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The geological walks of ISPRA

Nov 27, 2021 to Nov 28, 2021 Rome,
As part of the Rome Science Festival, ISPRA is organizing two geological walks on 27 and 28 November: "The river and the city: traces of the historic floods of the Tiber" and "Rome between two fires: how natural events have changed the morphology of the city".

G20 Workshop on Nature-based Solutions and Ecosystem-based Approaches

Nov 29, 2021 from 11:00 AM to 04:00 PM Online event,
In the year of the Italian presidency of the G20, the G20 environment ministers, meeting in Naples on 22 July 2021, adopted a communiqué, which recognized that it is a crucial moment to take action at the international level for an emissions economy. zero. In this context, G20 ministers agreed to harness the potential of so-called nature-based solutions (NbS) or ecosystem-based approaches (EbA) to address biodiversity loss, restore degraded habitats, mitigate and adapt to change climate systems while simultaneously providing multiple benefits in the economic, social and environmental sectors.

Use of biopolymers in sea water

A cutting-edge project for environmental sustainability A net consisting of a bioplastic identified thanks to a project started in 2016 by A.S.A. was installed in a tank of the Livorno Aquarium. SpA (Azienda Servizi Ambientali SpA) in cooperation with the Department of Civil and Industrial Engineering of the University of Pisa, to which ISPRA and the Department of Biology of the University of Pisa subsequently joined, in 2019 the Livorno Aquarium and more recently, the textile company Coatyarn Srl. It is a network made with technology designed by Coatyarn Srl using a biodegradable bioplastic in the sea, suitable for creating reforestation plants of Posidonia oceanica meadows.

The Copernicus Program Services for Flood Risk Management

Nov 26, 2021 from 09:30 AM to 01:30 PM Online event,
The workshop, organized with the scientific support of ISPRA, is part of Line 2 "Guidance and coordination of the obligations related to the assessment and management of flood risk" of the Mettiamoci in Riga Project. The aim of the event is to present the national state of the art on services earth observation and applications, with particular regard to flood risk management. The day aims to be a moment of reflection on the opportunity that new technologies make available for the obligations to which the District Basin Authorities are called upon.

World Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women

The CUG Ambiente Network, in the occasion of the World Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, belief that practicing awareness, raising awareness on the various perspectives of violence and promoting a culture of respect are necessary steps to face and resolve this cultural problem, has intended to implement the Memorandum of Understanding on Combating Violence gender ", on November 25, with a series of actions.

After COP26. Science, challenge and prospective for the greenhouse monitoring

Nov 23, 2021 from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM Online event,
In the aftermath of COP26 in Glasgow, the United Nations International Conference on Climate Change of 2021, ICOS Italia (Integrated Carbon Observation System) organizes a webinar to discuss the perspectives, challenges and needs that emerged from the debate that saw as protagonists the governments around the world.

The network life

Nov 24, 2021 from 04:00 PM to 05:00 PM Online event,
Protecting biodiversity is one of the crucial missions for safeguarding the environment. But do we really know what the richness of organisms is in the various ecosystems? Experts from ISPRA, Anthon Dohrn Zoological Station and CNR-IRBIM will lead us into the extraordinary variety of lives that populate agro-forestry systems and seas.

The monitoring of landslides for the management of natural risks

Nov 10, 2021 from 09:00 AM to 05:00 PM Milano,
The conference "The monitoring of landslides for the management of natural risks", organized by Arpa Lombardia, in collaboration with the Order of Geologists of Lombardy, will be held on 10 November in Milan. An entire day dedicated to the increasingly topical issue of hydrogeological instability and, in particular, to the design and management of monitoring networks throughout the country.

Be ready for the effects of climate change and protect our natural and cultural heritage

Nov 25, 2021 from 10:00 AM to 01:00 PM Online event,
The round table is organized as part of the Awareness Raising Event activities envisaged by the Interreg Central Europe STRENCH project - STRENgthening resilience of Cultural Heritage at risk in a changing environment through proactive transnational cooperation. The event aims to compare the experiences and skills of the different competing subjects for the protection of cultural heritage exposed to extreme events related to climate change.

14th edition of the National Statistics Conference

Nov 30, 2021 to Dec 01, 2021
The main meeting and sharing place between the various protagonists of the National Statistical System, the Conference offers the opportunity to producers and users of data to discuss the role of official statistics. The topics of the Conference are those related to restart, sustainability, inclusion and the role of statistics as an essential element for defining policies and monitoring their effectiveness