The spell of high temperatures is set to continue for some time. Adapting to this will require a great deal of energy and money, and renewables alone are not enough

Without natural gas and with outdated infrastructure, the island can make the leap straight to renewables. But what is needed is planning, community consensus and a genuine industrial policy – not vetoes and top-down simplifications such as those currently holding back installations. The scientific director of Legambiente Sardegna writes to us

It is not just the general macroeconomic instability and the effects of the conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East: both the wholesale market and regulated infrastructure have underlying issues that prevent healthy competition

Increasing the energy supply whilst also speeding up the authorisation process for green energy plants: this is the request from Viale dell’Astronomia, which is pressing for a technical expert. “Cingolani? It is not for us to comment on specific candidates,” says Vice-President Aurelio Regina. The minister’s doubts as he rejects any speculation