The large numbers are all there, the practice for centering them is only in the official documents for now. The "Fit for 55" package approved by the European Commission for 2030 requires more than 3.500 billion euros of investments and transversal interventions in all sectors of the economy. The two strategic goals of 2030 and 2050 to achieve zero emissions remain. The Commission resumes a complex job after the disasters of the pandemic. But are governments and above all industry ready to stop using the old sources, to change production processes from top to bottom, to manage employment after such radical transformations? The question goes around, Ursula von der Leyen thinks so and in illustrating the measures you emphasized the collaboration of governments. On the plate the usual critical points: energy, climate, hydrogeological instability, taxation. cutting emissions for agriculture, transport and buildings will have to rise to 40% from 29% today. It is the first substantial challenge for the next 9 years. The flood disaster in Germany and the Netherlands it re-proposes its urgency
Countries will have to contribute to emission less carbon in the atmosphere with a cut estimated at 310 million tons. Downstream of these numbers there are wide-ranging reorganizations that somehow suffocate their effectiveness. The current system, says von der Leyen, of free polluting exchanges in favor of ships and planes will have to be abolished in order to have a more serious green perspective. THE caps on emission allowances they will therefore force the companies to adopt new energy supply systems. Thus we also arrive at the carbon tax on imports of electricity, iron, steel, aluminum and fertilizers. This chapter of taxation is much discussed and which still sees industry, environmentalists and political forces on different fronts. However, the "Fit for 55" provides for the new rule of taxation of energy sources on the energy content. In short, it must be sustainable and not polluting. On petrol, for example, it would go from 0,359 to 0,385 cents per liter and on diesel from 0,330 to 0,419.
There are those who speak of climate tariffs with respect to scenarios that are all to be verified in a period of time of a few years. The industry could emerge reduced even if not in its continental dimension. Moreover, the USA and China would be the indirect favorites for exports in their global dimension. Finally, two other barriers envisaged by the project affect the production of cars and public buildings. In the first case stop the sale of petrol and diesel cars from 2035. For public construction, on the other hand, the assets will have to be renewed by 3% every year, making them more efficient and with less impact on the environment. But we are only at the beginning of a political-strategic plan that wants to make Europe the leading continent in the fight against climate change. In the end, the real litmus test of an ambitious path will be the billions of euros at stake in the hands of the ruling classes of the countries.
