Adnkronos (Adnkronos) – "On October 28th, we will present our annual report: the data we will publish are very worrying at the global, European, and even Italian levels. In terms of poverty, inequality, the quality of terrestrial ecosystems, partnerships, and governance, the indicators show that Italy is now in a worse condition than it was in 2010. So, this is a long-term trend, not a short-term one."
This was stated by Enrico Giovannini, scientific director of ASviS-Italian Alliance for Sustainable Development, speaking at the fourth edition of the Adnkronos Q&A format dedicated to sustainable development, entitled "Sustainability, the new key words," this morning at the Palazzo dell'Informazione in Rome.
Giovannini identifies five points for intervention: "First: National Climate Change Adaptation Plan. We are substantially underfunding the PNACC.
We believe we should create an inter-ministerial committee for climate change adaptation—chaired by the Prime Minister to manage the Plan's provisions, but with the Prime Minister's strength—and include a fund for climate change adaptation in the budget law to implement the actions that the government, regions, and municipalities must implement because the climate emergency, as we saw this summer, is extremely problematic.
Second point. "The Pniec, the National Integrated Plan for Energy and Climate, approved a year and a half ago, needs to be revised as soon as possible, not only to provide clear guidance to the private sector on where to invest, but also how to invest more in energy efficiency, not just the energy transition. Furthermore, we need a significant acceleration in renewables," he explains.
Third, the National Nature Restoration Plan. "I'd like to see something on this in the budget law, but I don't see anyone mentioning it," Giovannini observes, highlighting the "great opportunity to create jobs after the NRRP, to secure our lands, and to restore the biodiversity that is killing Italian agricultural yields," and "an excellent opportunity to also generate economic growth."
Giovannini then spoke about the Social Plan for Climate. "It's an excellent plan that also includes an approach similar to the NRRP, with milestones—€9 billion over the next few years, almost all of it European—and which will impact the reduction of costs for families and businesses: transportation, heating, cooling, etc. Even there, I won't say a drop in the bucket, because €9 billion isn't a drop in the bucket over the next six to seven years, but it's definitely insufficient. We want to see if the government believes in its own plan in the budget law and perhaps accelerates it."
"A final consideration on resources. With the Green Deal, Europe has established that ETS revenues and the emissions system will support the transition. It's a shame that Italy has allocated only 9% of all the billions Europe has given us to the transition. We've chosen to do other things with the rest. When Europe gives us resources and we don't use them, it's clear that at a certain point, a short circuit will occur." "I'll end with an important point: the National Strategy for Sustainable Development is currently being revised; this should be the master plan for all planning, from which sectoral plans can be derived. It would be truly important for this strategy to become the reference strategy for all actions, including those mentioned," he concludes.
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