Italy: melting ice statues protest heatwave conditions in Rome
Last updated: 46 minutes ago Climate activists staged a striking protest outside Rome’s Colosseum on Wednesday, unveiling three melting ice sculptures symbolising a farmer, a cyclist and a construction worker to highlight the risks rising temperatures pose to outdoor labourers.” Greenpeace Italy and the CGIL labour union staged the protest to highlight conditions faced by outdoor workers during heatwaves.
The protest came amid a summer of severe heatwaves across Europe since late May, which pushed Rome to deploy water cannons and misting stations at the Colosseum in June as temperatures neared 40C.
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