Climate change, environmental pollution and green initiatives in Italy.pdf

The presentation describes the effects of climate change on Italy together with some of the most serious environmental pollution issues in Italy and shows some of the green initiatives and green startups from Italy.

1. Climate change, environmental
pollution and green initiatives in
Italy

2. WATER WOES
The year 2022 recordlowwater levels.→40% of Italy’s agriculture sector
The 2022 drought in northern Italy alone caused as much as€6 billion ($6.5 billion US) in agricultural damage
electricitygeneration.→From January to May 2022, hydro production fell by about 40 percent compared to the corresponding period in 2021,
some areas of Italy have experienced deadly flooding at the same time thatothers have remained parched.
more rain is coming, but it’s falling on fewer days in less useful and more dangerous downpours.”
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SEA LEVEL RISE
with 7,600 km (about 4,700 miles) of coastline
By 2050 sea level may rise 0,18 -0,23 m
Veniceisin dunger,2019 80% under the water damagingbuildingsand infrastructure. Demagedfor 1 billion
1900 EXTREMEEVENTS, 212 TORNADOES,1023 STORMS, 664 HAILSTORMSWITH LARGE STONES DIMENSIO
RISING TEMPERATURE
1 degree Celsius in the last 100 years (even faster increase in recent decades)
+45 °C
he long-lasting“heatdome»--> + 27 citieswith redalert
In 2022,over 18,000 heat-related fatalitieswere reported in Italy. In total, 61,672 deaths across Europe were
2023as numerous fires burned across the Mediterranean region
If the world continues ona high BY 2050 +2,5°CX
BIBLIOGRAPHY
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HTTPS://WWW.CLIMATEREALITYPROJECT.ORG/BLOG/HOW-CLIMATE-CRISIS-IMPACTING-ITALY
HTTPS://WWW.WWF.IT/PANDANEWS/AMBIENTE/EMERGENZE/DALLINIZIO-DEL-2024-IN-ITALIA-CI-SONO-STATI-CIRCA-2MILA-EVENTI-CLIMATICI-
ESTREMI/#:~:TEXT=DALL'INIZIO%20DEL%202024%20IN,CIRCA%202MILA%20EVENTI%20CLIMATICI%20ESTREMI

4. Approximately
89% of the habitats of community interest are in an unfavorable state of
conservation.
Of the 43 Italian forest habitats, for example, 5 have a "critically threatened"
conservation status and
12 "endangered".
68% of Italian ecosystems are in danger,
35% in critical danger. 100% of
ecosystems are at risk in the Po Valley ecoregion,
92% in the Adriatic one
and 82% in the Tyrrhenian one
. 57% of rivers and
80% of lakes are in a poor ecological state.
And the data on the conservation status of species is no less alarming: 30% of
vertebrate animal species and 25% of marine animal species in the
Mediterranean are at risk of extinction.

5. UNDIFFERENTIATED
WASTE
Is thishelping?
Do weknowhowto makea difference?
In Italy50% of (notconsidered
dangerous) wasteisrecycled.

6. MARINE POLLUTION
AND OVERFISHING
Overfishing and water pollution are
two critical environmental issues
that have significant implications
for Italy's marine ecosystems,
biodiversity, and fishing industry.
As one of the Mediterranean's most
developed coastal countries, Italy
is heavily impacted by these
problems, which threaten both the
marine environment and the
livelihoods of communities that
depend on fishing.

Teenagers cleaning up Po river
Overfishing and sea pollution remains a problem

7. GRYCLE
WHAT IS IT? Grycle is a machine that turns undifferentiated
waste into raw material granules that are automatically separated
and ready for reuse.
DEVELOPED BY an italian team.
WHY IS IT DIFFERENT?
It regenerates 100% of waste -> we would not waste the raw
materials that make them up.
Grycle is equipped with an artificial intelligence module that
enables it to progressively learn to recognize new materials.
Grycle will be a self-sufficient, photovoltaic-powered
machine.

8. DOES GRYCLE REALY
HELP? NO.
Indifferentiated waste can be:
- Burnt
- Buried
-Dispersed (shipped on boats and then sinked, ecc…)
THE ORGANIZED CRIMINALITY DOMINATE IT