Italian Minister Insists Climate Policy Must Be Sustainable

Reflecting the weakened global support for the 2050 net zero target, Italian Ecological Transition Minister Roberto Cingolani said an exit from CO2 must be sustainable, “otherwise we die of starvation.” Cingolani was speaking at a cadre school of Matteo Renzi’s party, Italia Viva. “The world is full of radical chic environmentalists, and it is full of extremist, ideological environmentalists: They are worse than the climate catastrophe,” Cingolani said."We need a transition with decarbonization and a brake on CO2 production, but the process must give society time to adapt to these transformations,” said Cingolani, further remarking that closing automobile factories in order to reduce CO2, starting tomorrow, would leave “thousands of families on the streets.”