A strategic plan that brings together sustainability, investments, urban quality. That's not exactly what environmentalists see in the National Recovery and Resilience Plan prepared by the outgoing government. A few hours before the government crisis opened, the WWF added its rejection to that of other organizations in recent days. Not only. In fact, it has extended the list of dissatisfied with the central themes of the restart with Confindustria in first place. The overlapping of the text in circulation with the fate of the Conte2 is evident. Whatever the outcome of the crisis will be, it will be necessary to revise a text that pays attention to the relevant sectors of the Italian economy.
Anyway the WWF he wrote to all the parliamentarians pointing out the serious deficit on the cornerstones of an eco-sustainable Italy. A country to be reorganized that protects biodiversity, the artistic and natural landscape, a territory exposed to continuous calamities. A synthetic document, the one delivered to the politicians, but detailed. With indication of the (negative) weights that the government has attributed to the various measures. Endless inconsistencies, compared to the bombastic declarations of all the political parties. The 110% Green Bonus, for example. A shareable measure that absorbs 42,2% (29,55 billion out of 69,80 billion) of the resources available, while only 3,61 billion are assigned to the protection of the territory from hydrogeological risk. A small figure equivalent to just 1,6% of total expenditure. Yet every year the State commits billions to manage emergencies for landslides, mudslides, floods which, in addition to human lives, destroy historic sites, monuments, churches, works of art.
So for the whole circular economy we think of invest 4,5 billion – 2%- where it should be the engine of the productive future. There is no money for the protection and restoration of the natural heritage, another fundamental asset for health, safety and well-being. Italy's artistic and monumental wealth is so neglected that it openly contrasts with the refreshments and aid to the categories affected by the epidemic.
Quotations, therefore, from a program that lacks a long-term vision. It is the whole Italian system, according to the WWF analysis, that is not making progress. At no point - says the environmentalist note - is it clarified how the Plan intends to achieve the ambitious objectives of the European Commission and the Green New Deal. Yet the guidelines prepared last year in Brussels say that 37% of the resources of the national Recovery Plans must go to actions for the climate, adaptation to climate change, terrestrial and marine biodiversity.
Ultimately, Italy needs a plan that is more consistent with the objectives of the Next Generation. Also there Natura 2000 network, built with sacrifices of the voluntary sector and the third sector, is not considered strategic. On the contrary, the money to be allocated would give new impetus to projects stalled precisely due to lack of funding. An unexciting picture, when there is a need to launch reassuring signals of aggregation and psychological relief.
The final figure of the criticisms is enclosed in that lack of vision of employment of 210 billion euros (65,7 for existing projects) which denote a low propensity for everything that makes circularity: art, environment, energy, mobility, food. An ancient Italian defect that now assumes the character of a serious underestimation. Unacceptable for a country where tourism in all its forms is 13% of GDP and employs 4 million people. The hope that whoever comes after Conte2 will know how to remedy a plan which, as it is written, exposes Italy to a guilty decadence.
