Giorgia Meloni, leading the Italian government for over a year, has claimed a pragmatic approach to climate change, distancing from denialism. However, her majority seems to minimize human responsibility in climate change. Matteo Salvini views climate as historical cycles, Maurizio Gasparri dismisses the uniqueness of high temperatures, and Lucio Malan rejects climate change as dogma. Despite increasing extreme weather events, solutions from officials like Stefano Allasia involve faith rather than action, and Stefano Turchet trivializes human impact. The article highlights a year of governmental blunders on climate change.

Workers from the former Embraco factory in Riva di Chieri, including a 55-year-old man named Marco, face unemployment as their benefits are set to end in February. Despite sending out hundreds of resumes and attending numerous interviews, age discrimination has hindered their reemployment. The factory's closure in 2018 was followed by failed promises of reindustrialization, first by Ventures, an Italo-Israeli company, and then by Italcomp. The workers, mostly aged between 45 and 55, are too young for retirement and too old for the job market. They have been surviving on severance packages and temporary jobs, but many are at risk of losing their homes. The workers express anger towards politicians who have failed to support them, despite previous assurances during electoral campaigns. The industrial crisis is not unique to them, as over a thousand jobs are at risk in the Torino area alone. The workers call for serious actions from the Ministry of Made in Italy and other authorities.

Activists from Extinction Rebellion and Fridays for Future hung from the roof of the Oval in Turin, displaying a banner criticizing the Aerospace and Defence Meeting for financing war and climate crisis. They argue that the Italian government continues to fund warfare, citing involvement in Ukraine and Palestine, while neglecting to protect the Italian population from the destructive effects of climate change. National spokesperson for Fridays For Future, Mang, participated in the action, emphasizing the increasing human toll from natural disasters in Italy and criticizing investments in destructive wars and colonization projects.

In Gandellino, a town in Val Seriana, Italy, 4,000 residents are without a general practitioner since the last doctor retired in January. The majority of the population is elderly and has limited mobility. The retired mayor and doctor, Flora Florina, has stepped in to provide medical visits. The community, still recovering from the pandemic, lacks an updated clinical picture for patients due to the absence of a local doctor. The local Centro di Assistenza Domiciliare is insufficient for the widespread needs. Florina calls for real investment in local medicine.

Activists from 'Ci siamo rete solidale' denounced the difficulties of finding housing in Milan due to low wages and discrimination following the eviction of former public bathrooms in Via Esterle, where around forty foreign workers had been living for six years. The workers, including riders, cooks, and warehouse staff, protested on the building's roof during the eviction. One worker, Saif, shared his struggle to afford living in the city on a 1000 euro monthly salary and facing rental rejections due to his African origin. The association highlighted the broader issue of 150,000 low-income workers in Milan unable to access housing in both the free and regulated markets.