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 A vast tarpaulin unravels, gathering speed as it bounces down the glacier over glinting snow. Summer is here and the alpine ice is being protected from global warming. https://www.thelocal.it/20200621/italian-glacier-covered-in-huge-tarpaulin-to-stop-melting Sun, 21 Jun 2020 12:21:27 +0200 italian-glacier-covered-in-huge-tarpaulin-to-stop-melting 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 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