Knowing natural risks is essential to prevent them, thus protecting societies and economies.
A conference at the Lincei to keep the attention high on our territory.
On Friday 21 October, at the headquarters of the Accademia dei Lincei in Rome, scientists from Italian universities and research institutions will discuss the issue of natural risks to which Italy is subject, from seismic to volcanic risk, from geochemical risk to floods and landslides, from droughts to rising sea levels to global warming.
Even if catastrophic earthquakes occur every 4-5 years, emergencies are too often the order of the day, but we don't support research in these fields as would be needed to have the best tools for action.
Knowing the territory and all its fragility is essential to prevent natural risks, still poorly understood in their dangerousness.
Natural calamitous events, in fact, have very significant social and economic repercussions and Italy, more than other European nations, must equip itself with methods capable of making the structures more resilient to adverse environmental phenomena, to protect the safety of citizens, their goods and the socio-economic fabric.
It is therefore essential to implement adequate and modern forms of prevention, based on the evolution of scientific research.
There is still a lot to understand about the natural mechanisms that govern extreme events, but also about those sneaky and equally harmful phenomena such as some stationary geochemical phenomena, or medium-long term phenomena induced by climate change.
Among the speakers at the conference, researchers from the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV) will address the issues of seismic hazard (Andrè Herrero), volcanic hazard (Giovanni Macedonio) and geochemical hazards and risks (Antonio Paonita).
The conference will be broadcast live on the licei channel https://www.lincei.it/it/live-video
The whole program here ->https://www.lincei.it/it/manifestazioni/xxxix-giornata-ambiente-2022-pericolosit%C3%A0-e-rischi-naturali
