2022 black year. In Italy they increased by 55%
310 extreme events which in 2022 they provoked devastation and 29 dead. L’Italyin this black year, was mainly affected by drought, hailstorms, tornadoes and floods. Lombardy, Lazio and Sicily the most wounded regions; the province of Rome is the most involved, followed by Salerno and Trapani. It is the photograph taken by ObservatoryCittàclima Of Legambiente. Well 104 cases of flooding and inundations from heavy rains. Damage from drought, hailstorms, tornadoes and gusts of wind also increased compared to last year. The north was the most affected area, followed by the south and centre. At the regional level, Lombardy is the region that records the most cases, 37, followed by Lazio and Sicily. The cases registered in Tuscany, Campania, Emilia-Romagna, Piedmont, Veneto and Puglia are also relevant. Data that lead Legambiente to insist once again on the need for a decisive change of pace in the fight against the climate crisis through more ambitious policies and concrete actions that can no longer be postponed.
5 the urgent interventions requested from the government to stem the emergency, including approval for the climate adaptation plan and adequate resources to implement it – not envisaged by the budget law – as well as new simplifications for renewables. “The photograph taken by the Observatory – he explains Stephen Ciafani, national president of Legambiente – gives us a worrying picture of a very difficult year, concluded with the news on spring temperatures in late December in Italy, on the Arctic storm that hit North America, causing dozens of deaths, and on the cold wave in Japan”. In the fight against the climate crisis Italy is still seriously behind schedule, chasing emergencies without one prevention strategywhich would save – says Legambiente – 75% of the resources spent to repair the damage.