“As the Italian Association of Doctors for the Environment (Isde) we believe that the next European Commission must go against the trend compared to the last 6 months of the von der Leyen presidency and take back a large part of the Green Deal, set up in an intelligent way for the environment , and therefore for human health. We are working to ensure that many of the directives and regulations, scuttled after farmers’ protests, are resumed: in particular that on the sustainable use of pesticides, which is not harmful to farmers because it is Using pesticides sustainably means first of all protecting the health of those who use them, i.e. farmers”. Thus Francesco Romizi, external relations manager of the Italian Association of Doctors for the Environment (Isde), speaking at the event promoted today by Isde Italia on the occasion of the 23rd edition of the Italian Environmental Medical Days, at the Parliament Office European in Italy in Rome.
For Romizi it is also necessary to “take back control of the EU Nature Restoration Law directive which aims to protect biodiversity, as well as focus on policies for the electrification of means of transport. We cannot work for climate justice without worrying about the repercussions which especially on the poorer these policies can be. So, yes to the ecological transition, but accompanied by huge economic investments. Because social inequality is closely linked to environmental inequality, so if you don’t make policies that favor the environment – he concludes – you will hit them first and foremost. the poorest”.
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