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Meetings on the E.I.A. Points of view on environmental impact assessment

Episode n.8 Meeting with Luigi Quaranta from TAP

There is a need to communicate, to disseminate information on the actions of the many protagonists of the environmental impact assessment, aimed at protecting the environment and human health. Meetings on the E.I.A. it is a useful communication tool to tell everyone how to pay attention to sustainability when designing. Communication is the topic discussed in this episode, a topic that has today become one of the cornerstones of environmental impact assessment.

The new procedures for submitting the national environmental impact assessment

Analysis of the rules, mechanisms and sector regulations

The seminar aims to examine in detail the regulatory and procedural aspects, both at a national and regional level, which govern the different phases of the environmental impact assessment for the construction or modification of plants from renewable sources. The meeting is part of the ambitious development objectives planned for the coming years, as well as the most recent political-regulatory guidelines on environmental sustainability.

Meetings on the E.I.A. Points of view on environmental impact assessment

Episode n.6 Meeting with Giuliana Galigari of SNAM
An example of how the V.I.A. that can affect daily life is the construction of the gas network and its supply. An interview with SNAM tells us about its activities and the peculiarities of the projects of the network that runs underground for thousands of km, like a vascular system that crosses the whole of Italy. There is talk of open-air and trenchless excavations, of archaeological finds shown to the population, of drones used for monitoring.

Ecomondo 2024

Ecomondo, the leading annual fair in the green and circular economy sectors, is the meeting and dialogue point between industries, stakeholders, policy makers, opinion leaders, local authorities, the world of research and institutions

It is the reference international event in Europe and the Mediterranean basin for technologies, services and industrial solutions in the green and circular economy sectors.

Research and innovation hub offers information, sharing and co-planning on the policies of the European Green Deal thanks to the creation of public-private partnerships used in national, European and international planning.

Meetings on the E.I.A. - Episode n.5

The topics will be training and environmental research on EIA, collaboration with universities, differentiated training targets, quality of environmental impact studies, ISPRA Summer School. With the voices of Minister Pichetto Fratin, ISPRA President Laporta and ISPRA General Director Siclari, the training activities of the School of Specialization in Environmental Disciplines in which the EIA theme is inserted are presented. together with the ISPRA manager of the school Daniela Antonietti. The students of the Summer School on EIA also speak: in June 2024, in fact, future environmental technicians were welcomed in Palermo. 65 university students and PhDs from all over Italy and supported by teachers from ISPRA, the National VIA Commission, ARPA, UniPA and UniSapienza in on-the-job training. A lot of enthusiasm and desire to learn among these young people and great interaction between them and some of the protagonists of the VIA, thanks to the educational program accompanied by workshops and inspections.

Meeting on the V.I.A. - Episode nr. 4

Meeting with Margherita Latronico and Marilena Di Stefano from VESTAS

Wind farms are a fundamental asset in the production of renewable energy. Vestas tells us about which targets offshore wind energy production must reach. How do you go about designing a wind farm? Multi-year monitoring is needed to verify the impact on biodiversity, the landscape and the social context. We are talking about 200m high towers with new generation turbines, slow rotation and low noise emissions, with video camera and radar systems connected to acoustic deterrents for fauna. There is also talk of a circular economy, to have zero waste by 2040 in the wind power production chain (design, operations and recovery of materials) and give clean energy to families.

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Environmental checks, controls and monitoring of the works subjected to Via. SNPA activity

As part of RemTech Expo, on 19 September the National System for Environmental Protection is organizing the conference "Environmental checks, controls and monitoring of works subjected to Via. SNPA activity".

Meetings on EIA - Points of view on environmental impact assessment

Episode n.2 Meeting with Paola Brambilla Coordinator VIA - MASE Subcommittee
The National EIA Commission is the great engine of the country's infrastructural development. It has the task of evaluating projects that can have a significant effect on the environment following the indications of the EU Directives on EIA, which have been applied for 40 years now. Lawyer Brambilla will talk to us about the work of the Commission and the EIA as a tool for discussion, participation and transparency aimed at protecting the environment and human health. We are talking about attention to biodiversity, one health dimension, project integration, circular route of the EIA,need for simplification.

ISPRA in RemTech Expo 2024

From 18 to 20 September the XVIII Edition of RemTech Expo will be held in Ferrara, the Environmental Technological Hub specialized in the themes of restoration, regeneration and sustainable development of territories. This year too ISPRA will participate in numerous meetings.
There are ten segments that make up the event: REMTECH and REMTECH EUROPE remediation of contaminated sites, COAST coastal protection, ports, sustainability, ESONDA hydrogeological instability, floods, landslides, CLIMETECH climate change, mitigation, adaptation, GEOSISM seismic risk, prevention, reconstruction , INERTIA sustainable works materials, circular economy, RIGENERACITY urban regeneration, CHEMTECH innovative and sustainable chemical industry and FIRE prevention-innovation-research, fire prevention and safety of the Italian Cultural Heritage - and a special HUTTE segment dedicated to the themes of sustainability and integral well-being.

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Meetings on the E.I.A. Points of view on environmental impact assessment

The podcast developed by ISPRA will be presented in September to tell citizens about the construction of large works (such as railways, motorways, ports, dams) in line with the protection of the environment and human health. Field interviews and informal conversations with evaluators, designers, clients and environmental associations to concretely talk about sustainable development in Italy.

The first episode is online from 4 September on the IspraVideo YouTube channel and on the main podcast platforms.

Summer school on Environmental Impact Assessment 2024: Biodiversity and Water

ISPRA, the University of Palermo, the Regional Agency for the Protection of the Environment of Sicily and the Municipality of Palermo are organizing the Summer School on Environmental Impact Assessment which will take place in Palermo from 10 to 14 June 2024.

This edition of the Summer School aims to be the beginning of a series of study and in-depth activities on issues relating to environmental assessments. In particular, the focus of this first edition will be the environmental components Biodiversity and Water.

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On-line the new environmental indicators data base ISPRA

An effective tool to understand the state of the environment in Italy
Developed with a view to improvement, to face increasingly pressing environmental challenges and to satisfy new knowledge needs, including future scenarios, the ISPRA environmental indicators database disseminates detailed statistical information in a dynamic and timely manner characterized by a high scientific solidity.

EIA Pill No. 02 - Public participation in the EIA

With the "EIA Pill n.02 - Public participation in the EIA", the second informative video on the Environmental Impact Assessment, ISPRA continues the path in which it is committed to making the EIA known to citizens, as an effective tool for participation, transparency and protection of the environment and human health. We talk about direct participation tools and their contribution to evaluation procedures, based on citizens' right of access to environmental information. Let's work together for the EIA, towards the ecological and energy transition!

ISPRA partecipation at ECOMONDO 2023

Ecomondo is the meeting and dialogue point between industries, stakeholders, policy makers, opinion leaders, local authorities and brings together the key elements that define the development strategies of the European Union's environmental policy.

It is the international reference event in Europe and the Mediterranean basin for technologies, services and industrial solutions in the green and circular economy sectors.

ISPRA program for today:

• How to preserve natural capital by recognizing its economic value
• Biowaste: XXV Conference on Composting and Anaerobic Digestion. Plenary Session
• Il PNRR e l'economia circolare
• Raccogliere la sfida dell’economia circolare. Europa ed Italia di fronte agli obiettivi del 2035
• Approvvigionamento sostenibile e sicuro di materie prime critiche – Iniziative europee e nazionali
• The States General for Soil Health – 2nd edition. Sustainable carbon cycles – Healthy soils for a climateneutral economy. National session

ISPRA and ARPA Sardegna: joint inspection to verify the state of health of the replanting of Posidonia in Porto Torres

On May 18, the technicians of ISPRA and ARPA Sardegna were together in the Gulf of Asinara to monitor the manually transplanted Posidonia oceanica meadow. The transplant started in October 2022 and ended in March 2023, involving a final surface area of ​​11,500 m2 (7,000 m2 net). It is an environmental compensation work prescribed for the expansion works of the Civic Port of Porto Torres, by the VIA Decree n. 35 of 06/02/2018.

The public consultation on the National Plan for Adaptation to Climate Change has started

The proposed Plan has been published on the portal of the Ministry of the Environment and Energy Security, now open to contributions from citizens, communities and all public and private entities. The National Plan for Adaptation to Climate Change (PNACC) is a national planning tool to support national, regional and local institutions in identifying and choosing the most effective adaptation actions according to the level of government, the sector of intervention and of the specificities of the context, favoring the integration of adaptation criteria into planning processes and tools.

The management of odorous impacts - School odors 2022

The initiative is organized by Rse (Research on the Energy System) and the National System for the Protection of the Environment (SNPA), in collaboration with Uni, Accredia and Unichim and resumes the experiences and the path started in the past aimed at increasing knowledge in the management of odorous impacts.
The program includes 4 sessions, on the dates of 4-6-11-13 October, of which 3 are open to all the public and the last one is aimed exclusively at members of the SNPA system and the Public Administration.

Restoration, regeneration and recovery of the Country

Reflections and comparison on opportunities, innovations, experiences, skills, public-private relationship
From 8 to 10 September will held on the Polvese Island an event dedicated to sustainability through meetings, paths, projects, workshops, music, books, theater and much more. The event "Restoration, Regeneration, Recovery of the Country. Reflections and discussion on Opportunities, Innovations, Experiences, Skills, Public-Private Relations" organized with the collaboration and presence of RemTech Expo is on the agenda on 9 September at 3.00 pm.

Presentation of the SOER 2020, Environmental Data Yearbook and System Reports

The next 3 June, in video streaming with the Italian PM Giuseppe Conte, and David Sassoli, President of the European Parliament, will be presented the three reports dedicated to the environmental situation in Europe and in Italy: the SOER 2020 (State of the Environment Report), the Environmental Data Yearbook 2019 which shows the state of the environment in Italy and the System Report which presents regional experiences.

Watch streaming live:

ISPRA TV (double channel in English and Italian) 

Facebook page Ispra (speaker' native language)

 Youtube Ispra (only in italian)