Italy’s Next Government Must Tackle Climate Security
Global Voices
By Luca Bergamaschi, Co-Founder, International Politics of ECCO: For decades, Italian governments and political parties have largely neglected the threat that climate change poses to the country’s security and prosperity.
Italy itself has already experienced warming of 1.5° Celsius above pre-industrial levels, and the human and economic costs of its past emissions and short-term infrastructure choices are mounting. Between 1980 and 2020, Italy recorded more than 21,000 deaths due to extreme weather events – following only Germany and France in Europe. And in the last 50 years, landslides and flooding have forced more than 320,000 people to evacuate their homes, and eroded some 40 million square meters of beachfront. Now, 91% of Italy’s cities and 12,000 cultural assets are at risk of landslides and floods.
Italy’s Next Government Must Tackle Climate Security
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