Environment news from Italy: archives - Page 8 of 21

people cool off by Pantheon - on of the hottest summers. Image: Getty Images

2024 one of the hottest summers on record

August 25, 2024August 25, 2024Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

2024 will have one of the hottest summers since Italian meteorological recordings began in 1800, the National Research Council (CNR) said Saturday.

Third of Italy’s water is over pollution levels

August 15, 2024August 15, 2024Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Around a third of Italy’s seas and lakes are above the legal limit for pollution, environmental group Legambiente said in a report published Tuesday. Water pollution is affected by weather conditions, as well as human actions.

Today is Earth Overshoot Day 2024

August 1, 2024August 1, 2024Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Earth Overshoot Day falls this year on 1st August. It is the day when it is calculated the human race’s ecological footprint exceeds the Earth’s annual biocapacity.

Six cities on red alert for weather Tourists sheltering under umbrellas as they line up to enter the Pantheon in Rome, July 8, 2023 during the heatwave. Gregorio Borgia/AP

Heatwave tightens grip on Italy

July 30, 2024July 30, 2024Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Today the heatwave in Italy is set to intensify with 13 major cities on red alert. The Health Ministry gave the warning on Monday.

satellite view of central region affected by drought - Abruzzo Credit: European Union, Copernicus Sentinel-2 imagery

Call on government to declare climate state of emergency

July 28, 2024July 28, 2024Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Italy’s Green-Left Alliance (AVS) called on Premier Giorgia Meloni’s government on Saturday to declare a climate state of emergency as southern and central regions grapple with a severe drought.

Sicilian vineyards at risk due to drought situation. Photo source: Cia Sicilia Occidentale

Drought: three more weeks and the south runs out of water

July 26, 2024July 26, 2024Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Anbi, the association of basin consortia, in its weekly bulletin on Italy’s water resources, has sent an urgent warning concerning the drought situation in central and southern Italy.

Sicily drought. Image shows dried and cracked land

Sicily drought is national emergency – Salvini

July 25, 2024July 25, 2024Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

The Sicily drought has escalated to a “national emergency,” Transport and Infrastructure Minister Matteo Salvini stated during a question-time session in the Lower House on Wednesday.

Puglia wildfires force evacuation

July 25, 2024July 25, 2024Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

On Wednesday, the fire brigade ordered the evacuation of a campsite and holiday village near San Felice Bay, close to Vieste in Puglia due to wildfires.

Sicily's only natural lake drying up. The climate crisis cost is the highest in Europe. Image: Fabrizio Villa/Getty Images

Climate Crisis Cost Italy €284 Per Resident in 2023

July 20, 2024July 25, 2024Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Italy faced significant financial burdens with climate crisis cost reaching €284 per resident, the highest in Europe. This according to a report presented at a conference hosted by The European House Ambrosetti think tank on Saturday.