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The National Platform on Adaptation to Climate Change has been published

The Italian platform on adaptation to climate change, promoted by the Ministry of Ecological Transition and implemented by ISPRA, aims to favor the exchange of information between the central administration, local authorities and all stakeholders, starting from citizens, with respect to the theme of adaptation to climate change, thus representing the main information tool in Italy on this issue.

Presentation of the UNIRIMA 2022 Report

Oct 25, 2022 from 10:00 AM to 01:00 PM Rome, Palazzo Rospigliosi,
The production of end of waste raw material from the collection of paper and cardboard The presentation of the 2022 Report of the National Union of Recovery and Recycling Companies Maceri will be held in Rome on 25 October, an ISPRA researcher participates in the meeting. The report offers an overview of the waste paper collection, recovery, recycling and trading sector, with data and insights on the economic aspects.

The effects of climate change in Italy: adaptation strategies and the role of insurance companies

Oct 28, 2022
The Bank of Italy and IVASS, in cooperation with the Venice World Capital of Sustainability Foundation, are organizing a conference on: "The effects of climate change in Italy: adaptation strategies and the role of insurance companies". After an analisis at the challenges related to climate change, the interventions will deepen the possible adaptation and mitigation strategies of identifiable risks in the insurance sector.

ISPRA participates at the Science Festival of Rome

Nov 21, 2022 to Nov 27, 2022
Pandemics, climate change and environmental crises demonstrate how much we need new outlooks on the present and new visions for the future. And, therefore, how much we need to explore, starting from what we know and opening up to what we don't know. The Rome Science Festival is the ideal context to analyze the various themes, meet different people and disciplines, because it offers a rich variety of events. In the seventeenth edition of the Festival we will talk about exploration in all areas of science, including new frontiers of art, photography, literature, with a curious look on all aspects of contemporaneity.

Envirornmental data Yearbook 2021

The Yearbook in figures is aimed at citizens, experts, researchers and policy makers. It is a statistical publication which briefly shows a selection of the most representative indicators of the “Indicators Platform” in a rigorous scientific way but addressing at the same time to a broader audience. The document consists of an index, a short introduction to the thematic area, a list of indicators chosen to represent the area and an indicators’ overview.  

Sustainable mobility in the city? Not really. In Europe, the use of private vehicles continues to grow (by 2020, 250 million cars)

ISPRA presents “Sustainable mobility in urban areas: The current situation and future prospects”. In Italy, the national car fleet is growing steadily: at the end of 2021 the record quota of almost 40 million cars was reached (Source ACI). The car continues to be perceived as an indispensable asset, which is always the first choice for traveling home / school or home / work. The Italian situation is not an exception in Europe: all 27 states have seen their car fleet grow over time with the exception of Bulgaria. In the old continent, 250 million were in circulation at the end of 2020.

Exercise in Calabria for tsunami risk management

ISPRA experts were invited to contribute, with their technical-scientific knowledge, to the two days of work that took place in the Municipality of Bagnara Calabra, as part of the EXE Sisma dello Stretto exercise, organized to deepen the theme of tsunami alert and the necessary management and mitigation measures for this natural risk.

Through Natura 2000

Nov 21, 2022 to Nov 27, 2022 Rome, Auditorium Parco della Musica,
The exhibition, organized by ISPRA, collects the images selected by the LIFE Sic2Sic Competition, will allow the public to explore the diversity of the Italian territory through a visual-sound path and immerse themselves in the beauty of our ecosystem. The Natura 2000 network has a total area of ​​more than 750,000 km 2 and was created to conserve the habitats and species present in the territory of the European Union.

Exploration of the underground world. The scientific challenge with darkness

Nov 26, 2022 from 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM Rome, Auditorium Parco della Musica,
In the era in which every corner of the planet's surface is observed by satellites, the underground environments are still a frontier of human exploration on the land. Although these ecosystems are isolated from the outside world, they have always attracted human curiosity, and only recently have they been the subject of studies that address the challenges and risks of these remote places to contribute to scientific progress.

Investigate the abyss. Scientific research in the exploration of the seabed

Nov 26, 2022 from 03:00 PM to 04:00 PM Rome, Auditorium Parco della Musica,
The seabed has always fascinated humanity: today, thanks to ever new underwater technologies, it is possible to observe and study great depths, returning data, maps and images capable of monitoring the health of the seas and ecosystems. Not only that: in the abyss it is also possible to study neutrinos, elusive particles that arrive from space and carry information about the universe with them.

Alien explorations

Nov 27, 2022 from 07:30 PM to 08:30 PM Rome, Auditorium Parco della Musica,
Alien species and space exploration will be the focus of the conference. Entertaining and scientifically rigorous, this event will talk about the new frontiers of space exploration, and some of its possible risks, such as that of accidentally spreading terrestrial organisms outside our planet.

Alien alert

Nov 21, 2022 to Nov 27, 2022 Rome, Auditorium Parco della Musica,
When we talk about alien species we mean animals and plants (and not only ...) that man has transported and introduced outside their area of ​​origin. A real threat to biodiversity, health and the human economy. In the laboratory conducted by ISPRA in collaboration with the Lazio Region, created by the Life-ASAP project, it will be explored through the game and the story of how many ways these species can be moved and what each of us can do, in our daily life, not to spread … the alien!

Second edition on City Conference on Agriculture

Oct 24, 2022
The Conference will bring together all the actors involved in the project to revive the agricultural vocation of the municipality of Rome, one of the largest in Europe. The rural heritage, in the years of ecological transition, must be valued to contribute to the economic growth of the city and provide a response to the ongoing climate crisis. Faced with the challenges of our time for the circular economy, environmental protection and a more equitable society, agriculture plays a leading role in the evolution of the city.

World Tsunami Awareness Day

Nov 05, 2022
On 5 November of each year, on input from the United Nations which established it in 2015, the day of awareness raising and awareness of the risk posed by tsunamis is celebrated. These are quite rare natural events but with disastrous impacts for men and things. This year Tsunami Awareness Day is focused on Goal G of the Sendai Framework which provides for greater availability of early warning systems in the event of possible disasters and easier access to such information systems essential to save lives.

Marine Litter and Circular Economy

Oct 26, 2022 Venice,
MARELESS project - MARin Litter cross-border awarenESS and innovation actions The event addresses the problem of marine litter from a technical and regulatory point of view, presenting some successful cases and new technologies for waste removal in addition to the innovations introduced by the "Salvamare" Law.

EcoAtl@nte, maps and data with a click

Nov 21, 2022 to Nov 25, 2022 Rome, Auditorium Parco della Musica,
A new way to learn to "read" maps and data, to discover our territory. The project "At school for the environment with  EcoAtl@nte , organized by ISPRA, offers a series of workshops aimed at high school students. The lessons, both theoretical and practical, will see the involvement of the participants through the use of a series of thematic maps contained in the new interactive platform created by ISPRA. A training course that helps to know and read territorial data, to understand the environmental challenges of our time.