Capital city Rome hit a high of 35C (95F) on Saturday and could see temperatures as high as 42C (107.6F) on Tuesday - when other Italian cities could be even hotter
Italy's minister for the environment, climate change and energy security, Gilberto Pichetto Fratin, told me that Italy's geographic position means it must accept and adapt to generally hotter temperatures and more frequent and severe extreme weather.
"Even if Italy is not the world's main polluter, we still need to do whatever it takes to achieve climate neutrality goals together with the European Union," he said.Gilberto Pichetto Fratin, Italy's minister for the environment, climate change and energy security, says Italians are increasingly aware of how the climate is changing
Ticket seller Ahmed said:"Things do change with the heat, you come before 10am and you find people but after that they don't come." Her colleague Manuel Nocco even suggested that people reconsider whether to come to Rome at all in July and August.
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