"The bill that natural disasters and climate change have presented to our country is 210 billion euros. This is a very heavy cost equal to the entire amount of the Pnrr and 10 financial maneuvers. Of these 210 billion, 111 are determined by the effects of climate change. This is why caring for the territory is not a cost, but an investment in the country system".
Maurizio Gardini, president of Confcooperative, says this, commenting on the data that emerges from the Censis Confcooperative Focus 'Eclimate change disasters, heavy bill for Italy' which certifies, data in hand, how in the last 40 years 1/3 of the value of the damage caused by extreme events in the EU has been 'paid' by Italy.
"Coming to the last few years, we are talking about 42.8 billion just from 2017 to 2022. In 2022 it cost almost 1% of GDP, 0.9% to be precise, equal to approximately 17 billion: an amount - specifies Gardini - just under financial maneuver".
The analysis shows that as many as one SME in 4 is threatened, "because - explains Gardini - they are located in municipalities at risk of landslides and floods and have a probability of failure that is 4.8% higher than that of other companies once the disaster has occurred. adverse event".
Agriculture is the most affected sector: around 900 million were lost in 2022 alone.
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