Governo Meloni

The weekly round-up on the climate crisis and data on carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere. From photovoltaic panels to wind turbines to electric batteries:the ecological transition passes through critical raw materials, also known by the English acronym CRM (Critical Raw Materials).Well-known metals such as lithium and cobalt, lesser-known but equally important minerals such as bauxite or rare earths, critical raw materials are defined as such precisely because of their economic importance and the supply risk associated with them.As writes the European Commission, “reliable and unhindered access to certain raw materials is a growing concern within the European Union and around the world.To address this challenge, the European Commission has created a list of critical raw materials (CRMs) for the EU, which is subject to regular review and update."Starting from 2011, the list of CRMs at European level is drawn up and updated every three years, based on supply contingencies and econom...

The weekly round-up on the climate crisis and data on carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere. While Italy continues to grapple with the water crisis and lack of rainfall, the Council of Ministers of 6 April he approved the so-called "Drought Decree", a decree-law which introduces "urgent provisions for the prevention and fight against drought and for the strengthening and adaptation of water infrastructure".The measure had been announced more than a month ago, March 1st. Substantially, the decree law centralizes the management of decision-making processes - the government speaks of a "simplified regime that refers to the PNRR model" - through the establishment of a control room and the appointment of a National Extraordinary Commissioner for water scarcity, who will be able take the place of local authorities in the event that the time required for the works to be carried out should be extended, and identifies some lines of intervention to "increase the resilience of water systems to...

PNIEC, RePowerEu, Mattei plan:for Italy, the summer of 2023 could be remembered as the season in which the energy of the future was designed.First there pandemic and then there gas price crisis, the war in Ukraine and a sharp increase in inflation have made a systemic update of the Italian energy model necessary.This complex historical period must then be accompanied by new environmental objectives sanctioned by the European Union in recent years, who wants to place himself at the head of the ecological transition.  Thus the Meloni government found itself having to prepare, since its inauguration in October 2022, a series of plans and projects with which to adapt to the new balances between now and 2030, with the aim of achieving climate neutrality by 2050. “The ecological transition and environmental sustainability must go hand in hand with social and economic sustainability”, he reiterated recently the Prime Minister at the Assolombarda assembly to reassure the business world....

On the occasion of International Mountain Day, celebrated on 11 December, the fourth was presented Legambiente report and the Italian Geological Committee, Glacier Caravan 2023, the final work of the campaign which monitored the health of six glaciers along the entire Alpine range from August to September.The report shows how the climate crisis is hitting the ice sheets of the Alps hard: 2023 was a record negative climate year, with heat peaks at high altitudes, zero temperatures on peaks above 5000 meters and 144 extreme weather events recorded in the Alpine regions since January.The number of extreme events from 2010 to 2022 rises to 632, with three regions – Lombardy, Veneto and Piedmont – among the most affected. The Belvedere Glacier is one of those chosen for the study:located in the Monte Rosa group, it is the largest in Piedmont.Its surface area has shrunk by 20% from the 1950s to today.In the last ten years it has lost 70 meters of thickness.The persistence of clim...

The goal is to install at least 1 GW within three years.Picket Fratin:«In this way we will be able to make agricultural excellence coexist with the production of clean energy»