Following the briefing he received, Alexis Tsipras from the Director and President of the Observatory, Manolis Pleionis and the competent scientists of the Foundation expressed his fears that the “necessary steps” have not been taken to strengthen fire protection.
To National Observatory of Athens visited today the president of SYRIZA Progressive Alliance, Alexis Tsipras where he was informed of the preparation for the fire-fighting season. Following the briefing he received, Mr. Tsipras expressed his fears that the “necessary steps” have not been taken to strengthen fire protection.
In particular, the president of SYRIZA-PS was informed by the Director and President of the Observatory, Manolis Pleionis and the competent scientists of the Foundation and the Institutes about their models and forecasts in view of the firefighting period, as well as the proposals submitted to the government to prevent and adequately prepare the state mechanism for fires.
“I visited the National Observatory today and spoke with the heads of the institutes, scientists who have a complete picture of the phenomenon of the climate crisis, precisely because we are very concerned about the combination of the escalation of the climate crisis and the inadequacy of the state mechanism to “to follow this escalation and prepare to face the phenomena that we will constantly have in the near future,” he said after the visit, stressing that “the climate crisis is and will be present” and “we can not be constantly surprised.” .
“This summer will be a difficult summer and I am very afraid that the necessary steps have not been taken to strengthen fire protection. In other words, there should be prevention and adequacy of the state mechanism in the difficult conditions that we will face this year as well,” Tsipras stressed. and referred to the “critical” proposals submitted by the scientific community and the official opposition both “for fire protection” and “for the prevention and adequacy of the state mechanism”.
“The crucial thing is for the government to listen to it as soon as possible. Not after a holiday. And even more crucial is to plan together with the scientific community. To plan the implementation of protection and prevention from these phenomena that we will always have ahead. “We must find a way to deal with them adequately,” concluded the president of SYRIZA-PS.
