Italian council is flooded immediately after rejecting measures on climate change

  • 23 Nov - 29 Nov, 2019
  • Mag The Weekly
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Veneto regional council, which is located on Venice's Grand Canal, was flooded for the first time in its history last week – just after it rejected measures to combat climate change. The historic Italian city has been brought to its knees by the worst flooding there in more than 50 years. "Ironically, the chamber was flooded two minutes after the majority League, Brothers of Italy, and Forza Italia parties rejected our amendments to tackle climate change," Zanoni, who is deputy chairman of the environment committee, said in a post. Zanoni went on to accuse Veneto regional president Luca Zaia, who is a member of Matteo Salvini’s far-right League Party, of presenting a budget "with no concrete actions to combat climate change." Earlier Ciambetti, who posted videos of the flooding at Ferro Fini Palace on his Facebook page, said in a statement, “Never had such a situation occurred here (at the Council). The flood-proof bulkheads were not sufficient to contain the flood wave, nor was it possible to leave the building... It was preferred to guarantee safety and therefore to stay all inside the palace." Venice's mayor Luigi Brugnaro blamed climate change for the unusually high tides in Venice, and said the flooding was "a wound that will leave a permanent mark."

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