Nobel prize-winning Italian physicist Giorgio Parisi blasted climate-denying politicians with the deadly heatwave Italy and much of Europe is currently enduring highlighting the devastating impact of global heating.
“The problem is that the further we go, the worse the temperatures get,” Parisi said on the sidelines of an event organized by the Green-Left Alliance (AVS).
“If you consider that, while the average global temperatures are up by 1°C, in Italy they are up by 2°C, so medium-to-extreme (weather) events are becoming more and more frequent.
“Sure, you might get used to it, but you might end up in the graveyard before you do.
“Denialism by the political world is damaging because we are failing to realize that we're facing a very serious problem.
“Furthermore, we also fail to understand that switching to renewable energy can actually improve our lives.
“For example, if we were able to replace private transportation with efficient public transportation, we would consume significantly less oil and gasoline”.
US President Donald Trump is a climate denier.
Other politicians, such as Italian Civil Protection Minister Nello Musumeci, do not dispute that climate change is real, but say whether it is caused by humankind is open to debate.
The overwhelming majority of scientists say that global heating is being driven by human greenhouse gas emissions such as the burning of fossil fuels like oil, gas and coal.
(ANSA)
