The delays in writing the Pniec show all the problems of the EU strategy

The bla-bla on climate and transition. In theory, the draft plan should be presented in Brussels by June, with the aim of adopting the final version in June 2024. In practice, net of further delays, it will have taken almost five years to agree on the content of a pdf document : slightly less than the time that separates us from 2030

Last Saturday the Ministry of the Environment and Energy Security (Mase) has opened a public consultation on the update of the Integrated National Energy and Climate Plan (Pniec). This is the first step in adapting the plan, dating back to December 2019, to the new objectives of the European “Fit for 55” package, which raises the cut in emissions expected by 2030 from 40 to 55 percent. , in principle, a commendable initiative, but it also illustrates why European environmental policy (and its Italian implementation) risks proving to be very complex. The reason is simple: the times. 55 percent was launched by the Commission in 2020. It was only formally approved at the end of last year. In theory, the draft of the new Pniec should be presented in Brussels by June, with the aim of adopting the final version in June 2024. In practice, net of further delays, it will have taken almost five years to agree on the content of a document pdf: just under the time that separates us from 2030.