Publications
Environment in Italy: an overview. Environmental Data Yearbook 2023
Environment in Italy: an overview. Environmental Data Yearbook 2023 is a statistical report produced by the Italian Institute for Environmental Protection and Research(ISPRA) in collaboration with the regional and autonomous province environmental protection agencies as part of the National System for Environmental Protection (SNPA).
Atlas of Environmental Data. Edition 2024
The Atlas of environmental data, a volume that ISPRA publishes in this new edition, which offers an overview and a selection of the main environmental data in Italy. It provides cartographic representations that show the distribution of the main environmental information on the territory which, together with graphs, tables and texts, illustrate the situation of our country.
Efficiency and decarbonization indicators in Italy and in the biggest European Countries – Edition 2024
National trends of energy and economic indicators have been analysed in relation to greenhouse gas emissions and energy consumption
Italian Emission Inventory 1990-2022. Informative Inventory Report 2024
The report describes the reporting of emissions of transboundary substances that Italy officially communicates in accordance with the requirements of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Convention on Long Range Transboundary Air Pollution (CRLTAP/UNECE) and relevant Protocols.
Greenhouse gas emissions in Italy. Reduction targets for 2030
The report describes the greenhouse gas emissions and removals in Italy, based on the data officially transmitted in accordance with the provisions of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), and the Governance of the Energy Union and Climate Action of the European Union.
Italian Greenhouse Gas Inventory 1990-2022. National Inventory Report 2024
The report describes the reporting of emissions of greenhouse gases that Italy officially communicates in accordance with the requirements of the United Nation Convention of Climate Change (UNFCCC), and the European Union’s Greenhouse Gas Monitoring Mechanism.
Towards resilient cities: the interventions of the experimental Program for adaptation to climate change in urban areas
This Booklet offers an overview of the actions proposed by the Italian municipalities participating in the experimental program of interventions for adaptation to climate change in urban areas, launched in 2021 by the Ministry of Ecological Transition (now the Ministry for the Environment and Energy Security), in collaboration with ISPRA and ANCI.
ITALY and ENVIRONMENT: Status, Prospects and Scenarios
The new ISPRA report offers citizens, technicians, researchers, observers, and policy makers an accurate analysis of the state of the environment in Italy, considering the main European economic-environmental strategies (Green Deal, 8 th EAP).
Nationwide hydrological water budget: focus on drought and natural availability of renewable water resources. Update to 2022.
Efficiency and decarbonization indicators in Italy and in the biggest European Countries – Edition 2023
National trends of energy and economic indicators have been analysed in relation to greenhouse gas emissions and energy consumption. Particular attention was paid to the power sector, one of the main players in the national energy system. The role of driving factors for GHG emission trends has been analyzed, such as economic growth, fossil and renewable energy, transformation efficiency, carbon and energy intensities. Regarding power sector, the emission factors of greenhouse gases have been elaborated. Efficiency and decarbonization indicators have been compared in Italy and in the biggest European Countries. The power sector performances of main European countries have been compared for fuel mixes, transformation efficiencies, and GHG emission factors.
Atlas of Environmental Data. 2023 edition
The Atlas of environmental data, a volume that ISPRA publishes for the first time, offers an overview of the main environmental data. It provides cartographic representations showing the spatial distribution of the main environmental information which, together with graphs, tables and texts, illustrate the state of the entire national territory.
Environment in Italy: an overview. Environmental Data Yearbook 2022
Environment in Italy: an overview. Environmental Data Yearbook 2022 is a statistical report produced by ISPRA with the aim of providing policy makers, public administrators, technicians and citizens with official information on the state of the environment in our country.
Italian Greenhouse Gas Inventory 1990-2021. National Inventory Report 2023
The report describes the reporting of emissions of greenhouse gases that Italy officially communicates in accordance with the requirements of the United Nation Convention of Climate Change (UNFCCC), the Kyoto Protocol, and the European Union’s Greenhouse Gas Monitoring Mechanism.
Italian Greenhouse Gas Emissions: emissions reduction target and scenarios
The report describes the greenhouse gas emissions and removals in Italy, based on the data officially transmitted in accordance with the provisions of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), and the Mechanism of Greenhouse Gas Monitoring of the European Union.
Italian Emission Inventory 1990-2021. Informative Inventory Report 2023
The report describes the reporting of emissions of transboundary substances that Italy officially communicates in accordance with the requirements of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Convention on Long Range Transboundary Air Pollution (CRLTAP/UNECE) and relevant Protocols.
Bulletin on research funding
COP15: historical global deal for nature and people
The Yearbook in figures
Environmental Data Yearbook 2021
Methane in the Italian greenhouse gas Inventory L’Italia e il Global Methane Pledge
Climate indicators in Italy 2021 - Edition XVII
The 17th report "Gli Indicatori del Clima in Italia" describes the Italian climate in the year 2021 and updates the estimate of climate variations in the last few decades. It is based on climate data, indices and indicators derived from the "National System for the collection, processing and dissemination of climate data" (SCIA, www.scia.isprambiente.it ) developed by ISPRA in collaboration with National System of Environmental Protection national and regional meteorological monitoring networks.
Temperature and precipitation 1991-2020 climatic normals over Italy
Climate normals are the mean or characteristic values of a climate variable in a long time interval. The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) established that the length of the reference period should be 30 years, recommending to update the normals every 10 years, in order to provide representative reference values for recent climatic conditions.
The disaggreagation at the provincial level of the national inventory of emissions
This report illustrates the activity carried out to disaggregate on a provincial basis the emissions of pollutants and greenhouse gases estimated in the national emissions inventory prepared by ISPRA. The estimates were obtained using a top-down approach and calculated for the years: 1990 - 1995 - 2000 - 2005 - 2010 - 2015 - 2019.
Efficiency and decarbonization indicators for total energy consumption and power sector. Comparison among Italy and the biggest European countries
Efficiency and decarbonization indicators updated to 2020 have been analyzed in relation to energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions. The 2020 is the benchmark year to verify the EU's climate and energy targets established with the Climate and Energy Package. Moreover, in 2020 the Covid-19 emergency has heavily affected the European countries’ economy and GHG emissions.
Italian Greenhouse Gas Inventory 1990-2020. National Inventory Report 2022
The report describes the reporting of emissions of greenhouse gases that Italy officially communicates in accordance with the requirements of the United Nation Convention of Climate Change (UNFCCC), the Kyoto Protocol, and the European Union’s Greenhouse Gas Monitoring Mechanism.
Italian Greenhouse Gas Emissions at the end of Kyoto Protocol second commitment period: emissions reduction target and energy efficiency
The report describes the greenhouse gas emissions and removals in Italy, at the end of the second period of the Kyoto Protocol, based on the data officially transmitted in accordance with the provisions of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the Kyoto Protocol and the Mechanism of Greenhouse Gas Monitoring of the European Union
Efficiency and decarbonization indicators in Italian energy and power sector
National trends of energy and economic indicators have been analyzed in relation to greenhouse gas emissions and energy consumption. Particular attention was paid to the electricity sector, one of the main players in the national energy system. The role of factors determining greenhouse gas emission trends has been analyzed, such as economic growth, fossil and renewable fuels composition, transformation efficiency, and fossil fuel emission factors. With regard to electricity sector, the emission factors of greenhouse gases and other atmospheric contaminants have been elaborated.
EMAS and climate change
This guideline takes the reader through the topic of climate change and its close interconnection with emission sources. Starting with the “Environmental Statements” of a sample of EMAS-certified power plants which produce electrical energy from fossil fuels it examines the CO 2 , NOx, CO and SO X emissions produced in the period between 2011 and 2019. The results show how the energy sector, thanks to the implementation of an Environmental Management System, can correctly manage air emissions and continuously improve on them.
Open Ecological Transition
Emissions Trading Scheme in Italy and in the biggest European Countries
The report analyses the GHG emissions from the stationary installations belonging to the EU emissions trading system (EU-ETS). The analysis of energy consumption has been carried out for the Italian activity sectors. The results show the decrease of emissions from ETS sectors since 2005 and the decreasing emission factors for many sectors mainly due to the increasing share of natural gas and bioenergy, mostly in the power sector.
Climate indicators in Italy 2020 - Edition XVI
The 16th report "Gli Indicatori del Clima in Italia" describes the Italian climate in the year 2020 and updates the estimate of climate variations in the last few decades. It is based on climate data, indices and indicators derived from the "National System for the collection, processing and dissemination of climate data" ( SCIA ), developed by ISPRA in collaboration with national and regional meteorological monitoring networks.
Efficiency and decarbonization indicators for total energy consumption and power sector. Comparison among Italy and the biggest European countries
Efficiency and decarbonization indicator trends have been analyzed in relation to energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions. Italian indicators are compared with those of the largest European countries.