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    Ecological transition and sustainable development: integrated statistical indicators to support public policies

    The link between SDGs and NRRPThe Italian National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP) is part of the Next Generation EU (NGEU) program, the 750-billion-euro package, consisting of about half of grants, agreed by the European Union in response to the pandemic crisis. The main component of the NGEU program is the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF), which has a duration of six years, from 2021 to 2026, and a total size of €672.5 billion (€312.5 billion grants, the remaining €360 billion loans at subsidized rates).The Plan is developed around three strategic axes shared at European level: digitalization and innovation, ecological planning and social inclusion.The missions of the NRRP are as follows:

    Mission 1: Digitalization, innovation, competitiveness, culture and tourism

    Mission 2: Green revolution and ecological transition

    Mission 3: Infrastructure for sustainable mobility

    Mission 4: Education and research

    Mission 5: Cohesion and inclusion

    Mission 6: Health.

    With the aim of encouraging the debate on the use of sustainability indicators for monitoring the progress of the PNRR, a mapping of the correspondences between the 17 Sustainable Development Goals and the 6 Missions provided for by the NRRP is proposed (Fig. 1). In this way it is possible to identify the SDGs indicators that can be useful tools for achieving the missions of the NRRP.Figure 1Relationships between SDGs indicators and NRRP missions.Full size imageOf particular interest for the purposes of our work is Mission 2 (Green Revolution and Ecological Transition) of NRRP. It provides for investments and reforms for the circular economy and to improve waste management, strengthen separate collection infrastructure and modernize or develop new waste treatment plants. Substantial tax incentives are provided to increase the energy efficiency of buildings, to achieve progressive decarbonization, to increase the use of renewable energy sources. In addition, the Mission devotes resources to enhancing the capacity of electricity grids, their reliability, security, and flexibility (Smart Grid) and water infrastructure. The Mission also includes the issues of territorial security, with prevention and restoration interventions in the face of significant hydrogeological risks, the protection of green areas and biodiversity, and those related to the elimination of water and soil pollution, and the availability of water resources.The main components of this mission are:

    M2C1: Circular economy and sustainable agriculture

    M2C2: Renewable energy, hydrogen, grid, and sustainable mobility

    M2C3: Energy efficiency and upgrading of buildings

    M2C4: Protection of land and water resources.

    The analysis of Mission 2 (Green Revolution and Ecological Transition) finds ample space in the SDGs creating important interconnections between the different indicators present in the individual Goals and the objectives of the Mission itself.The SDGs indicators to support the NRRPThe SDGs indicators selected for the analysis of Mission 2 (Green Revolution and Ecological Transition) of the NRRP, are descripted in Table 1. We considered 13 indicators, selected from Goals 2, 6, 7, 11, 12 and 15 which may be of significant interest for the achievement of Mission 2. These indicators will then be attributed to the individual components of the mission.Table 1 Goal, indicators, measures e source of SDGs data.Full size tableThe indicators were chosen based on their relevance to the objectives of the mission and on the availability of data on a regional basis. For each main component we can use the following indicators:

    M2C1: Circular economy and sustainable agriculture:

    – Share of utilized agricultural area invested by organic crops

    – Growth rate of organic crops

    – Delivery of municipal waste to landfill.

    – Separate waste collection

    M2C2: Renewable energy, hydrogen, grid and sustainable mobility:

    M2C3: Energy efficiency and upgrading of buildings

    M2C4: Protection of land and water resources

    – Irregularities in water distribution

    – Sealing and soil consumption per capita

    – Soil sealing from artificial cover

    – Fragmentation of the natural and agricultural territory

    – Incidence of urban green areas on the urbanized surface of cities.

    The SDGs indicators at the level of territorial distribution in ItalyWe carry out a first analysis by territorial distribution for the different sets of main components of Mission 2.From a first analysis of the M2C1 indicators (Circular Economy and Sustainable Agriculture) it emerges that the share of agricultural area destined for organic crops is greater, especially in the Center and in the South of Italy. In 2019, the extent of organic farming in Italy reached 15.8% of the utilized agricultural area, almost double the EU average. However, the annual growth rate of the areas converted to organic farming or in the process of conversion (+ 1.8%) is the lowest since 2012 and is negative in the South, where for the second consecutive year there is a decrease (− 2.1% in the 2-year period 2017–2019). The dynamics of organic farming is an index of the spread of sustainable agricultural practices, which must be accompanied by measures that also consider the pressure on the environment generated by agriculture (Table 2).Table 2 M2C1 indicators—Circular economy and sustainable agriculture by territorial distribution (year 2019).Full size tableAlso, in the Central and Southern Italy area there is the greatest delivery of waste to landfills. Waste cycle management is crucial for living conditions and global health. The share of municipal waste landfilled is steadily decreasing at national level. In 2019, in fact, the part sent to landfill is equal to 20.9% of the total, down compared to the previous year (21.5%). The separate collection of municipal waste represents a further important step in view of the objective of reducing the amount of waste returned to the environment and, more specifically, of the delivery of waste to landfills. The 18.5 million tons of differentiated RU in 2019 represent 61.3% of national production, a share almost doubled compared to ten years ago and up from last year by 3.1 percentage points. Despite the evident progress, Italy is still marked by a considerable delay compared to the regulatory objectives, having not yet reached, in 2019, the target of 65% of separate collection planned for 2012. Critical issues are also observed in relation to the substantial territorial gaps, which disadvantage the Center and the South compared to the North, despite the distances have been reduced in recent years.
    Regarding the M2C2 Mission (Renewable Energy, Hydrogen, Network and Sustainable Mobility), national and international energy policies have been committed for years to the enhancement of renewable energy sources, with the aim of decarbonizing the economy and guaranteeing the commitments made in the field of climate change. In 2019, one year after the expiry of the objectives of the European Union’s Climate-Energy Package, fourteen Member States, including Italy, exceeded the target assigned at national level. In Italy, the overall share of energy from renewable sources in gross final consumption (CFL) of energy, equal to 18.2% (Table 3), a percentage slightly lower than the average of the EU27 (19.7%), is placed for the sixth consecutive year above the 17% target set for our country. However, for Italy to achieve the ambitious programs defined by the 2020 National Integrated Energy and Climate Plan, which set a 30% target for renewables by 2030, a further boost to production from renewable sources is necessary. The resources introduced by the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP) to achieve the “green revolution and ecological transaction” include significant investments in the energy field, focusing, among other components, on a further strengthening of the Sources from Renewable energy (FER).Table 3 M2C2 indicators—Renewable energy, hydrogen, network and sustainable mobility by territorial distribution (year 2019).Full size tableThe M2C3 Mission (Energy Efficiency and Upgrading of Buildings) devotes resources to enhancing the capacity of electricity grids, their reliability, safety, and flexibility (Smart Grid). Consistent with the objectives of reducing energy consumption pursued by European policies, the Italian figure for 2019 confirms the process of reducing Italian energy intensity, which marks a further contraction of 1.3%, reaching an overall negative balance compared to the last decade of 11.8%, with an average annual rate of change of − 1.2% (Table 4). The reduction in energy intensity is largely attributable to the effect of the measures in favor of energy efficiency, which, between 2011 and 2019, resulted in energy savings of 12 Mtoe/year, equal to 77% of the 2020 target set by the National Action Plan for Energy Efficiency 2017. A further acceleration of energy efficiency is expected, in the coming years, because of the investment plan envisaged by the NRRP, also linked to the redevelopment of the public and private building stock. At the sectoral level, the reduction in energy intensity is driven by improvements in industry, which, despite the slight increase in the last year, in 2019, with 92 toes per million euros, shows a decrease compared to 2009 of 17%, with an average annual rate of change of − 1.8%.Table 4 M2C3 indicators—Energy efficiency and requalification of buildings by territorial distribution (year 2019).Full size tableThe M2C4 Mission (Protection of the territory and water resources) also includes the issues of territorial safety, with prevention and recovery interventions, the protection of green areas and those related to the elimination of water and soil pollution.Italy is among the European countries of the Mediterranean area that use groundwater, springs and wells the most; these represent the most important resource of fresh water for drinking water use on the Italian territory (84.8% of the total withdrawn). The efficiency of municipal drinking water distribution networks has been steadily deteriorating since 2008 for more than half of the regions. The share of families who complain of irregularities in the water supply service in their home is stable (equal to 8.6% in 2019) with more accentuated values in the Center and South of Italy (Table 5).Table 5 M2C4 indicators—Protection of land and water resources by territorial distribution (year 2019).Full size tableLand degradation, understood as loss of ecological functionality, is monitored through the dynamics of land consumption, which Italy has committed to zero by 2030 with the National Strategy for Sustainable Development (2017). The “consumed” soil is that occupied by urbanization and made impermeable by artificial roofing (soil sealing). Excessive fragmentation of open spaces, however, is also a factor of degradation, since the barriers made up of buildings and infrastructures interrupt the continuity of ecosystems, making even unoccupied but not large enough spaces ecologically inert and unproductive. Moreover, in a fragile territory such as Italy, land consumption is also a significant factor of hydrogeological risk and deterioration of the landscape. The index of sealing and land consumption per capita in 2019 increases for the fifth consecutive year, resulting in 357 m2 per inhabitant. The soil sealed by artificial covers is equal to 7.1% of the national territory (8.5% in the North, 6.7% in the Center, 5.9% in the South).According to Ispra estimates, 44.3% of Italy’s natural and agricultural land has a high or very high degree of fragmentation. 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