This Friday, the meteorologist of the Interjurisdictional Basin Authority (AIC), Fernando Frassetto spoke about climate change at the Governors’ Residence. It was under the watchful eye of Governor Arabela Carreras and a large part of her cabinet.
On the occasion, the specialist referred to the fires in the Andean region, which caused serious damage to homes and forests.
Although everything seems to indicate that the cause of the accident was intentional, global warming is also a problem to be addressed to avoid future disasters.
Frassetto said in this regard that one of the axes to study “are the increasingly extensive droughts in increasingly extensive and recurring regions. Here, in Australia, in South Africa, in California (United States). The fires that we have in El Bolson we can associate them with the large recurring fires in California every summer or in Australia. We are experiencing similar situations. “
Faced with this quite discouraging panorama, he indicated: “We need an answer with information from every corner of our basin, especially when large hydraulic resources are concentrated here and in the forests, which is one of the most important capitals.
In this sense, he stated: “We have a persistent drought or deficit phenomenon for 13 years in the basins. This began in 2007 and persists.”
“We are experiencing a crisis,” he commented and exemplified with several slides the statistical tables that show that each year our country is warmer and has less rainfall.
For her part, the head of Environment and Climate Change of Río Negro, Dina Migani stressed that this issue is active within the government’s agenda and especially of Governor Carreras. He explained that the Nation “will provide us with two consultants to develop the strategy for adaptation and mitigation to climate change, and that we will work with all the actors in the province, with proposals for the development of the plan.”
He mentioned that in Patagonia, climate change is felt more harshly: “In recent years, this area has been the one with the highest temperatures in the country, and that commits us to work hard in this regard.”
What happened in Australia?
All things considered, Australia has suffered heavily from the fires. One of the most devastating was in 2019-20, when an area roughly the size of the UK burned, leaving 33 people dead and thousands evacuated. The climate change fire season also killed or displaced nearly three billion animals and cost the Australian economy about $ 7 billion.
Despite the dire results, the Conservative government has been slow to fight carbon emissions. Something that goes against what different surveys that reflected that Australians are increasingly concerned about climate change.
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