Italy is sixth in the world in
terms of the number of people to have died because of
extreme-weather events since 1999, according to the latest
Climate Risk Index report released by the Germanwatch NGO on
Wednesday.
Germanwatch told ANSA that it had linked 19,947 deaths in
Italy in the 1999-2018 period to extreme-weather events.
Italy is 18th in terms of per-capita economic losses in the
same period, the report said.
Germanwatch said these totalled 32.92 billion dollars.
Italy was 26th overall in the ranking of countries affected
most by the climate crisis.
"Less developed countries are generally more affected than
industrialised countries," Germanwatch said.
"But the 2018 heatwaves and droughts also proved: High income
countries feel climate impacts more clearly than ever before.
"Effective climate change mitigation is therefore in the
self-interest of all countries worldwide".
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