Rome is in 14th place out of 15 European cities for abandoning fossil fuel heating according to Greenpeace

Rome is in 14th place out of 15 European cities for the abandonment of heating systems based on fossil fuels. In the ranking we find Stockholm first, Paris second and Vienna third. At the bottom are Athens, 13th, Rome and Bucharest, 15th and last. Greenpeace Central-Eastern Europe writes this in a report.

Stockholm, Paris and Vienna boast solid long-term planning, large investments in heating networks and important social protection measures. Athens, Rome and Bucharest still have significant gaps: heavy dependence on fossil fuels, incomplete urban planning and weak implementation mechanisms.

On a general level, the report shows that European cities struggle to translate climate objectives into a coordinated, concrete and credible action program.

According to the study, electrification is taking place in Rome, but gas still remains essential for heating. There is no structured plan for the phase-out of fossil gas, and a territorial thermal plan has yet to be completed.

"Families paying increasingly expensive bills and unstable energy prices due to international conflicts are not an undesirable effect, but are the direct consequence of an energy model based on fossil fuels, which not only threatens the climate, but also the stability of our societies -, declares Federico Spadini of the Greenpeace Italia Climate campaign -. To resolve the crisis we are experiencing, European governments must commit to a real energy transition, setting the abandonment of gas by 2035 and investing in renewables, electrification and energy efficiency. Only in this way will they be able to enable cities to achieve a fair transition that benefits people."