Citing data from the European Severe Weather Database (ESWD), it said events such as violent storms, typhoons and heatwaves were up by 57 per cent on the summer of 2022.
It said the extreme weather was an effect of the climate crisis caused by human greenhouse-gas emissions, adding that it had led to a 10 per cent drop in wheat production this year, a 14 per cent fall in grape yields and a 63 per cent decrease in pear crops, to give just a few examples.
It said honey production was a staggering 70 per cent down on last year.
“We are faced with the clear consequences of the climate crisis in Italy too, where exceptional atmospheric events are now the norm, with a tendency towards tropicalisation,” Coldiretti said.
“This is manifest in the high frequency of violent events, seasons being out of synch, short, intense rainfalls and the rapid passage from sunshine to bad weather, with significant leaps and plunges in temperature.”
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