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Water, a common front against the climate crisis

In Parma on 14 and 15 July 2023 two days of study and discussion on the water resource and its delicate environmental, economic and social balance.

The centrality that the water resource is increasingly assuming in the environmental, economic and social balances requires a reflection on the part of the institutions and stakeholders on the sustainable management of the water resource. May's flood events in Emilia-Romagna teach us.

For these reasons, the Po River Basin District Authority has decided to organize, with the support of the Globe Italia National Climate Association, two study days on the subject, to formulate a series of concrete proposals, based on solid scientific foundations.

Climate national conference

Floods and droughts. What strategies to face the climate crisis?

After the floods that devastated Emilia Romagna and the prolonged droughts that increasingly affect different areas of the country, it is necessary to become aware of the close link between these phenomena and to share innovative strategies and solutions, to increase resilience of territories and cities. In the 4th edition of the Conference, together with experts, representatives of the business world and institutions, possible proposals, existing technologies and possible innovations will be addressed.

Fourth Meeting for the presentation of the Guidelines for the conservation of the Mediterranean trout and its habitat – LIFE STREAMS Az. E.1.2.

The fourth and last meeting of the LIFE STREAMS Project will take place on 26 June, for the presentation of the proposal for Guidelines for the conservation of the Mediterranean trout and its habitat, implemented in the context of Action C.5 of the project. . The meeting - which will be attended by the representatives of bodies, scientific and environmentalist associations - launches the public consultation phase on the Guidelines, which provide for conservation measures in particular to the managing bodies of Natura 2000 sites and protected natural areas, to the Regions and to the Hydrographic District Authorities. The Guidelines include indications for the conservation of the species even outside the protected areas and, in particular, concerning sport fishing.

Innovation for Drought and Agriculture

On the occasion of the World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought - 17 June - an event will take place on 19 June, organized as part of the activities set out in the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed by FAO with the Italian Research Institutes - ENEA, CNR, CREA and ISPRA - with the aim of improving sustainable food production and nutrition in developing countries.

Regional Conference on Water

Institutional representatives but also the main subjects involved in the protection of water, will discuss to deepen and analyze, also thanks to the collateral events of the Conference, all the issues connected to the water resource: drought, the possibilities of reusing purified water and the risk hydrogeological.

World day against desertification and drought

The "World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought" proclaimed by the United Nations with a 1995 resolution is celebrated every year on 17 June.

The proposed topic for 2023 is "Her Land. Her Rights". The UNCCD strongly urges greater access to rights to the land that women very often cultivate but often they do not have sufficient rights to own it or in any case manage it and are often the first victims of desertification.

The attention towards the role of women in the direct management of the soil of the UNCCD (United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification) has grown considerably in recent years, with the adoption in 2017 of a Gender Action Plan, first, and then with actions aimed at supporting national governments to adopt appropriate tools to promote gender equality and access to rights.

Water availability, reached an all-time low: maximum deficits in Sicily, Sardegna and in the Po river district

In 2022, about 20% of the national territory will be affected by extreme drought
June 17, 2023 World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought

The downward trend recorded by ISPRA in terms of national water availability continues in 2022, with an average value slightly exceeding 221 mm and a reduction of over 51% compared to the average referring to the period 1951-2022, hits an all-time low.

Sicily (–80.7%), Sardinia, (–73%) and the River Po River Basin District (–66%) are the areas most affected by the water deficit in 2022.

Drought, confirmed the growing trend. In 2022, about 20% of the national territory was in conditions of extreme drought and about 40% in severe and moderate drought. In terms of persistence of drought conditions, 2022 is the third most serious year in Italy, preceded only by 1990 and 2002

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BIGBANG model developed by ISPRA which analyzes the hydrological situation from 1951 to 2022 providing a detailed picture of the components of the hydrological balance and of the renewable water resource

The sustainable governance of water in the time of climate change

The EWA Foundation together with the National Council of Geologists (CNG) and the CNG Study Center Foundation organize the conference on the national and international scenario "The sustainable management of water in the time of climate change", which will be held on 16 June 2023 in

During the conference there will be the opportunity to deepen the strategies for adaptation and mitigation of hydro-geological risks

Third Meeting for the presentation of the Guidelines for the conservation of the Mediterranean trout and its habitat – LIFE STREAMS Az. E.1.2.

The third meeting of the LIFE STREAMS Project will take place on 14 June, for the presentation of the proposal for Guidelines for the conservation of the Mediterranean trout and its habitat. The meeting will take place at the headquarters of the Visitor Center of the Foreste Casentinesi, Monte Falterona and Campigna National Park - Bagno di Romagna (FC). The meeting - which will be attended by the representatives of institutions, scientific, environmental and fishing associations - launches the public consultation phase on the Guidelines, which provide for the conservation measures proposed in particular to the managing bodies of Natura 2000 sites and protected natural areas , the Regions and the Hydrographic District Authorities. The Guidelines include indications for the conservation of the species even outside the protected areas and, in particular, concerning sport fishing.

The Vice Mayor of the city of Chengdu in ISPRA with a delegation

On June 8, a Chinese delegation from the city of Chengdu took visited ISPRA. The delegation led by the Vice Mayor that included managers and officials of the Chengdu municipal administration and the Academy of Environmental Sciences discussed aspects related to drought, climate change and air quality with ISPRA experts. Chengdu city in the Sichuan province in southwest China is one of the most important economic centers in the country and has about 20 million inhabitants.

Sediment management in artificial reservoirs in a circular economy context

Possibilities for the reuse of sediments will be discussed and case histories of intervention will be presented. The event will end with a round table that will compare the points of view of: institutions, managers and the productive world

The climate of the future. The hotspots of change: from Antarctica to Cimone via the Himalayas

"We Nature returns" on 6 and 7 May, the second edition of the event dedicated to sustainability in which there will be space for talk shows dedicated to the climate and the environment with meteorologists, popularizers and experts. There are also workshops to discover the secrets of flora and fauna.
On 6 May at 10.00, at the meeting "The climate of the future. The hotspots of change: from Antarctica to Cimone passing through the Himalayas", the participation of an ISPRA researcher is expected.

Presentation "Atlas of Environmental Data "

As part of the Green Med Symposium, ISPRA presents a new publication which, thanks to maps, graphs and tables, will allow you to visualize the geographical distribution of the main environmental information.

Five thematic sections - geosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere, atmosphere and anthroposphere - to raise awareness of future challenges and contribute to the achievement of sustainable development goals, thanks to accurate and up-to-date scientific information.

The aim is to provide scientific information on soil, water, biodiversity, air, climate, waste, energy and the environmental impacts of human activities and, at the same time, to help raise awareness of environmental challenges.
The Atlas of environmental data integrates the EcoAtlante, the portal developed by ISPRA which offers a series of interactive cartographic paths useful for exploring the environmental data collected and cataloged in the National Environmental Information System, in line with the database of the Yearbook of environmental data, Yearbook of environmental data, which in line with the main national and international inter-thematic core sets, makes available over 300 statistical indicators on the state of the environment in Italy.

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Atlas of environmental data

ISPRA participates at the Green Med Symposium

From 3 to 5 may, in the Stazione marittima of Napoli, it will be held the Green Med Symposium, 3 days to talk about circular economy, emissions, drought and instability, soil regeneration and protection, sustainable agriculture. During the event, for the year consecutively, ISPRA will propose training courses addressed to expert, officials of Public Administrations and companies.

A district will be set up in which the experts will meet the schools and transfer to the youngest all they need to know to live in harmony with the environment.

Disaggregation of the SDG indicator 6.4.2 (level of water stress) by river basin

The 24 March in the whole of UN 2023 Water Conference it will be held side event organized by FAO in which the work, carried out by ISPRA in the context of an agreement with FAO and with the support of Istat, on the pilot case "Italy" and the disaggregation of the SDG 6.4.2 indicator at the scale of river basin district.
SDG 6.4.2 tracks the amount of freshwater withdrawn by all economic activities, relative to the total freshwater renewable resources available (net of environmental water needs). This indicator evaluates the water stress to which water bodies are subjected due to withdrawals.

The silent revolution of water

Data, tools and dialogue for sustainable governance

The new Directive (EU) 2020/2184 on the quality of water intended for human consumption introduces a holistic approach to water safety which provides for new models for analyzing and managing the risks of contamination extended from the natural water cycle to the integrated water cycle . The Directive revolutionizes the existing control system, with a preventive criterion, based on the analysis of potentially dangerous situations that could occur and introduces new and higher standards on the quality of water intended for human consumption.

The event is promoted as part of the WHOW (Water Health Open knowWledge) project, aimed at creating a European infrastructure capable of linking environmental and health data. These open data will be essential for identifying the relationships between the exploitation of water resources and the spread of diseases.

The meeting is open to researchers, technicians, sector operators and anyone interested in the topic.

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• Fare sistema: il valore dei dati acqua-salute
  Carmen Ciciriello, coordinatrice del Progetto WHOW

AQUAE! World Water Day 2023

The Conference, promoted by the University of Rome "Foro Italico" and by Siti, the Italian Society of Hygiene in partnership with ACEA, aims to explore the issues related to World Water Day and disseminate the UN Water Development Report 2023, this year entitled "Accelerating Partnership an Cooperation on Water".
The event is aimed not only at institutions and research bodies, but also at the general public and at Italian school children.

Final event of the 4th edition of the Valore Acqua Community for Italy

The meeting concludes the fourth year of activity of the Valore Acqua per l'Italia Community, the high-level discussion platform activated by The European House - Ambrosetti in 2019 which deals with the issue of water resource management as a driver of competitiveness and sustainable industrial development

Climate risk in North-Eastern Italy and adaptation initiatives in urban and agricultural areas

The study day will analyze two of the multiple factors that characterize climate risk in North-Eastern Italy, particularly in the Veneto and Friuli Venezia Giulia Regions, consisting of urban risk and agricultural risk. Both of these risk factors are linked to increases in temperature, variations in precipitation and greater duration and frequency of extreme climatic phenomena.

Lakes, mirror of climate change

Emerging phenomena, dynamics, potential and tools for the management and care of the Castelli Romani Park

The anthropic impact, emerging pollutants, senseless use put a strain on the quantity and quality of water almost everywhere on the planet, the safety of the territory and the health of citizens risk being endangered.

World Water Day 2023

World Water Day 2023 will focus on accelerating change to solve the water and sanitation crisis. Issues across the water cycle undermine progress on every major global issue, from health to hunger, gender equality to jobs, education to industry, disasters to peace.

In 2015, the world committed to achieving the 2030 Agenda's Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6 – the pledge that everyone will have safe water and sanitation management by 2030. Currently, this goal will be hardly accomplished.

The celebration of this World Water Day coincides with the start of the UN Water Conference 2023 (March 22-24, New York), the event is a unique opportunity to unite the world in order to solve the water crisis and sanitation, in the Italian delegation to the Conference there will also be a researcher from ISPRA.

In the side event organized by FAO, the work on the "Italy" pilot case and the disaggregation of the SDG 6.4.2 indicator (Level of water stress: freshwater withdrawal as a percentage of available freshwater resources) at district scale will be presented hydrographic, work conducted by ISPRA in the context of a specific agreement with FAO, and with the support of Istat

On 23 March ISPRA is organizing the conference "The silent revolution of water", promoted as part of the WHOW project (Water Health Open knowledge), whose objective is the creation of a distributed European infrastructure capable of connecting environmental and health data.

UN 2023 Water Conference

The second UN Conference on Water kicks off today in New York, co-organized by the Netherlands and Tajikistan with the United Nations.
During the opening ceremony, UN Secretary General Guterres reiterated the risk to resources and ecosystems due to water scarcity.
ISPRA is participating with the Italian delegation in the interactive dialogues on the theme of integration between States for the protection of water and ecosystems and for the mitigation of flood and drought risk in a constantly changing and evolving climate.

Water, Climate and Health: from the environmental protection of resources, to access to water, to safe use (ACeS)

With a directorial decree of 20 January 2023, the PNC-Water, Climate and Health project was financed by the Ministry of Health: from the environmental protection of resources, to access to water, to safety of use (ACeS), whose leader is the Abruzzo Region and ISPRA an operational unit.

Presentation of the third edition of Earth Technology Expo

The third edition of ETE will be held from 15 to 18 November 2023, on 21 February in Rome at the Civil Protection there will be the official presentation of the new edition. The participation of the ISPRA president, Stefano Laporta, is expected.

Earthquake event in Turkey, February 6, 2023

An earthquake of magnitude M 7.9 was localized at 02:17 Italian time on 6 February 2023 in the south-eastern part of Turkey, on the border with Syria. The earthquake had a hypocenter about 20 km deep and was strongly felt throughout the southern area of ​​Turkey and also in Syria.

Due to the high magnitude and relative proximity to the sea, the Tsunami Alert Center-INGV had issued a tsunami alert for the Mediterranean, the alert returned at 7.15 am Italian time.

ISPRA has the task of providing real-time sea level data detected by the tide gauge network to the INGV Tsunami Warning Centre, which verifies the possibility that a specific seismic event with an epicenter in the sea, or near areas coasts, can generate a tsunami, estimating the arrival times of the waves and the potentially affected coastal stretches. INGV avails itself of the collaboration of ISPRA for the confirmation of a possible tsunami and rapidly informs the DPC which is responsible for launching the alert throughout the national territory, mobilizing all the components of the civil protection system.

World Wetlands Day

World Wetlands Day is celebrated on 2 February each year to raise awareness of the important role these areas play for people and our planet. Wetlands, such as lagoons, are among the most productive environments in the world, characterized by a high biological diversity.

Effectiveness and problems of the new water management plans and flood risk

The first session will present the main themes of the Conference and in particular the future projections of the activities of the Eastern Alps District Basin Authority, to take into account the challenges that await us as a result of climate change and other issues and problems strictly related to the management of water resources, also in light of the drought that occurred during this 2022 and the immediate need for energy.

In Naples the meeting of experts for the implementation of the NEAMTWS strategy

The international working group that deals with implementing the strategy of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC-UNESCO) for the management of tsunami risk in the Mediterranean and in the eastern Atlantic, met in Naples on 28-30 November 2022. They were more than 60 experts were present, representing the institutions that manage the warning systems for earthquakes and the possible consequent tsunamis in the countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea basin and in the European part of the Atlantic Ocean.
The meetings served to present the progress of the systems for detecting rising sea level (for Italy, ISPRA with its monitoring stations is responsible) and rapid warning systems for tsunami-genic seismic phenomena.

Solutions for sustainable management of water resources in agriculture in the Mediterranean area

Third edition of Water Reuse Days of the project FIT4REUSE

Study Days: Water "from modifying to modified" - II Edition

The gradual end of the isolation due to the pandemic and the resumption of daily life, still characterized by fear of certain forms of sociability and awareness of technological fallibility, have accelerated the process of a conscious resumption of a healthy relationship with the territory.