Italy's leading climate scientists
signed an open letter published in Wednesday's edition of La
Repubblica calling on the nation's political leaders and parties
to prioritize action to address the climate emergency ahead of
the September 25 general election.
Nobel Prize-winning physicist Giorgio Parisi publicly backed the
appeal in an interview in the daily newspaper.
The open letter highlighted how the effects of global heating
were already manifest in the Mediterranean area with heat waves,
droughts like the severe one Italy is currently suffering, the
melting of glaciers and extreme bouts of rainfall.
It called for structural measures to adapt to the changes taking
place and action to prevent the emergency getting even worse by
reducing greenhouse gas emissions, decarbonising the economy and
making it circular and "accelerating the path towards a true
energy and ecological transition.
"We strongly call on the political world to consider the climate
crisis a priority problem to address, because it undermines our
whole future at the foundation," it continued.
"We hope for manifestos that address these issues in depth and
for rapid action by the next government on the climate crisis
and its impacts".
Parisi said voters should prioritize the climate emergency too.
"It is important that the parties clearly put their projects for
the fight against climate change in their manifestos," Parisi
told La Repubblica.
"But it is equally important that the electors decide on who to
vote for on the basis of which of these projects they find most
convincing".
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