https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Italy in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed The impact of global heating that scientists have been warning about for years is here, according to a United Nations report. From more heatwaves to rising sea levels that threaten coastal cities like Venice, here's how it will affect Italy. https://www.thelocal.it/20210813/how-will-climate-change-affect-italy Fri, 13 Aug 2021 17:54:36 +0200 how-will-climate-change-affect-italy From Bologna to Palermo, Italy has issued a weather warning for cities across the country as a relentless heatwave continues to drive temperatures to 40 degrees C and beyond. https://www.thelocal.it/20210813/heatwave-italy-puts-17-cities-on-red-warning-over-holiday-weekend Fri, 13 Aug 2021 14:11:35 +0200 heatwave-italy-puts-17-cities-on-red-warning-over-holiday-weekend Scientists on Italy's side of the Mont Blanc massif are constantly monitoring a melting glacier, where the risk of collapse due to rising temperatures threatens the valley below. https://www.thelocal.it/20210812/italys-side-of-mont-blanc-faces-collapse-due-to-climate-change-say-experts Thu, 12 Aug 2021 11:50:37 +0200 italys-side-of-mont-blanc-faces-collapse-due-to-climate-change-say-experts Fruit growers in northern Italy have turned their fields into a winter wonderland, in a surprising strategy to save the young harvest from the sudden April frost. https://www.thelocal.it/20210409/in-photos-why-italian-farms-are-freezing-fruit-trees-to-protect-from-frost Fri, 09 Apr 2021 12:43:13 +0200 in-photos-why-italian-farms-are-freezing-fruit-trees-to-protect-from-frost An effigy of teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg strung up under a bridge in Rome has prompted Italian authorities to open an investigation for "aggravated threats", media reported on Monday. https://www.thelocal.it/20191007/italy-greta-thunberg-effigy-hanged-under-rome-bridge Mon, 07 Oct 2019 18:25:13 +0200 italy-greta-thunberg-effigy-hanged-under-rome-bridge If they want to avoid environmental disaster, Italian politicians should stop demonising young climate activists like Greta Thunberg and listen to them, writes reporter Ilaria Grasso Macola. https://www.thelocal.it/20190419/opinion-why-italy-should-listen-to-greta-thunberg Fri, 19 Apr 2019 21:11:49 +0200 opinion-why-italy-should-listen-to-greta-thunberg Swedish teen activist Greta Thunberg rebuked Italy's ruling classes on Friday at a demonstration in Rome, saying youth climate justice activists were not there for politicians to take selfies with. https://www.thelocal.it/20190419/were-not-here-for-selfies-greta-thunberg-takes-on-the-italian-government Fri, 19 Apr 2019 18:58:46 +0200 were-not-here-for-selfies-greta-thunberg-takes-on-the-italian-government Greta Thunberg, the teenage Swedish activist at the head of a worldwide youth movement against climate change, will lead a rally in Rome on Friday, April 19th. https://www.thelocal.it/20190412/greta-thunberg-climate-change-rally-rome-april-19 Fri, 12 Apr 2019 16:23:34 +0200 greta-thunberg-climate-change-rally-rome-april-19 Thousands of students across Italy walked out on Friday morning as part of a global school strike to demand action on climate change. https://www.thelocal.it/20190315/italy-students-school-strike-for-climate-change Fri, 15 Mar 2019 12:47:24 +0100 italy-students-school-strike-for-climate-change Pope Francis marked UN World Food Day on Monday with a call for world governments to act together to fight the hunger, conflicts and climate change driving mass migration from the developing to the industrialised world. https://www.thelocal.it/20171016/pope-world-food-day-migration-crisis Mon, 16 Oct 2017 16:23:17 +0200 pope-world-food-day-migration-crisis G7 environment chiefs meet in Italy Sunday for potentially difficult talks 10 days after Donald Trump sparked a rift with US partners by pulling out of the Paris climate change accord. https://www.thelocal.it/20170611/climate-change-rift-raises-temperature-for-g7-meet-in-bologna Sun, 11 Jun 2017 11:40:18 +0200 climate-change-rift-raises-temperature-for-g7-meet-in-bologna G7 countries Saturday will recognise deadlock about taking collective action on climate change as US President Donald Trump mulls his position, officials said. https://www.thelocal.it/20170527/g7-to-acknowledge-climate-deadlock-with-us-officials Sat, 27 May 2017 15:01:04 +0200 g7-to-acknowledge-climate-deadlock-with-us-officials G7 nations risk unprecedented deadlock on Saturday after US President Donald Trump ditched the charm for snarls, resisting calls for concerted action on hot-button issues such as climate change. https://www.thelocal.it/20170527/disharmony-at-g7-as-trump-plays-his-own-tune Sat, 27 May 2017 11:23:02 +0200 disharmony-at-g7-as-trump-plays-his-own-tune Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi joined other world leaders in Paris for the COP 21 climate conference on Monday, promising that Italy was ready to play a key role in preventing man-made climate change. https://www.thelocal.it/20151130/italy-to-take-key-role-in-climate-change-fight-renzi Mon, 30 Nov 2015 18:05:59 +0100 italy-to-take-key-role-in-climate-change-fight-renzi