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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Angela Giuffrida in Rome

Italy puts 25C limit on air conditioning as Ukraine crisis forces energy rationing

Messages and drawings for peace in Ukraine made by pupils at a primary school in Rome.
Messages and drawings for peace in Ukraine made by pupils at a primary school in Rome. Photograph: Matteo Nardone/Pacific Press/REX/Shutterstock

Schools and other public buildings in Italy will be forbidden from setting their air conditioning to any setting lower than 25C from next month, under a scheme intended to help the country dodge an energy crisis exacerbated by the war in Ukraine.

The energy rationing initiative, called “operation thermostat”, comes as Italy on Wednesday penned a deal with Angola to ramp up gas supplies from the southern African country.

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