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Policy
Italy
2011
Italy National Building Energy Code (2011)
Climate zone A0.600.320.54Climate zone B0.460.320.41Climate zone C0.460.320.34Climate zone D0.340.260.29Climate zone E0.300.240.27Climate zone F0.280.230.26WindowsU-Values (W/m2.K)WindowsClimate zone A3.7Climate zone B2.4Climate zone C2.1Climate zone D2.0Climate zone E1.8Climate zone F1.6
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Policy
Italy
2020
Italy’s renewable energy community initiative
The European Directives 2018/2001 (RED-II) and 944/2019 unleashed huge potential for energy communities’ substantial development at the European level. In 2021, Italy issued EUR 2.2 billion in grants to promote self-consumption of renewables, encouraging renewable energy communities. The City of Magliano Alpi applied for access the incentive mechanism and established Italy’s first renewable energy community in December 2020, under which it promotes innovative aggregation and governance structures for clean energy. The community model enables citizens to become energy prosumers, towards a more inclusive electricity market. Consumers can produce energy from sustainable sources like rooftop…
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Policy
Italy
2013
Energy efficiency target declared by Italy under the EU Directive (2012/27/EU)
Italy declared to reduce 20 Mtoe of primary energy by 2020 and 15 Mtoe of final energy by 2020 under the EU Directive (2012/27/EU).
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Policy
Italy
2004
Italy - Methane to Markets Partnership
A founding member, Italy joined the Partnership in November 2004. Launched by the US Environmental Protection Agency, the Methane to Markets Partnership is an international initiative to advance cost-effective, near-term reductions of methane emissions. Signatory nations will collaborate with other governments and the private sector to reduce global methane emissions and enhance economic growth, promote energy security, and improve the environment. Other Partnership aims include improving mine safety, reducing waste, and improving local air quality. The Partnership initially targets three major methane sources: landfills, underground coal mines, and natural gas and oil systems. The Partnership seeks to reduce…
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Policy
Italy
2026
India-Italy Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation on Critical Minerals
India and Italy signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on cooperation in the field of critical minerals. The MoU envisages cooperation to support sustainable and secure exploration, extraction, processing and recycling of critical minerals, with a focus on sustainability and supply chain resilience. Areas of cooperation set out in the MoU include: sharing and co-development of technologies for exploration, extraction, processing and recycling;promotion of advanced technologies, best practices, and capacity building;support for secure supplies of responsibly produced critical minerals;investment promotion;cooperation on offshore mineral exploration and extraction technologies; and collaboration on the valorisation of abandoned mining sites…
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Policy
Italy
2023
France-Germany-Italy Joint Communique on Critical Raw Materials
As part of a series of trilateral meetings designed to enhance co-operation on strategic priorities, the economic ministers of France, Germany and Italy convened to collaborate on the sustainable supply of critical raw materials. The Ministers issued this Joint Communique with the aim for deepening co-ordination on extraction and processing, as well as advancing the circular economy through recycling. The meeting, which was also attended by industry representatives, provided a platform for strategising on how to best provide support to mineral companies. The three governments pledged to:Set extraction, processing and recycling targets for each strategic raw materialReinforce…
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Policy
Germany
2023
France-Germany-Italy Joint Communique on Critical Raw Materials
As part of a series of trilateral meetings designed to enhance co-operation on strategic priorities, the economic ministers of France, Germany and Italy convened to collaborate on the sustainable supply of critical raw materials. The Ministers issued this Joint Communique with the aim for deepening co-ordination on extraction and processing, as well as advancing the circular economy through recycling. The meeting, which was also attended by industry representatives, provided a platform for strategising on how to best provide support to mineral companies. The three governments pledged to:Set extraction, processing and recycling targets for each strategic raw materialReinforce…
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Policy
Italy
2023
France-Germany-Italy Joint Communique on Critical Raw Materials
As part of a series of trilateral meetings designed to enhance co-operation on strategic priorities, the economic ministers of France, Germany and Italy convened to collaborate on the sustainable supply of critical raw materials. The Ministers issued this Joint Communique with the aim for deepening co-ordination on extraction and processing, as well as advancing the circular economy through recycling. The meeting, which was also attended by industry representatives, provided a platform for strategising on how to best provide support to mineral companies. The three governments pledged to:Set extraction, processing and recycling targets for each strategic raw materialReinforce…
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Policy
Italy
2020
National Coalition for Digital Skills and Jobs in Italy
…transition. As emerging jobs in clean energy transitions will require new skills, it is crucial that governments create incentives for digital jobs. Over 200 initiatives are in place for those who want to improve their digital skills, including self-development tools such as online courses, e-books and self-assessment kits; initiatives for skilling, upskilling and reskilling; innovative training and workshops with universities and research centres; and raising awareness of digitalisation. Italy is also training 10 000 “digital enablers” to promote digital skills locally and meet the target of providing basic digital training to 70% of the population by 2026.
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Policy
Italy
2006
Implementation of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme in Italy
…competent national authority. In Italy, the authority in charge of this is a board associated with the Ministry of the Environment and the Protection of the Territory (MATT). This board controls and issues emissions permits in accordance with Italys national allocation, for which it is also responsible. By means of Legislative Decree of 30 December 2010, no. 257, amending Legislative Decree of 4 April 2006, no. 216, Italy has implemented Directive 2008/101/CE of the European Parliament and of the Council which includes aviation activities in the scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Community. The Legislative…