As Venice sits tourist-free for the first time in decades, its people are reflecting on last year’s horrible floods and what they mean for the future. Venice is sinking into the sea because of climate change. Reporter Sara Moraca of InsideClimate News tells Host Marco Werman that what’s happening in Venice is a metaphor for Italy’s relationship to climate change.
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