Ferdinando Cotugno is based in Milan and was born in Naples in 1982. He covers climate, environment and politics. He writes for the newspaper Domani, for which he also edits the newsletter Areale. In 2020 he published Italian Wood, viaggio alla scoperta dei boschi italiani (Mondadori). In 2022, he published Primavera ambientale (Il Margine), an essay on climate movements. He hosts (with Luigi Torreggiani) the podcast Ecotoni, on sustainable forest management. He also writes for Vanity Fair, Rivista Studio, Renewable Matter, Esquire, Linkiesta.
If we look at the scenario of a zero-emission Europe in 2050, and study the various strategies to get there, forest and agricultural biomass are one of the most debated and divisive energy sour...