VIDEO | PHOTO | The Navigli, Venice, the Bologna canal, the Po in Turin:green in the water against Cop28 failure

Extinction rebellion activists in action in various Italian cities to raise awareness against the climate crisis and the failure of Cop28:they poured a green phosphorescent dye into the rivers

ROME – Rome, Venice, Milan, Turin, Bologna:the rivers of the main Italian cities have been dyed green by Extinction Rebellion, with a harmless dye (say the activists), to denounce yet another political failure of COP28 and world governments in combating the climate crisis and the sixth mass extinction.“In a few hours, these waters will return to how they were before.In the meantime, while governments speak, we count the damage and victims of continuing floods and fires”.

Three days after the conclusion of the 28th International Climate Conference (COP28), this afternoon, the waters of several Italian rivers were dyed green.Extinction Rebellion is back in action today in several Italian cities, to denounce in no uncertain terms the failure of world leadership to address the climate crisis and the sixth mass extinction.

In Turin and Milan, a “sunken” house it appeared in the green waters of the Po and the Navigli, while in Venice some people hung themselves with harnesses from the Rialto bridge, above the green waters of the Grand Canal.In Bologna some dinghies were released into the famous Rhine canal which passes through the city centre, known as "little Venice".In Rome, the Tiber Island was surrounded by the green waters of the Tiber.“The dye used” reassures Paola from Venice “it's simple fluorescein.A harmless salt used by plumbers as a tracer and even to signal the position of divers lost at sea."When it was accidentally spilled into the Grand Canal last May, activists recall, the experts were unanimous in excluding any danger to people and to fauna and flora.

“THE RIVERS WILL BE BACK IN PLACE, MEANWHILE THE SEA CONTINUES TO WARM”

“In a few hours, these waters will return to how they were before.The color of our seas and rivers, however, will continue to change as temperatures continue to rise."In fact, several scientific studies show that a change in the color of the oceans is already underway, a phenomenon that reflects an alteration of aquatic ecosystems and which will continue to increase due to the increase in temperatures.

A day of actions that fits into the "World Day for Climate Justicea”, called by the Climate Justice Coalition and also relaunched in Italy by the CGIL.Thousands of people have mobilized around the world to denounce the failure of world leadership and "the mockery of a process that should have as its objective the escape from fossil fuels and is instead presided over by an oilman and attacked by oil company lobbyists from all over the world" says Matilde, from the banks of the Po to Turin.
COP28 is taking place this year in Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates.Soultan Al Jaber, CEO of the state oil company, the Abu Dabi National Oil Company, was nominated for the presidency.In Al Jaber's disconcerting words that have gone around the world, there is no scientific evidence that moving away from fossil fuels is necessary to keep global temperatures below 1.5°C.

“Such a choice would take us back to the Stone Age,” he added.Statements in open contrast with the numerous scientific evidence and with the results of the same reports produced by the IPCC.These are the same arguments used by many representatives of the Italian government and by President Meloni, who in her speech in Dubai a few days ago reiterated the need for "a non-ideological ecological transition".

SALVINI:“FINE AND PRISON FOR VANDALS WHO ALSO DAMAGE RIVERS”

“If to 'save the environment' these imbeciles can only damage monuments, works of art, churches and even rivers, only their few remaining neurons remain to be saved.Fine and prison for these vandals."Thus on Facebook the deputy prime minister and minister of Infrastructure and Transport, Matteo Salvini, on the initiatives of the Extinction rebellion activists who today colored Italian waters green, from the Grand Canal in Venice to the Naviglio in Milan, from the Tiber in Rome to the Po in Turin.