The news is the latest hours for which Trump has postponed the entry into force of the duties at 90 days, except for Mexico, Canada and China. Indeed, on Chinese products, the White House has even decreed the increase in duties at 125%, in an escalation that a little restless with Beijing.
Meanwhile, in Italy, the government has announced the allocation of funds to mitigate the impact of American duties on Italian companies. But where do the funds come from?
According to WWF, Greenpeace, Legambiente, Kyoto Club, Transport & Environment, Mira Network, Clean Cities, CGIL, Forum Teguaglienze and Diversity part of the money could be found using all the ceiling available to the disposal Social Climate Funda fund that is not yet available and that will be financed mostly by the proceeds of the sale of shares of emissions deriving from the combustion of fuels In buildings, road transport and other sectors, the so -called ETS2, and which aims to Minimize the impact of the green transition on the poorest and most vulnerable bands of the population.
Using those funds for different purposes is not possible, especially since methods and destinations must be agreed in advance with the European Commission through a plan to be presented by June of this year. Then out of place, then, to use them to cope with an emergency, then for immediate interventions.
In short, to the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) perhaps they do not know what the social climate Fund is or pretend not to know. Since they had inserted the social fund for the climate also in Bills decree, While not being able to use it even for that purpose. In short, always the same money (the total is always 7 billion) that they actually cannot use. It almost seems that the MEF are more worried about preventing the measures to guarantee the green transition even to the most vulnerable than to find existing and available funds.
What is social climate fund
In the field of efforts to reach the climatic neutrality by 2050the EU has introduced further requirements for the reduction of emissions to construction and transport and to support a right and inclusive transition, has created the social fund for the climate that will help families vulnerablesmall businesses and transport users who are particularly affected by energy and transport poverty.
It is a fund, therefore, which aims to support an equitable transition to climatic neutrality, helping to relieve the social and economic impacts of as2 and is intended for vulnerable groups, such as Land families in conditions of energy poverty or transportso that they are directly supported and not left behind in the green transition.
The States of the European Union can use the fund to support structural measures and investments in the energy efficiency and renovation of buildings, in the heating and cooling clean and in the integration of renewable energies, as well as in zero mobility solutions and low emissions. Purposes that, saying the organizations, must also be taken into account in income support measures, always of the poorest, which cannot however exceed 37.5% of the available amount.
WWF, Greenpeace, Legambiente, Kyoto Club, Transport & Environment, Mira Network, Forum Squagine and Diversity, CGIL and Clean Cities appeal to the Government so that it recognizes that the green transition is not only a response to the climatic crisis, but offers structural solutions also for other emergencies, such as energy.
Continuing to hinder this process would be a short -sighted and ideological choice, fueling the interests of those who want to maintain Italy dependent on fossil fuels. In addition, it is unacceptable and not very dignified to use funds that, according to the established rules, are not intended to face other emergencies. Rather, it is necessary to review the expenditure priorities, for example eliminating funds intended for unnecessary infrastructures.
