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EURA Conversation #59
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Conversation #59
CITIES AND THE CLIMATE QUESTION
THE CHALLENGES WE ARE PREPARED FOR AND THOSE WE STRUGGLE TO ADDRESS
by Ignazio Vinci, University of Palermo, Italy
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For many weeks, last summer, my region (Sicily) was burning in flames. Blown by African winds, fires rapidly destroyed ancient woods and crops in the countryside, attacking houses and larger estates at the margins of urban areas. In the days following the fires, cities were enveloped in a dense, grey smoke, making it difficult to breath and to go about life as usual outside our homes. Without any relation to the fires, the summer 2023 has also passed into history as the hottest since the end of the eighteenth century, when temperature started to be systematically recorded. On 24th July, with peaks ranging from 45 to 48 degrees, temperature records in many parts of Sicily were [...] Keep reading...
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