The petition of Coldiretti Young Enterprise for the use of renewable energy without the consumption of public land. Stop using ground photovoltaics that compromise our territories. Yes, the use of photovoltaics in areas to be reclaimed, in abandoned land, in obsolete industrial areas and on the roofs of agricultural production structures. On the occasion of the launch of the G20 for young people in Milan, Coldiretti Giovani Impresa launches the petition "Yes to renewable energy without the consumption of agricultural land" against solar panels that eat soil to combat the hydrogeological risk in the face of climate changes and instead push clean and eco-sustainable photovoltaics on the roofs of stables, farmhouses, warehouses, barns, processing laboratories and agricultural structures.
It is possible to sign online and in the Coldiretti offices throughout Italy, in the markets and in the agritourisms of Campagna Amica. Coldiretti Giovani Impresa asks institutions to invest in alternative energy sources without forgetting the fundamental role of agriculture and the unique beauty of our territories, which should be compromised without territorial planning of ground-based photovoltaic systems. Concerned about the climate emergency, young farmers intend to seize every opportunity offered by innovative technologies, aiming at the full implementation of the Paris agreement on climate and the 2030 agenda for sustainable development. The consumption of agricultural land destined for ground photovoltaics threatens the future for the new generations of farmers.
"As young farmers, we support and promote sustainable technological innovation every day, but by allocating agricultural land to photovoltaics there will be no more land to cultivate and we will accelerate the loss of biodiversity unique in our country "explains the leader of the young farmers of Coldiretti Veronica Barbati, underlining that" the soil suited to agriculture belongs to farmers and the energy multifunctionality it must be developed as an integrated activity to cultivation and breeding, up to a maximum of 5% of the farm surface, to be built directly by farmers and in marginal areas ".
The young farmers of Coldiretti propose that the Regions and local authorities identify areas to be reclaimed, abandoned land, obsolete industrial areas and the roofs of production structures, including agricultural ones, the suitable place for photovoltaic installation for the correct production of energy from renewable sources. "Italy - highlights Veronica Barbati - owns land not intended for agriculture that could be valued with photovoltaics, we wonder why to use fertile land that already produces economic, social and environmental value by removing future trajectories from the new generations of farmers ". Italy boasts over 822 thousand photovoltaic systems, but it is essential to defend the national food production capacity in a country like Italy where the usable agricultural area has been reduced to just 12,8 million hectares in the last 25 years. By clicking on this link you can view the petition.