Apocalittici e impiegati
Tuesday January 29th, 2008 | 09:21 am | Uncategorized
Nowadays it’s difficult to find somebody who believes in a revolution that will put an end to the capitalistic system. However, many people think that the actual global system will collapse, because it’s not able to cope with the problems of the 21st century. This apocalyptic scenario is a nightmare and not a dream, because it would mean terrible conditions of life, much worse than today, for billions of people. But the economic, energy and environmental problems are so serious that we cannot take for granted the views of people who tell us that everything is under control. Between apocalypse and unjustified optimism, there is just a narrow road of governance and critical analysis.
Beyond Gdp, ambientalisti ed economisti a confronto
Thursday November 22nd, 2007 | 06:04 pm | Felicità e benessere, Uncategorized
The “Beyond Gdp” meeting in Brussels put together environmentalists and economists on the concept of sustainable development and the ways to measure it. The old Gross domestic product is not perfect, but instead of quarreling ideologically around it, it is much better to work together researching new measures of the human progress. But the task will not be easy: it requires acceptance by the politicians and capacity to use the new indicators for better policies.
La grande sfida della governance mondiale
Friday November 16th, 2007 | 06:50 pm | Uncategorized
We will not have a world government in the near future, but we can’t survive without a global governance: these are my conclusions after having been in charge of the journalists’ desk of the World Energy Congress, going through all the speeches and debates to produce with my team a hundred of press releases. We need global governance for a secure flow of oil, gas and electricity between different countries, for reducing the international speculation on energy prices, for the use of nuclear energy, for drafting a post Kyoto agreement acceptable to all and really useful for curbing the CO2 emissions, for all the consequences of the climate change. We need leaders with vision and courage and a great pressure from public opinion.
Clima: il Sahara è la nostra speranza
Sunday July 1st, 2007 | 09:12 am | Uncategorized
A few things I’ve learnt from the Venice Forum, about the future of energy and climate change. Carbon dioxide emission must be taxed to promote energy saving. And we must invest much more in R&D, which can have promising results, especially in promoting solar energy. In the future, we will need to be strictly connected to Africa as we are now to Russia and the Middle East. But doing this we can only avoid the worst effects of climate change, because in any case in this century the temperature will go upwith important political consequences.
Quella voglia di addolcire la verità
Tuesday April 17th, 2007 | 08:53 pm | Uncategorized
I will be on my boat in Greece for a couple of weeks. But before leaving I want to write down some notes: on Turkish hackers (thanks for the limited damage on my website), on politicians and climate change, on the diplomatic discussione about the new Ipcc Report.
Se in Italia ci fosse un Al Gore
Tuesday April 3rd, 2007 | 06:22 pm | Uncategorized
The climate change is confirmed by recent reports. Something is happening: Al Gore started his campaign because he realized that this is the most important topic for humanity in the next decades; the European Council took important decisions; the Italian government announced a plan and committed a project to Pasquale Pistorio. But the issue is not really felt by the public opinion.
Don’t throw your compass into the sea
Thursday January 12th, 2006 | 06:54 pm | Uncategorized
Is the Gdp (Gross domestic product) a correct way to measure the progress of a nation? The problem is well known to statisticians and economists, with controversies that you can read in wikipedia and in many papers. Even the United Nations through its agency Undp, has launched a few years ago a new indicator, the Human Development Index, which takes into consideration not only the economic wealth, but also education and life expectancy.
In recent times, the Gdp problem is becoming more and more political and not only statistical. For many reasons: Read more…
