Two Catalan hospitals are trying to resolve the healthcare sector’s climate paradox.

Ariadna Romans i Torrent looks at cities as microcosms of broader ideological battles.

As regional authorities push to enlarge El Prat, Catalonia’s climate goals and environment are once again pitted against corporate profiteering.

Mass tourism is praised for its economic benefits, but it comes at a cost for local communities. Barcelona’s residents are demanding change.

On questions such as climate, Greens have won the battle of ideas, but the battle for power is still being fought. Is it time for a new strategy?

The answer to Barcelona’s digital divide is a politics that puts people and rights at the centre of the digital transition.

In Europe and beyond, municipalism, rooted in republicanism and enshrined in an ‘Order of Barcelona’ could help fight the ‘inertia of the nation-state’.

Barcelona leads the way in reviving democracy and participation of citizens. Joan Subirats talks about how cities can shape a better governance architecture and complement the current system centred on nation-states.

In Spain, ‘Cities of Change’ are changing the game in municipalities and pioneering citizen involvement – what is their relationship to national forces such as Podemos?