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Climate does not affect weather. Weather affects climate. Climate is the average weather over a period of time http://www.woodfortrees.org/plot/hadcrut3vgl/plot/…
that is long enough to get statistically significant indications of changes (usually at least 30 years). http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8511670.stm
“Climate encompasses the statistics of temperature, humidity, atmospheric pressure, wind, precipitation, atmospheric particle count and other meteorological elemental measurements in a given region over long periods. Climate can be contrasted to weather, which is the present condition of these elements and their variations over shorter periods.” — http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate
Italy has a Mediterranean Climate. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/df…
Edit @Al: “desertification is awaiting Italy, turkey, spain”
On what basis do you make such an outlandish claim?
Italy’s warm, Medditaranian climate is best suited to growing crops such as fruit and vegatables both early and late in the year. However, it isn’t the climate so much as the geography that prohibits a huge agricultural industry in Italy. Very little land in Italy is fertile enough to sustain crops, and then only 20% of that land is level.