A public geography note. Not exactly encouraging signs on ecological transition in Italy

There is quite a lot of narrative around ecological transition (ET) these days, especially with reference to the post-covid 19 economic recovery. In Italy, within the Draghi's gov, a special Ministry has been established to that purpose. We shall clarify, however, that the ET approach is not only a sequence of actions to fix what was damaged on the territory, or a number of punctual works here and there. It's rather a wide prospect with multiple sub-sets that will evolve in the long term through a coherent set of transcalar measures. Two events oppose this ET idea, both happening in Italy during the course of May 2021: i) the return of the "nuclear discourse";ii) the reduction of the Sirente-Velino Regional Park size. We will discuss about this shortly, looking at it from a public geography perspective. In addition, we will summarize some of those critical elements of the ET ongoing implemented practices.