A framework law on the climate, which establishes the criteria for harmonizing all laws and provisions on the subject. It is proposed by the main Italian environmental associations, which in the coming months will present their ideas to the political forces and to the Minister of Ecological Transition. The framework law proposal was presented today at a webinar attended by representatives of WWF, Greenpeace, Legambiente, Kyoto Club and Transport & Environment, as well as Edo Ronchi from the Sustainable Development Foundation.
Several European states have already adopted a framework law on climate, including Great Britain. The aim is to keep the relevant laws and provisions under control and to align all policies with the goal of decarbonisation.
The framework law according to the NGOs must provide that the government every 3 years sets a general "carbon budget", that is the amount of CO2 that can be emitted by the country without compromising the goal of keeping global warming below 1.5 degrees from the levels pre-industrial. The government must also set carbon budgets for each manufacturing sector. These objectives must be proposed to the executive by a technical-scientific committee, specifically set up by law.
The law should define the institutional governance for climate policies and establish the net zero emissions target at a specific date (for the EU now it is 2050, the WWF would like 2040). The framework law according to the NGOs should ban subsidies to fossil fuels and establish the modalities for citizens' participation in decisions. It should also define an Action Plan for the climate crisis, with environmental taxation and compensation measures for sectors damaged by the ecological transition.