Extreme weather events more than double in Italy

A report issued on its official website by the National Confederation of Direct Farmers (Coldiretti) indicates that the floods, hailstorms, storms and other phenomena that occurred in 2022, along with the severe drought that affected some regions of the country, caused losses estimated at about six billion euros, which It could be higher this year.

This analysis is based on data provided by the European Registry of Extreme Weather Events (ESWD), as well as a study recently published by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) which cites 11,778 disasters in the past 50 years, which caused 2 million deaths worldwide.

Coldiretti’s president, Ettore Brandini, said in this regard that this organization is calling for “the speedy approval of the land law, which has been stuck in the Italian parliament for nearly a decade, and which could provide the country with a sophisticated tool to protect their lands “from such Disasters.

The rains are increasingly frequent and intense and affect very fragile areas due to overbuilding and abandonment, with 93.9 percent of Italian municipalities exposed to hydrogeological hazards, according to that Coldiretti note, which also cites data from the Higher Institute for Environmental Protection and Research (ISPRA). ).

The document adds, “Italy must defend its agricultural heritage and the availability of its fertile lands with appropriate social, cultural and economic recognition of the role of activity in this area,” which requires structural interventions and increasingly advanced risk management tools. And less bureaucracy.

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