“15 years ago we calculated that we would encounter these phenomena in 2050, commented Mr. Lekkas.
“This is not about climate change, but about a climate crisis,” said E.K.P.A. professor Efthymis Lekkas, director of the Master’s Program “Environmental, Disaster and Crisis Management Strategies” and president of the O.A.S.P. speaking at an online event entitled “What can we expect in Greece too? Can we and how can we protect ourselves”, on the occasion of the catastrophic flood of Sitia on October 15, held by Stegi Vicenzos Kornaros. Among the things mentioned by Mr. Lekkas, who was the speaker, was the correlation, as he said, of geodynamic and hydrometeorological phenomena.
“The most critical thing in this case is that the intense hydro-meteorological phenomena occur in the same areas where the geodynamic phenomena are manifested” said Mr. Lekkas, who added that “we see the manifestation of the destructiveness in very specific areas, where intense phenomena are recorded” adding that “it is a climate crisis and not climate change”.
“15 years ago we estimated that we would encounter these phenomena in 2050. Unfortunately, however, in 2010 and 2015 we saw them coming and even more strongly we see them developing in the last 2-3 years, with the intensity and complexity that we expected them in 2050” added Mr. Lekkas.
The emeritus professor of Town Planning and Urban Planning at the School of Architecture of the National Technical University of Athens, Yannis Polyzos, commenting on the urban planning options and future plans, referred to the streams, saying that they have been used as roads in urban areas, adding that this should change. “The state makes mistakes. Even today, studies are submitted, some of which pass through the Regional Councils, others are fortunately stopped, but after many battles,” he said, commenting on the phenomenon of stream boxing.
GREENPACE Greece director Nikos Charalambidis linked the local disasters to climate change, saying that “from spectators until a few years ago” we are now “living these changes”, explaining that “the data is a little worse than that that we would like” characterizing that “our region and the Eastern Mediterranean is the global hotspot” as the effects of climate change are recorded more strongly. Mr. Chralambidis stated that there is already a rise in temperature that has exceeded 1.5 degrees Celsius, as the average sea temperature has also increased, concluding that the new planning to protect cities cannot concern cities “that have impregnate rivers and they have dammed up streams” adding that in this direction the local government should also play an important role, contributing.
The online discussion was moderated by the journalist – sociologist, Polydevkis Papadopoulos.
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