Milano paves the way for Glasgow COP26 of November and march straight to the goal. Heads of State, starting with Sergio Mattarella, environment ministers, UN executives and 400 young people from 197 countries will be in town for “All4Climate-Italy2021”. A global appointment in a city that suffers from environmental ills, but also wants to be remembered as a protagonist in the fight against climate change. In the field, the Ministry of Ecological Transition, Connect4Climate - World Bank Group, the Municipality of Milan and the Lombardy Region. In the Lombard capital, in addition to Roberto Cingolani, they will also come Mario Draghi and the British premier Boris Johnson. All from 28 September to 2 October, with many diversified initiatives.
The goal is to give new strength to a global strategy that has recently shown some flaws. In July, for example, the final document of the Naples climate summit did not register the unanimity that everyone hoped for. There are Countries that march at different speeds on climate neutrality, carrying out behaviors and financial operations in contrast with the big alarms to save the planet. International finance, according to the UN, still does not do enough to remedy the historic failures that have altered the global balance of energy and natural resources.
The event 'Youth4Climate' will see the 400 young people divided into working groups to elaborate a document to bring to Glasgow. At the same time, Mattarella, Cingolani, and the two heads of government will open the works of the Pre-COP26 proper. An articulated session which, in the words of the Italian minister, will have to lead to an effective synthesis: “The primary objective will be keep the global temperature below 1,5 degrees, but in doing this there is a further challenge: we must do it trying to level the differences and not to leave anyone behind”. There's a way? “Yes – says the minister – it cannot be elitist recovery, also because the climate problem belongs to everyone. We will ask 400 young people, who are an immense brain laboratory, to discuss these things, to get to know the current rulers, share their proposals and in the end draw up a document that will be brought to COP-26".
It is an intergenerational dialogue under construction, we hear it said these days, to take a less slippery path that leads to a common front of opposition. But is Milan so attractive? “I have long been convinced that the ecological transition cannot wait and must be accelerated. And if something happens it will be thanks to the big cities. Milan will do its part”, says the mayor, Giuseppe Sala. In addition to the sustainable policies of its administration, the city mobilized for the summit, including organizing a rehearsal of fun with the concert Music4Climate: 100 rock musicians will perform in defense of the planet, to remind us that music is not far from people's fate and that the earth belongs to everyone.
