The third of the four days of the annual event organized in Trevi (Pg) by Globe Italia, an Italian environmental association for sustainable development, is still underway, with the aim of bringing together the top experts and political, institutional and business decision-makers for a discussion on the central theme ‘Energy and Circular Economy’. Among the participants in the four days of this eighth edition, the Minister of Agriculture, Food Sovereignty and Forests Francesco Lollobrigida, the Minister of Environment and Energy Security Gilberto Pichetto Fratinthe president of the Democratic Party group in the Chamber of Deputies Chiara Braga and the president of the Fdi group in the Chamber of Deputies Thomas Foti, Meaning of Tandonformer advisor to the former US president Barack Obama. For the first time, the president of the Japan Italy Economic Federation participated in the works, representing the Japan System Daniel Of Saint and the president of the Japanese Chamber of Commerce in Italy Sadao Hisadawho brought the Japanese experience to the topics discussed, in particular that of “sustainable conversion in an evolving world”.
«Just in these days in Trevi a year ago we were sending the proposal to remodel the PNRR to Brussels with the addition of the RePower EU energy chapter. After a year that proposal was accepted, it brought excellent results in accelerating the implementation of the PNRR, we are at the reporting of the sixth installment, we are first in Europe for the number of investments implemented. So Trevi has brought good luck and it was right today to go back and tell all the operators in the sector who meet here every year under the guidance of Globe Italia about these important results for the country system”. He stated this Fabrizio Penhead of the Pnrr mission unit department of Mase, spoke at the Days-
The Honorable Vinicio Peluffo of the Democratic Party, member of the Commission for Productive Activities of the Chamber, intervened by expressing: «In Europe, a fundamental legislature has opened with regard to the ecological and digital transition. After the previous legislature in which we intervened by defining objectives, dates and deadlines, it is essential to put in place the economic and financial instruments to accompany the transition in order to achieve the objectives. This is the area on which it is essential to engage at a European level and on which the Italian government should engage more, believing more in the possibility of being a protagonist of the double transition as a country. And with respect to this, simplifying as much as possible to free up investments in renewables and placing at the center of its action interventions that allow for the reduction of the cost of energy. For businesses and for families. There is still a lot to do in this area, enough missteps such as with various government measures and more determination on this front».
Matthew FaveroPresident of Globe Italia commenting on the 2024 edition: «Trevi is the privileged place where companies, associations, institutions and academia meet in formal and informal meetings, to discuss and build together the road to a just transition. The starting point is the sharing of experiences and voices, different and plural, that make up the energy culture of the country».
«This annual event, which is increasingly taking on an international dimension, is proving to have a real and solid impact on the sustainable development of the Italian system – he added Michael Vitiello –, newly elected Secretary General of WEC Italy». The Energy Days will end tomorrow, with a site visit to the Trevi Paper Mills, an example of circular economy, and with a seminar on local administrations, sustainable finance and communities, promoted together with the Italian Forum of Energy Communities – IFEC, which will see the participation of the mayors of the local Union of Municipalities of Oil and Sagrantino.