Environment and climate, what the electoral programs of the parties say

With regard to the sequestration of carbon dioxide, necessary to limit emissions into the atmosphere, Possible proposes to to reclaim one third of the abandoned industrial areas in Italy (9,000 square kilometers) to plant 270 million trees. According to the party’s calculations, they would be able to seize 5.4 million tons of carbon dioxide per year, equal to the quantity emitted by a million citizens. The party suggests focusing on hemp, now banned, which has a higher yield than most plants. The trees will also serve to cool urban centers with targeted reforestation. Among other points, space to carbon farming and a verification of the calculations on the compensation of greenhouse emissions by companies, considered unreliable.

It closes with squeeze on land use (new authorizations granted only on the basis of real housing needs) e fight against water dispersion.

In the short joint program of the center-right, which brings together Lega, Fratelli d’Italia, Forza Italia, the environment ends in the end, at the twelfth point out of a total of fifteen. This in itself is an interesting fact.

We start with the promise to respect the international commitments undertaken by Italy, not obvious: the League, in its party program, often aims at a revision of the agreements. We continue, therefore, with the proposal for the definition of a National circular economy plan which also includes the waste management. Another extraordinary plan will concern the protection and the safeguarding the quality of maritime and inland waters and the efficiency of networks for limit the phenomenon of water dispersion. The program announces interventions on areas at risk of hydrogeological instability, the establishment of new natural reserves (without indicating, however, which ones), reforestation and tree planting works, incentives for the use of public transport. There is no mention of the funds to be put in place for these maneuvers.

A few more details can be found in the League program. Salvini’s party talks about planning works and interventions capable of securing the water supply in the country, even in an unfavorable climate context through the construction of small and medium-sized storage basins. There are then attention to mountain (with the creation of an ad hoc ministry), one national strategy for hydrogen and yes to waste-to-energy plants and to a national nuclear supply chain.