Sergio Mattarella is a pillar of Green New Deal European. All the leaders during his first seven years recognized him as having a marked sensitivity towards sustainable development and his commitment to the fight against climate change. His re-election to the Quirinale gives renewed support to the ecological transition of the government of Mario Draghi. Ever since the executive was born, which has made the transition a distinctive feature of tomorrow's Italy, Mattarella has never missed an opportunity to make his authoritative voice heard on environmental issues. Even before then, in official visits and meetings with students, he had always recommended taking care of the places, the landscape and raising awareness for a better world, without waste.
Before the 26 Cop of Glasgow, together with Draghi, called on the world's leaders to make every effort for policies, actions and investments in the fight to save the planet. In Italy he was the best and discreet ally of environmental associations and movements, free from pre-established schemes. Even when he faced the tragedies of Covid, the President found a way to link those mourners to environmental damage to the need for territories free from pollution. He looked to Europe, to the Mediterranean, but also to developing countries. At the conference meeting with Africa last October, he delivered one of the most touching speeches on climate issues. "It is a dramatic reality, of which the peoples of Africa have already had direct experience for decades," he said. The strength of his words have stimulated reflections and more weighted assessments in heads of state and government.
On global polluting emissions, while respecting the decisions of the policy, Mattarella recommended to get out of ambiguity and distinction in order "not to definitively jeopardize the quality of life and survival of future generations". In his own style, he recalled that the old and new industrialized countries have the greatest responsibilities for which "it is not allowed to get distracted," he said. For this reason, at the beginning of a new seven-year period, it is presumable that in the speech he will give in Parliament he will remind everyone that building a shared path between politics, the economy and social forces remains the only solution for having a truly sustainable planet. Starting with his country.
