Abstract

The covid-19 pandemic caused a great economic and production shock at the global level, against which there has been an equally strong and rapid reaction from governments around the world. The eu has deployed various support tools, the main one being the Next Generation eu. To access this fund each country has been asked to prepare a National Recovery and Resilience Plan (nrrp). This contribution focuses on the Italian nrrp for the part concerning the ecological transition, and in particular Mission 2, «Green revolution and ecological transition». The Mission’s structure, objectives and ability to encourage change and innovation are discussed and implications for both policy makers and future research are proposed.