Air
The air pollution is produced by the indoor or outdoor environmental contamination by chemical, physical or biological agents that modify the natural characteristics of the atmosphere. The machine for the homes heating, the engines of vehicles, industrial plants and forest fires are common sources of air pollution. Pollutants that have great impacts on public health are particulate matter (PM10), carbon monoxide (CO), ozone (O3), nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and sulfur (SO2).
Air pollution is harmful to human health and the environment. In Italy, emissions of many air pollutants have significantly decreased in recent decades, with consequent improvement of air quality; however, the concentrations of air pollutants are still too high and the air quality pollution persist. This also happens because the report between emissions (what comes from car exhaust pipes or chimneys of houses and industries) and concentrations of pollutants in the atmosphere (which describe the quality of air that people breathe) is not generally direct and linear : the concentration observed and its variability in time and space depend in fact, in addition to the load-emissivity, by other factors, related to meteorology and the chemical reactivity. This is example is specific for PM10, (O3), (NO2) that in part or all, are formed in the atmosphere from other substances called "precursors". Therefore it is necessary to estimate the emissions, through the inventories of emissions into the atmosphere, and measure the concentrations to assess the air quality in order to study phenomena and plan a series of measures and actions to be taken by means of plans and programs to contrast air pollution.
ISPRA main activities
- Emissions. The national inventory of air emissions permits to identify the main sources of emissions at the national level and to describe trends during time.
- Air Quality. ISPRA organizes and makes available the national air quality data available that collects within the European Information Exchange (Exchange of Information, EoI).
- Plans for air quality and plans to reduce air pollution impacts on cultural heritage.
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Livorno, Camera di Commercio - Piazza del MunicipioNov 26, 2024 — Nov 28, 2024XI Edition of the Study Days “Research and Application of Ecotoxicological Methodologies”
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RomeSep 17, 2024 — Sep 18, 2024Eco - Festival of Sustainable Mobility and Smart Cities
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Roma, Sala del Chiostro del Bramante - Facoltà di Ingegneria, Università Sapienza, Via Eudossiana, 18May 09, 2024 09:30 AM — May 09, 2024 01:30 PMEmissions into the atmosphere. Focus on the industrial sector
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On line eventMar 21, 2024 10:00 AM — Mar 21, 2024 12:30 PMNational Pollen Day 2024
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Torino, ARPA Piemonte, Sala Polifunzionale, Via Pio VII, 9Mar 15, 2024 09:00 AM — Mar 15, 2024 04:00 PMPresentation of the Air Quality Report - 2023 Edition
- Italian Emission Inventory 1990-2022. Informative Inventory Report 2024
- Greenhouse gas emissions in Italy. Reduction targets for 2030
- Italian Greenhouse Gas Inventory 1990-2022. National Inventory Report 2024
- Indoor air quality and radon risk: review of initiatives and best practices
- Indoor air quality and radon risk in Italy and comparable realities: legislation, scientific literature, energy certifications
- ITALY and ENVIRONMENT: Status, Prospects and Scenarios
- Efficiency and decarbonization indicators in Italy and in the biggest European Countries – Edition 2023
- Atlas of Environmental Data. 2023 edition
- Environment in Italy: an overview. Environmental Data Yearbook 2022
- Italian Greenhouse Gas Inventory 1990-2021. National Inventory Report 2023