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The news is not on the social networks of the Ministry of the Environment and was not even discussed in the press conference at the end/beginning of the year of the Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni.Yet the fact that Italy has finally equipped itself with a National Plan for Adaptation to Climate Change (PNACC) it should be a source of pride for the government, especially because the previous five executives had failed to do so.The sensation that emerges is that of a commitment completed very late, without great confidence, like an obligation that must be respected and of which we do not share much of the urgency and need. After almost nine years of waiting and disinterest across the political spectrum (Renzi, Gentiloni, Conte, Conte bis, Draghi), the government has finally published the National Plan for Adaptation to Climate Change.It's a good start and we celebrate it.But the plan has… pic.twitter.com/RffV5SNOQI— Ferdinando Cotugno (@FerdinandoC) January 4, 2024 In the short no...

The weekly round-up on the climate crisis and data on carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere. These days a heat wave is crossing three continents:Europe, Asia, North America.Extreme temperatures are being recorded across much of the Earth's northern hemisphere.The month of June this year was the hottest so far recorded. The return of El Niño, the cyclical phenomenon that causes the surface of the central-eastern Pacific Ocean to warm, contributes to pushing up the planet's temperatures. There's a good chance that 2023 will become the warmest year on record.But even if it doesn't reach first place, displacing 2016, we are certain that it will be among the top positions.The ten hottest years they are concentrated in the last decade.It is not a coincidence, it is one of the many evidences of the reality of anthropogenic global warming. 🌡️ Extreme levels of heat are affecting large parts of the Northern Hemisphere ⚠️ Exceptionally high temperatures are breaking records in places and dang...

The phase-out, the gradual abandonment of fossil fuels, was not included in the final text of Global Stocktake (GST). The document on which its greatest expectations were focused COP28 it was approved on the morning of December 13, one day after the work was scheduled to end. However, fossil fuels unmentionable for oil producing countries e unnamed in the texts of the last three decades of United Nations climate conferences, for the first time appear, although not in the formula that many would have liked:there were almost 130 countries lined up for the phase out, but the resistance of those oil producers did not allow more. The text invite (calls on, a terminology deemed weak in the jargon of climate diplomacy, there is no urgency) the parts to make one transition that you bring them away from fossil fuels, that it is “fair and orderly”, with decisive action in this “critical decade”.The English term on which the agreement was reached is new, it was not present in the drafts ci...

The weekly round-up on the climate crisis and data on carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere. More than 70,000 diplomats, politicians, business leaders and environmental advocates from around the world are expected to attend the annual United Nations Climate Change Conference which this year will be held in Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates, from November 30 to December 12. In fact, every year delegates from almost 200 states meet to discuss how to limit the increase in global temperatures and avoid the most disastrous consequences of climate change.This year's conference could be especially important as carbon emissions continue to hit record highs and the planet approaches potential tipping points that could send global warming out of control and trigger irreversible changes. Life on Earth is 'under siege' by man The Dubai summit comes after a summer of extreme weather events at all latitudes and in the midst of wars in Europe and the Middle East which could further...

The weekly round-up on the climate crisis and data on carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere. The fires around Palermo, on the island of Rhodes, in Greece, in Algeria;the torrential rains that hit Milan at night;the record temperatures that continue from week to week and divide Europe, and Italy in particular, in two:thunderstorms in the north, Saharan dust in the centre-south. Perfect image to summarize what Italy is experiencing.Thunderstorms in the North and in part of Tuscany, intrusion of Saharan dust in the centre-south suspended within desert air masses.It is the last act of 17 days that are unlikely to be forgotten. pic.twitter.com/RJ7OgwRZwu— Giulio Betti (@Giulio_Firenze) July 25, 2023 If we needed further manifestations of the effects of the climate crisis, we are experiencing them first-hand. At all latitudes, from the far west to Japan.Nevertheless it's still there those who sow doubts, belittle and pollute the public debate by claiming that it is not the first...