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Roma Science Van 2021

Roma Science Van is an event of scientific divulgation that includes experiments, games and exhibitions for all the people.

Blue flags: 416 Italian beaches awarded this year

The main target of the Blue flags program is to promote in the Municipalities close to the sea a sustainable management of the land by means of a series of indications inside the policies that take care about the environmental protection.

How to contribute with the tourism and the green action at the Planet sustainability?

The event will be held the 22 april, day in which is celebrated the Earth World Day. 
After more than a year from the pandemic and the world crisis of important sector of like tourism and culture, the online event aims to contribute to the enhancement and sustainability of territories, biodiversity and cultural diversity as a heritage of our planet.

Say Make Sustainable

On the occasion of World Earth Day, Unisona, in cooperation on with Keaton, promotes the meeting "Say Make Sustainable". The initiative of 22 April will have the involvement of ASviS, the Italian Alliance for Sustainable Development, an organization founded in 2016 to raise awareness of the importance of the 2030 Agenda and to promote best practices for the Italian society and the cultural and economic institutions involved in the process of sustainability.

Strategies for a sustainable city: Turin chooses the green

During the webinar numerous national and local experts will talk about urban planning, green public and climate change. A special occasion to get in deep with the sustainability challenges and discover the actions carried out by Turin city to improve the life quality of their citizens. 

Presented the Fourth Report on the state of natural capital in Italy"

On April 7, the "Fourth Report on the state of natural capital in Italy" was presented by videoconference, in the presence of the Minister for Ecological Transition Roberto Cingolani, which, after the approval, it will be sent to the Prime Minister and the Minister of Economy. The plenary meeting of the Committee for natural capital was attended by among others, in addition to the director general of the Mite for the naturalistic heritage Antonio Maturani, the Minister of Infrastructures and Sustainable Mobility Enrico Giovannini, the Minister of Agricultural Policies Stefano Patuanelli, the Minister of Tourism Massimo Garavaglia, the Deputy Minister of Economy Laura Castelli, the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Labor Rossella Accoto, the Undersecretary of the South Dalila Nesci and the president of ISPRA Stefano Laporta.

Pandemic and resilience. Reflection on the fragility of our time and the opportunities for a sustainable recovery

The event, organized by the Italian Alliance for Sustainable Development (ASviS) in cooperation  with the Scientific Council of the Cortile dei Gentili, aims to reflect on the crisis caused by the pandemic and the important implications it has on the Society.

Learn the subsoil: methods and applications the sustainable development

Avalaible the streaming of the workshop: "Geological modeling 3D".
The improvement of the geological knowledge of the subsoil allows to support the evaluation and correct management of strategic resources for the society, the correct and safe design of infrastructures, planning in urban areas, the best knowledge of important geological hazards.

The national plan of recovery and resilience, the Budget Law 2021 and the sustainable developement

ASviS, association which ISPRA is part, will present an analysis of the Recovery and Resilience National Plan, approved by the previous government and contains useful proposals to address also the resources in a vision of sustainable development.

Wood biomass and the mitigation of the climate crisis : opportunity or problem ?

Woody biomass currently are the most important source of renewable energy in the EU and in Italy and represents an indispensable resource to achieve the European targets for "energy and climate change" which plan to rise from the current 18% of energy from renewable sources to 32% in 2030.

Network of Mobility Manager in the public administration: tools and project in time of change

The Mobility Management is an activity that involves in the building of links between groups of people who can be employees but also colleagues who operate in different organizational realities.

Which green for which city

Next 6 February will be held the webinar: "Which green for which city" organized by Legambiente and Italia Nostra Messina to debate the management of the green public heritage. An ISPRA expert is participating at the meeting with a speech on "The regulation of the green in Italy: status of the art and future challenge".

ISOLA URSA 2021

The fourth edition of ISOLA URSA took place between 27 and 29 January,  held in the context of Klimahouse Digital Edition 2021. Despite this year was organized as a virtual edition is continuing to be a space dedicated to the culture of environmental sustainability.

Online the first number 2021 of "Innovations for the environmental sustainability"

The magazine online "InnovAzioni per la sostenibilità ambientale"aims to spread the good practices collected in the GELSO data base, in order to share them and allow the transferability of the processes that can improve the local policies and life style.

Companies for the Carta of Spoleto

The good practices of public bodies and private companies for the signing of "Carta of Spoleto against climate change".
As part of the Weather Spoleto 2020 event, the workshop for the signing of the “Carta di Spoleto” will be held on 18 December.

Testing the effectiveness of the NAP measures for the biodiversity protection

The results of the project funded by the MATTM and carried out in cooperation with ARPA Lazio (year 2015-2016), ARPA Piemonte (year 2015, 2018-2020), University of Rome Tor Vergata will be presented during a conference on 16 and 17 December 2020. (DIBIOS Department), University of Turin (DBIOS and DISAFA Departments).
The project aims to test the measures of the National Action Plan for the sustainable use of plant protection products (PAN) intended for the protection of biodiversity, to be implemented, especially in protected areas, Natura 2000 sites and Ramsar areas.

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States of art and future perspectives of environmental certification in Emilia-Romagna

The Emilia-Romagna Region, for the third consecutive year, with the technical support of Art-ER and Arpae, will organize a meeting in order to dialogue with all the stakeholders interested in environmental certifications to continue the path of sustainability.

Biophysical and economic assessment of four ecosystem services for natural capital accounting in Italy

A group of scientists from ISPRA, the Basque Centre for Climate Change (BC3) and Ikerbasque have demonstrated the feasibility of moving towards a widespread application of SEEA-EEA – the accepted international standard for environmental-economic accounting – compliant country-based accounts.

This work represents one of the first studies made available at such geographical scope using k.LAB, the technology powering ARIES, which is poised to automate accounting routines for producers of natural capital accounts.

LIFE Sic2Sic “Biodiversity and green economy" - Final Conference

The report on the results of the LIFE SIC2SIC project becomes an opportunity to face some of the fundamental challenges for the future. The new strategy for biodiversity at national and European level will be the reference framework to the issue of sustainable mobility and the economic and employment value of a territorial development with a strong environmental content.

Ceremony of the EMAS Ecolabel 2020 Award

The Ecolabel and Ecoaudit Committee and ISPRA, also in this year very difficult aims to give recognition and visibility to certified organizations by rewarding those that have best interpreted and applied the principles of the EMAS scheme and the EU Ecolabel.
The awards ceremony will take place on November 24 in live streaming with the participation of the Minister of the Environment, Land and of Sea, General Sergio Costa.

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General States of Urban Green - VI edition

General states of urban green is an event promoted by the Committee for the development of public green set up at the Italian Minister of Environment, Land and Sea under the law 10/2013. Now in its sixth edition, the General States is an opportunity to analyze with the protagonists of politics, science, economics, arts, law, and other social sciences the role of green in the cities.

The central event will take place on 23 November on a day divided into four sessions organized by the Committee for the development of public green spaces, which will be attended by representatives of public institutions and the private world. The ISPRA President Stefano Laporta is participating in the first sesssion.

Programme

Streaming first session Facebook ISPRA

“Third issue of the SoED report since 2005 and very little has changed in the Mediterranean” the Plan Bleu states

Despite the actions taken by the Barcelona Convention over more than 40 years, the future of the Mediterranean is at a critical point. Damage to ecosystems that can compromise human well-being risks becoming irreversible. ISPRA, as the INFO / RAC Centre of UNEP MAP (Mediterranean Action Plan), focuses on the State of the Environment and Development in the Mediterranean (SoED) published by Plan Bleu and UNEP / MAP.

The environmental dimension in the mediterranean diet as a model of sustainable feeding

On November 16 the Mediterranean Diet will celebrate 10 years of recognition as a cultural heritage by UNESCO. To celebrate this anniversary, the Ministry of the Environment together with the Italian National Commission for Unesco, has planned a calendar of activities that will be presented on the same day at 9.30 coordinated by the journalist Donatella Bianchi and with a debate between Ministers and members of the academy word. The event will be broadcast live on the page www.facebook.it/minambiente.

Urban ecosystem

Presentation of the Report 2020 on the environmental performance of cities

How to restart after a global emergency? It will be necessary to plan courageously towards a more sustainable and smart future, using the Recovery Plan to launch a true Green New Deal made in Italy. Cities and Mayors are the main actor of this change. These are the topics of the 27th edition of Ecosistema Urbano, the annual report by Legambiente on the environmental livability of the provincial municipalities, edited in cooperation with Ambiente Italia and Il Sole 24 ore.

Ecomondo 2020

Ecomondo is one of the most leading event in Europe for the new models of circular economy. An international exhibition with an innovative format that brings together all sectors of the circular economy in a single platform: from material and energy recovery to sustainable development. Due to the health emergency, Ecomondo will be held on the digital platform, extending the appointment to two weeks: the double digital green week.
To facilitate the meeting between supply and demand, the platform will be active until November 15: two weeks of B2B meetings, networking and seminars, where the green economy community will be able to create global relationships within a virtual app.
From Tuesday 3 November it is possible to participate in all the events of the schedule until 11.59 pm on November 15.

The application of SSAM (Spatial Sustainable Assessment Model) in the local planning for sustainable development

The conference is organized as part of the formulation process of the Regional Sustainable Development Strategy of Umbria to promote a comparison between regional and national institutions on the progress of the activities, the indicators for monitoring the strategies objectives, the tools available for the integrated (environmental, economic and social) analysis of the expected and realized results, and perspectives of local planning with the Sustainable Development Goals of the 2030 Agenda.

Starting the "A goal a day", the initiative that illustrates the ASvis Report 2020

The ASviS initiative "A Goal a day" starts on 26 October: every day a thematic analysis on the Italian and European position with respect to the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) will be published every day on the Alliance website

The urban regeneration for the ecological transition

In the future cities will be always more interested in regeneration actions for objectives such as energy efficiency, urban forestry, sustainable mobility. The webinar focuses on planning actions and administrative skills useful for cities to face for the challenge of ecological transition.

EcoForum. Circular economy business: rules, plants and products

Legambiente, Nuova Ecologia and Kyoto Club, in cooperation with CONOU and with the patronage of the Italian Ministry of the Environment, Land and Sea is organizing the seventh edition of EcoForum, the national conference on the circular economy. At the end of the two days of work, the XXVII edition of Comuni Ricicloni takes place, the awarding of the Free Waste Municipalities.

The landscape as a driving force for the development of a different society twenty years after the European Landscape Convention

The event , after20 years after the European Landscape Convention, aims to analyze the reflections of sector experts. The European Landscape Convention was adopted by the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg in July 2000 and was opened for signature by the member states in Florence on 20 October 2000. The Convention aims to promote the  protection, management and planning of landscapes and strengthen European cooperation