With the ongoing climate crisis, Greece is threatened by floods, prolonged droughts, devastating fires and the disappearance of coastal areas due to rising sea levels.
The future is what is considered vague, distant and impersonal. However, the ongoing climate crisis makes this all the more ominous as it poses one of the greatest threats to humanity. In addition, as Greek scientists emphasize at every opportunity, “climate change has already arrived, we are experiencing it in our country, and extreme weather events, the consequences of which will be increasingly intense, will “visit” us more often.”
Droughts, floods and rising sea levels are a triple threat for the coming yearsand the relevant services are already called upon to prevent or eliminate the consequences of natural disasters.
Thousands of people are at risk of losing their property and crops, and ecosystems are threatened with imminent death. In recent years, experts have been urging governments to take action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and sounding the alarm, with much more systematic speed.
Greece is reportedly vulnerable to the effects of climate change and experts say if we do not take action over the next few years, our country will be threatened by an increase in the number of catastrophic fires, the disappearance of coastal communities and coasts, drought and, ultimately, the transformation of the area. …to the desert.
TA NEA has released a “threat” map of Greece that, in addition to environmental problems, has a social and economic impact. Characteristics of the need for action are Eurostat dataaccording to which our country recorded the largest economic losses in the European Union (91 euros per inhabitant in 2021) due to the fundamental changes taking place on the planet.
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