Climate change, environmental policy, and weather-related news in Portugal.
IPMA says September 2026 was mainland Portugal's hottest since 1931: a mean of 23.41 °C, maximums 4.21 °C above normal, a national heatwave at 72 percent of stations and only 12.7 mm of rain. What it means for drought, reservoirs and the weeks ahead.
The Environment Ministry approved methodologies for reforestation and improved forest management. So far the market has two registered projects, 29 users and ten verifiers.
The IPMA's seasonal bulletin puts the June to August average at 23.17 degrees, behind only 2025 and 2005. Mora hit 44.3 degrees, a wet August rescued the rainfall total, and the south is still in drought.
Angela Merkel's jury chose the Alianza Ceibo from 304 nominations. The four-nation alliance protects two million hectares of forest and has won court rulings that annulled 52 illegal mining concessions.
The Environment Agency's bulletin for 21 September puts national storage at 74 percent, but every basin is above its September average except the Lima, the Vouga and the Mondego. Less hydro means more gas, the minister said, and gas is very expensive.
The assessors counted 479 cork and holm oaks and an Iberian imperial eagle. Reworking the plant to answer that, the promoter says, stopped adding up financially.
IPMA cites the persistence of high maximum temperatures. Evora is forecast at 37.9 degrees on Sunday, Lisbon at 36.4, and Lisbon's overnight minimum climbs from 17.5 to 21.2 across the weekend.
