Events and News

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

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).

Presentation of the ISPRA report. Status and trend of the main allergenic pollens in Italy (2003-2019)

On February 26, 2021, ISPRA will present the first national report on allergenic pollens in Italy. In fact, the Institute carries out monitoring, analysis and evaluation of allergenic pollens in Italy and coordinates the POLLnet network which collect the main experts in the sector of the regional agencies and autonomous provinces of Trento and Bolzano for environmental protection.

The report describes the state and trend of the main allergenic taxa present in Italy  from 2003 to 2019. During the event will be illustrated the knowledge on the main allergenic species present in Italy and the relationship between pollen and health.

Programme

Status and trend of the main allergenic pollens in Italy (2003-2019)

Video of the meeting

Progettazione agronomica del verde e allergie (Renato Ferretti)

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.

Greenhouse gas emissions: in 2020 estimated reduction of 9.8% compared to 2019

Based on the data available for 2020, a substantial reduction in greenhouse gas emissions at the national level is estimated, mainly due to the COVID-19 restrictions. Although the information necessary for a definitive estimate are still partial, in the past year emissions in Italy were 9.8% lower than in 2019, compared to an expected reduction in GDP of 8.9%.

Exposition of the Italian population to the air pollution and relation with Covid-19

Air pollution is one of the main causes of dead around the World, with negative effects linked with exposition in the short and long term. Recently some studies have searched connections also with the pandemic Covid-19. In order to analyze this potential association at Italian level, it is needed to investigate the whole Country, included urban and not urban areas.

Presentation of the SNPA Report "Air quality in Italy - first edition 2020"

On December 1 it will be presented the national report on air quality, in its first edition, in live streaming.

The volume, carried out as part of the activities of the National System for Environmental Protection (SNPA), describes the state and trend of atmospheric pollution in Italy in the decade 2010-2019 and contains a series of in-depth monographs useful to understand the phenomena and trends in progress.
One chapter is dedicated to air quality in Italy during the lockdown.

Clear improvement in air quality in Europe over the last decade: fewer deaths related to pollution

Thanks to better air quality, around 60,000 fewer people died prematurely due to fine particulate matter pollution in 2018, compared with 2009. However, the European Environment Agency's (EEA) latest official data show that almost all Europeans still suffer from air pollution, leading to about 400,000 premature deaths across the continent. 

Greenhouse gas emissions of industrial origin

2-4-9-11 december 2020

RSE (Energy System Research) and ISPRA aims to promote thematic interventions to involve Agencies of the National Network System for Environmental Protection (SNPA) affected by the topics covered. Over the four days the issues of diffuse emissions will be addressed through interventions by the institutions involved and operators in the industrial sector.

The climate has already changed

Impact, risks and policies for the adaptation
The 25 november in streaming live on Facebook page of Legambiente will be presented the report 2020 of the Observatory of Legambiente Climate City and the ten years of impacts monitoring on the Italian territory.

The chemical characterization of particulate matter

On November 19 and 20, will be held the interagencies study days, promoted by Assoarpa in collaboration with Arpa Marche and Arpa Friuli Venezia Giulia. This is the third national edition of this event that  started with the aim to continue the discussion within the SNPA on the topic of the chemical characterization of particulate matter, due to the positive results of the previous meetings held in ARPA Friuli Venezia Giulia, Tuscany and Sicily.

Pollution and contagion from Covid-19: the Italian Senate has approved the resolution of Ecomafie commission

The Senate approved on 5 August the resolution on the report of the Inquiry Commission on the waste cycle on Covid-19 (Ecomafie Commission), within which - following the hearings of Ispra and Iss - are also reported potential connection between air pollution and contagion between Sars-Cov-2 coronavirus. Concerning the possible relationship between atmospheric pollution and contagion, ISPRA is developing a complex and articulated scientific project in cooperation with ISS, ENEA and all the Regional Agencies for Environmental Protection.

Pact for the breath: together for nature wellbeing and human health

Small or medium-sized inhabited centers, in contexts with good and excellent air quality, the Borghi of the Breath are presented on first August in a seminar live on web.

Emissions of most harmful air pollutants dropped in 2018, marking EU progress under UN Convention

Covid-19 and air quality

Tuesday 7 July starting at 6.00 pm, the General Director of Ispra, Alessandro Bratti, will participate in the meeting "Covid-19 and air quality". The impacts of the lockdown on air quality and the alleged correlations between pollution and spread/impact of the virus will be discussed.

Webinar on pollution and Covid-19

The Air Pollution and COVID19 webinar aims to provide information operators of the National Health System (NHS) and the National System for Environmental Protection (SNPA) on the issues of the relationship between environmental exposures and health  the relationship between environment and health in the context of the COVID-19 epidemic with particular reference to air pollution. It is organized in cooperation with the Italian Association of Epidemiology and with the journal Epidemiology & Prevention, and is part of the RIAS program (CCM 2018 of the Ministry of Health).

Ispra expert is participating at the event.

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)

The emission in atmosphere in Italy

Videoconference, 21 april

The trend of national greenhouse gas emissions. Focus on emissions from agriculture and livestock. The contribution of indirect effect gases and particulates matter.

Next 21 April, ISPRA will presents a videoconference that describe the emission trend in Italy: a global and detailed picture of the Italian situation on the trend of greenhouse gases from 1990 to 2018, a preliminary estimate for 2019 and some considerations on the first quarter of 2020 An in-depth analysis on the main emissive activities of the agriculture sector and to the  mitigation systems will follow. The day includes also final analysis of the other gases that have an effect on the climate but also on air pollution in the strict sense, up to the particulate matter, also considering in this case the historical series from 1990 to 2018 and focusing the main drivers that influenced the trends analyzed.