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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...

Between 13 and 14 September, almost 7 thousand migrants landed on Lampedusa in 48 hours, putting into crisis the political approach to the management of migratory flows of the Meloni Government which, immediately after taking office, issued a series of decrees, according to the executive to combat illegal immigration, but which in practice eliminate access to the rights of foreign citizens.The most sensible decision would have been not to dismantle the Sprar system and guarantee widespread reception throughout the national territory, to first and foremost avoid overcrowding at border hotspots and provide concrete assistance to migrants. Migrants, the solution is not to stop the departures but to reform a reception system that fuels illegal immigration They sound more and more out of reality statements of the Prime Minister who expressed her satisfaction with the teamwork of the entire Government to deal with "the immigration emergency and to find concrete solutions to the stro...

A few days after the closed-door press conference which saw Ursula Von Leyen, Giorgia Meloni and the president of Tunisia Kaïs Saïed together, yet another piece of news arrives from the Mediterranean of a terrible shipwreck, which occurred on the night between the 13th and 14th June.off Pylos, Greece. There are 78 confirmed victims so far.However, there is talk of hundreds of missing people which could raise the death toll to 600, according to the latest estimates.Among the survivors, some reported that in the hold of the boat there were "at least 100 children”.Overall there were around 750 people present, coming from Pakistan, Egypt, Syria, Afghanistan and Palestine. While operations at sea continue, for the umpteenth time a pattern of denied or rebuffed responsibilities is repeated, which we had recently seen with the Cutro shipwreck, and which we are seeing now with the continuous changes of version of the Greek authorities, the conflicting versions.The Frontex agency has for...

Migrants, EU-Tunisia Memorandum of Understanding signed Update July 18, 2023: On 16 July the European Union signed the memorandum of understanding with Tunisia providing economic support from Brussels in exchange for border control and the implementation of economic reforms. According to the agreement, achieved by the Tunisian President, Kais Saied, the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, the Prime Minister of Italy, Giorgia Meloni, and the Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, the EU is committed to providing financial support to Tunisia to improve the its search and rescue system at sea, the patrolling of territorial waters and border control, while Tunisia will promote the repatriation of Tunisian citizens who arrived irregularly in Europe.Saied – underlines Annalisa Camilli – reiterated her intention not to open refugee camps or centers to which non-Tunisian migrants could also be sent, as had been proposed by the EU during the negotiations. The funds...

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...