(ANSA) - ROME, NOV 20 - The climate crisis is having an
increasingly big impact on Italian farmers, according to a new
report by the Legambiente environmental association with the
Unipol insurance group.
The Città Clima report said that 146 extreme-weather events
causing significant damage to agriculture took place between the
start of 2015 and September 20, 2024.
The report said the sharp increase in such events in the last
two years was particularly alarming, with over half of the
events to have taken place over the last decade, 79, having
happened in 2023 and 2024.
It said the worst-hit regions were Piedmont with 20 events,
followed by Emilia-Romagna (19), Puglia (17), Sicily and Veneto
(14 each) and Sardinia (11). (ANSA).