The Italian governing coalition
under the League and the Five Star Movement (M5S) and the step
backwards on mandatory vaccinations by the M5S health minister
have resulted in Italy being named among Nature's scientific
events to remember from the past year.
The journal noted that the year was dominated by concerns
over a lack of attention to climate change and growing strains
of populism.
In addition to Italy, Nature noted the election of Jair
Bolsonaro in Brazil, the chaos over Brexit and the Hungarian
government's announcement that it would be taking over control
of the budget of the Hungarian Academy of Science.
In its end-of-the-year stock-taking, Nature said that the
harmful effects of climate change are of especial concern, as
shown by massive fires in Sweden, British Columbia, and
California, at a time when governments are doing little or
nothing to solve the problem.
Both Australia and the US have recently changed direction in
terms of trying to cut emissions.
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