Nature presents us with the list of what is needed to save Italy

There may have been negligence in emergency management, but this is a structural problem. There is a need for institutional coordination and strategic investments across the entire water security system

The events that hit Emilia-Romagna are tragic. To the losses, dramatic in the case of the victims, sustained by communities overwhelmed by the force of the water, a measurable economic impact must be added. Various econometric studies have shown that events like these impose a cost on the productive capital of the affected areas that will last well beyond the rain. An economic brake, in short, which one would gladly do without. But these events could be doubly tragic if they ended up fueling sterile controversies. Some already venture into statements such as: “There is no climate change, the drought has been defeated!”. She is a nonsense, the daughter of scientific illiteracy. This rain does not eliminate the risks associated with drought, because water must be available where and when it is needed. The water in Faenza doesn’t help Vercelli. Water now, if not accumulated in accessible aquifers or glaciers, will not help sprinklers at the end of June.