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Workshop for the updating Marine Strategy Programme

Mar 23, 2021 from 02:30 PM to 05:30 PM
The workshop, organized by DG for the Sea and Coasts of the Italian Ministry of Ecological Transition in the whole of the CReIAMO Project PA, is aimed to launch the updating programme of the Marine Strategy measures.

Cleanair@School project: online event with the European Environment Agency (EEA)

Mar 16, 2021 from 03:30 PM to 04:30 PM Online event,
The European Environment Agency with the support of EPA (Irish environmental agency) and ISPRA have organized on 16 March a Facebook live to talk about the  CleanAir@School  project. In Italy the citizen science and environmental education project on the air quality is coordinated by ISPRA, which also includes the participation of fifteen regional environmental agencies. In Europe 8 Countries and more than 100 schools have joined the project (In Italy 69 schools and 30 Municipalities).

Earth Technology Expo: World Water Day

Mar 22, 2021 from 10:00 AM to 01:30 PM Online event,
How much water we have, how we use it, how to protect it over time from climate change. All the technologies anti-pollution, anti-waste, and for the sustainable management 

Festival "I'm not afraid of the wolf"

Mar 27, 2021 from 06:30 PM to 07:30 PM Online event,
From 22 to 27 March the #iononhopauradellupo 2021 Festival returns in a new digital version and strictly free. Every evening, from 6.30 pm a live streaming "talk" on topics related to the world of fauna and nature with experts to try to understand the problems related to the environment, its protection, with a look towards the future of conservation and coexistence with large carnivores, but not only.

Public selection for IPBES experts

The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) is an independent intergovernmental organization, in which all member states of the United Nations can participate.

World Water Day 2021

On March 22 every year, water is celebrated, the element synonymous of life The theme of World Water Day 2021 is to enhance water. The value of water is much more than its price: water has enormous and complex value for families, food, culture, health, education, the economy and the integrity of our natural environment. Sustainable Development Goal 6 is to ensure water and sanitation for all.

RAMOGE international oceanographic campaign. The volume of presentation of the results published on the website of the International Agreement

The RAMOGE international oceanographic campaign, coordinated on the Italian side by ISPRA and conducted in the summer of 2018 with the French oceanographic vessel "L'Atalante" Ifremer and the ROV Victor 6000, a robot capable of descending to a depth of 6000 m , has allowed the study of canyons and submarine mountains in the Ligurian Sea and to acquire information never previously collected.

Strategies for a sustainable city: Turin chooses the green

Apr 13, 2021 from 09:00 AM to 01:30 PM Webinar,
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. 

Hydrogen strategy and energetic transition

Mar 30, 2021 from 09:30 AM to 01:30 PM Online event,
Scenario and opportunities for a green Italy  Hydrogen produced from renewable sources will have an exceptional impact on the development of Italy, both from an industrial point of view and from an environmental sustainability point of view of the entire system, allowing to accelerate the decarbonization process towards an eco-sustainable model.

Train, plane, road or boat - which is greenest?

Traveling by plane, train or automobile: the most environmentally sound choice may not always be clear. The latest annual  Transport and Environment Report 2020 (TERM)  addresses the issue assessing the value of travel by train and plane, amid efforts to put in place the European Union’s green deal.

Our Italy

Mar 30, 2021 from 10:00 AM to 01:00 PM Online event,
Greener, more innovative and more inclusive: Legambiente's proposals for the National Recovery and Resilience Plan A greener, more sustainable, innovative and inclusive Italy.  This is the goal for Italy to achieve by 2030 if the Country will be able to make the best use of the opportunities and resources that Europe has made available to Italy with the Next Generation EU, putting in place an ambitious Recovery Plan that will support Italy to the ecological transition.

Portrait of the Week

Each week, the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification publishes the image and a description of people who play an important role in promoting the Convention goals. The month of March is dedicated to women and this Friday the Portrait of the Week is reserved to three women who are part of the Science Policy Interface, two eminent researchers, Nichole Barger and Everlyne Nairesiae, and one expert of ISPRA, Anna Luise.