In the current parliamentary term, the governance of the sector was changed, and a national plan with resources for the three-year period 2019-2021 of approximately EUR 10.9 billion has been approved.

The area of hydrogeological instability has also been the subject of a number of legal provisions (mainly contained in the 2019 and 2020 budget laws) and the draft law ("CantierAmbiente") is the subject of the Senate's examination.