IPSE DIXIT MOSE MOSE: THE ‘HARMFUL AND UNNECESSARY’ PROJECT THAT SAVED VENICE High water in Venice hasn’t been a major issue for years. This is thanks to Mose, the massive system of mobile dams that has surrounded and protected the Serenissima since 2020. Today, fortunately for Venetians, the damage caused by flooding has significantly decreased (the last major flood occurred in 2019, causing around half a billion euros in damage, Source: The New Venice) are just a memory. Yet, the journey to Mose’s construction was anything but easy. Many argued that it would harm the lagoon’s ecosystem or that it was simply unnecessary. Today, several years after its completion, it is clear that the benefits have been substantial. Corila—the Consortium for the Coordination of Research on the Venice Lagoon System—recently estimated that Mose has saved between 211 and 464 million euros annually in economic damages during its first three years (Source: The New Venice). Si può affermare che i benefici siano stati enormi: il Corila - il Consorzio per il coordinamento delle ricerche inerenti al sistema lagunare di Venezia - ha di recente stimato che il Mose nei primi tre anni di utilizzo dalla sua inaugurazione abbia fatto risparmiare tra i 211 e i 464 milioni di euro annui di danni economici (fonte: La Nuova Venezia). IN BREVE Nome: Mose Location: Italy/Venice Start date: 2003 Inauguration year: 2020 Criticisms: Environmental risks and needless construction Results: four years after its opening, the Mose has managed to save between 211 and 464 million euros annually in economic damage caused by the city’s flooding THE BENEFITS OF A GREAT WORK SOURCES NUOVA VENEZIA https://nuovavenezia.gelocal.it/ venezia/cronaca/2019/11/19/news/ alluvione-a-venezia-mezzo-miliardo-didanni-danneggiati-anche-mosaici-ecolonne-di-san-marco-1.37921065 https://nuovavenezia.gelocal.it/ regione/2023/11/04/news/mose_ quanto_costa_sollevarlo-13833952/ IL FATTO QUOTIDIANO https://www.ilfattoquotidiano. it/2019/11/15/mose-casson-cihanno-mangiato-tutti-da-politici-alpatriarcato-e-su-ilva-scudo-penale-euna-scusa-la-verita-e-che-la-politicaha-fallito/5566067/ EUROPA VERDE https://europaverde.it/2019/11/14/ mose-venezia-verdi-veneto/ HUFFINGTON POST https://www.huffingtonpost.it/ cronaca/2019/11/13/news/salviamo_ venezia_ma_il_mose_e_le_grandi_ opere_hanno_fallito-5454889/ «The Mose, despite its established shortcomings, has left Venice struggling to keep up. Born outdated and ineffective, it failed to protect the lagoon and instead deprived it of the opportunity to defend itself through more viable, cost-effective, and reversible alternative solutions.» Luana Zanella and Angelo Bonelli - Green Europe, November 14, 2019 «But it must be made clear that it has failed the system of power—corrupt as it may have been—that promised Italy that monumental projects would protect Venice from flooding. After 16 years, the MOSE still stands as a testament to the failures of Italian politics.» Angelo Bonelli, now co-chairman of Green Europe, in Huffington Post, Nov. 13, 2019
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