Italy Seeks Ways to Ease Pain of Green Transition, Minister Says
- Ecological transition czar Cingolani speaks to Bloomberg TV
- Incentives under consideration for power, cars, buildings
Air pollution over Rome.
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Italy is studying an array of incentives to cushion the blow to citizens and businesses as the country looks to execute a rapid shift to a green economy.
“Everybody knows that the transition is very urgent but everybody knows that the transition won’t be painless, and this will require a lot of effort, economical effort and even at the behavioral level,” Ecological Transition Minister Roberto Cingolani said in an interview on Bloomberg TV on Monday. “People ought to change the way they move, they produce, they buy goods.”