Interview with Francesco Dubini, Consultant at The European House – Ambrosetti

After several months of work, supported by many EIA’s internal and external experts, last December, the EIA have finalized the Position Paper “Sustainable Irrigation – Focus on the framework of the EU Taxonomy”.

The new 27 members-strong Commission started to work on the basis of the six “headline ambitions”[1] set by Ms von der Leyen in July, which she developed in a speech to the European Parliament on 27 November…

Concerning the irrigation of young trees, i.e. during the first three years of their existence, watering is essential and must be performed judiciously. Several questions arise: how much water should be applied? How often and using what method? Indeed, it is …

The EIA also supports that such regulatory framework is set in the legal format of Regulation which stipulates standardized approach to planning, implementation and validation of water reuse projects on equal terms in all Member States.

The draft takes as point of departure a scenario according to which “we are at an early phase of the crisis and do not know how it will develop in the EU”, with the risk that “the liquidity crisis will morph ….