"The floods that have hit Emilia-Romagna and the Marches in recent weeks , but also the heavy rains that have hit Sardinia and other regions of Italy in recent days are yet another demonstration of how much the crisis climate change is accelerating, causing extensive damage to the environment, the country's economy, and loss of human lives".
This was underlined by Stefano Ciafani , national president of Legambiente, commenting on the association's report on the "extreme events" that occurred in Italy in the first months of 2023.
«Only in Italy - reads the dossier - since the beginning of 2023 they have increased by +135% compared to those of the beginning of 2022. In particular, in the Peninsula, from January to May, there were 122 extreme events against 52 in the same months of 2022. Flooding from heavy rains is the type that occurred most frequently with 30 events against 16 in the first 5 months of 2022, thus marking a +87.5%. Furthermore, since the beginning of the year, six regions have been most affected by extreme climatic events: Emilia-Romagna (36), Sicily (15), Piedmont (10), Lazio (8), Lombardy (8), Tuscany (8)".
«The photograph taken by our Città Clima Observatory on extreme climatic events speaks for itself - continues Ciafani - and for this reason we must reverse course as soon as possible. We ask the Meloni Government to assume responsibility because to address the issue of the climate crisis, a strong political will is needed with concrete interventions that can no longer be postponed to repair the mistakes of the past such as, for example, burying rivers, building in unsuitable areas or near watercourses… Now we need to turn the page and the first tools to do so are precisely the climate adaptation plan and the resources to implement it, the update of the PNIEC, a law against soil consumption. Without forgetting that the country needs more territorial prevention policies and information campaigns for coexistence with risk. Only in this way will it be possible to avoid that the last tragedy is the penultimate and that the country always chases the emergency ".
(Unioneonline/lf)
