Rome, 25 June (LaPresse) – The unusual heatwave that has been affecting our country and much of Europe for the past week could put the health of 1.5 million workers in Italy at risk over the next three days. The alarm has been raised by the CGIL, based on an analysis conducted by Greenpeace Italy combining heat risk forecasts from the Worklimate project with ISTAT employment data. Through this analysis, Greenpeace Italy and the CGIL are highlighting the “serious effects of the climate crisis on workers and the responsibility of major fossil fuel companies and the Meloni government, which continues to support an energy model based on oil and gas – the main cause of global warming”. The analysis shows that, between 25 and 27 June, the provinces and metropolitan cities serving as regional capitals with the highest number of workers potentially at risk are Rome (427,000 workers, 25 per cent of the total workforce in the metropolitan city), Milan (347,000, 14 per cent) and Naples (133,000, 19 per cent). The sectors with the highest number of people exposed are also construction (603,000 workers), road freight transport, warehousing, delivery services and couriers (537,000), and grounds maintenance and building services (292,000). Overall, extreme heat exposes 18 per cent of workers in the areas analysed to the risk of direct impacts on their physical and mental health, as well as increasing the likelihood of workplace accidents. Saturday 27 June is expected to be the day with the highest estimated number of workers exposed to extreme heat: only four provinces are not at risk (Aosta, Campobasso, L’Aquila and Potenza).
Heatwave: CGIL warning: “1.5 million workers at risk over the next three days”
Rome, 25 June (LaPresse) – The unusual heatwave that has been affecting our country and much of Europe for the past week could put the health of 1.5 million workers in Italy at risk over the next three days. The alarm has been raised by the CGIL, based on an analysis conducted by Greenpeace Italy combining heat risk forecasts from the Worklimate project with ISTAT employment data. Through this analysis, Greenpeace Italy and the CGIL are highlighting the “serious effects of the climate crisis on workers and the responsibility of major fossil fuel companies and the Meloni government, which continues to support an energy model based on oil and gas – the main cause of global warming”. The analysis shows that, between 25 and 27 June, the provinces and metropolitan cities serving as regional capitals with the highest number of workers potentially at risk are Rome (427,000 workers, 25 per cent of the total workforce in the metropolitan city), Milan (347,000, 14 per cent) and Naples (133,000, 19 per cent). The sectors with the highest number of people exposed are also construction (603,000 workers), road freight transport, warehousing, delivery services and couriers (537,000), and grounds maintenance and building services (292,000). Overall, extreme heat exposes 18 per cent of workers in the areas analysed to the risk of direct impacts on their physical and mental health, as well as increasing the likelihood of workplace accidents. Saturday 27 June is expected to be the day with the highest estimated number of workers exposed to extreme heat: only four provinces are not at risk (Aosta, Campobasso, L’Aquila and Potenza).
