Eleven scientists, members of Clintel Italy, published a statement on May 20, in which they reject the proposition being pushed by climate zombies, that the current flood in Italy is related to man-made climate change. The scientists demonstrate with data that similar and even more severe flooding has occurred several times in the past, and they call for infrastructure investment to prevent such flooding in the future.
Their statement says: “It is then necessary to implement interventions aimed at general water management (creation of mountain reservoirs, expansion reservoirs, levees, and whatever else the best hydraulic engineering and geological sciences have to offer) and the improvement of the weather risk management system by the Civil Defense (e.g., through the development of nowcasting systems). These interventions will better protect the population from flood phenomena, on the one hand, and, on the other hand, will allow, in times of heavy rainfall, the collection of water ready to be distributed during the driest periods.”
They continue: “Reducing the use of coal, oil and gas with the goal of mitigating the climate in order to prevent environmental disasters, is not only illusory, but worse, diverts resources from possible interventions of sure effectiveness. We therefore urge the government not to justify, with the ostensible aim of protecting us from adverse weather events, initiatives aimed at achieving an illusory energy transition to technologies that are inadequate, in terms of unreliability and intermittency, to the needs of our society. Instead, we urge attention to turn to adaptation efforts that achieve greater protection of our land than is currently the case. Too many areas of our country are under-protected and exposed to sporadic events, a circumstance that will continue to confront us with situations similar to the one our fellow citizens are experiencing today. A circumstance in being, this, not only for meteorological events but also for those of seismic origin.” (https://www.meteoweb.eu/2023/05/alluvione-romagna-11-scienziati-cambiamenti-climatici-eventi-meteo-estremi/1001247240/)
The signers are: Uberto Crescenti, Alberto Prestininzi, Franco Battaglia, Mario Giaccio, Enrico Miccadei, Giuliano Panza, Ernesto Pedrocchi, Franco Prodi, Renato Angelo Ricci, Nicola Scafetta and Ugo Spezia. Together with others, they authored the book Dialogue on Climate which was recently published in Italy. Prestininzi, Prodi, Battaglia and Scafetta have participated in Schiller Institute conferences in the past.
