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The National Plan for Adaptation to Climate Change has been approved

January 2024

The Ministry of Environment and Energy Security (MASE) has announced theapproval of the National Climate Change Adaptation Plan (PNACC).
The main objective of the PNACC is to provide national guidance for the implementation of actions aimed at minimizing risks from climate change, improving the adaptive capacity of natural, social and economic systems as well as taking advantage of any opportunities that may arise with new climate conditions.
The PNACC includes a cognitive framework on climate and climate change impacts in Italy, outlines actions and strategies for adaptation, and establishes a national governance structure.
Methodologies are also proposed for the definition of adaptation strategies and plans at regional and local level.

Climate Monitoring for Italy

September 1923

L'Istituto di Scienze dell'Atmosfera e del Clima (CNR-ISAC) promuove e sviluppa una comprensione scientifica integrata dell'atmosfera, dell’oceano e dei loro processi, tramite un approccio multidisciplinare che combina capacità scientifiche e tecnologiche nei settori della meteorologia, della climatologia, della dinamica dell'atmosfera, della composizione chimica, e dell'osservazione della terra, realizzando ricerca fondamentale teorica, sperimentale e modellistica, e valutazioni di impatto. L'ISAC è il principale Istituto del CNR per la ricerca nelle Scienze dell'Atmosfera, organizzato in 7 unità territoriali, 7 osservatori permanenti, che comprendono anche 1 Stazione Globale e 3 Stazioni Regionali del Programma Global Atmosphere Watch della World Meteorological Organization e 2 supersiti atmosferici. L'ISAC è riconosciuto internazionalmente attraverso le sue collaborazioni con numerosi laboratori europei e centri di ricerca mondiali. ISAC makes available data related to monitoring and assessment of the state of the Italian climate: monthly climate bulletins showing the state of the Italian climate and ranking of the latest monthly/seasonal/annual anomaly within the context of the last two centuries of climate variability (http://www.isac.cnr.it/climstor/climate_news.html) e numerosi altri set di dati climatici (http://www.isac.cnr.it/climstor/CLIMATE_DATA/index.html).

Climate Monitoring for Italy

September 1923

International Transport Forum 2023 Summit

24/26 May 2023 - Leipzig

The 2023 International Transport Forum Summit on Transport Enabling Sustainable Economies will take place from 24 to 26 May 2023 in Leipzig, Germany, under the Presidency of the United Kingdom.

Participants at the 2023 Summit will reflect and share perspectives on the role of transport as an enabler of economic growth that also drives environmental and social sustainability.
The Summit programme has been prepared in collaboration with the International Transport Forum’s 64 member countries, with input from a wide range of stakeholders.
Numerous events will cover, among others, many aspects related to decarbonisation in transport sector.

Winter tourism and climate change in the Italian Alps: a study analyzes the relationship between tourist flows and meteorological conditions, and provides an estimate of the potential losses for the sector

February 2023

The study, published in the Bank of Italy's Questioni di Economia e Finanza series, uses an econometric model to analyze the relationship between snowfall, ski lift use and tourist stays in 39 Italian alpine resorts over the past two decades.
The results indicate a positive and significant relationship between snowfall and winter tourist flows. Based on the main meteorological projections available, in the coming years climate change could have significant effects on the number of ski passes sold in the ski areas and on overnight stays in Alpine resorts, especially at lower altitudes. Artificial snowmaking would not be sufficient to sustain tourist flows, and it seems appropriate to think about other adaptation strategies as well.

Let's start 2023 with good news:
The ozone layer is on track to recover its integrity within four decades, contributing positively to efforts to mitigate the effects of climate change.

9 January 2023

The quadriennial assesement report released by Scientific Panel of the Montreal Protocol, confirms the phase-out of almost 99% of banned substances.
This contributes to the preservation of the ozone layer in the upper stratosphere with a consequent reduction in human exposure to harmful ultraviolet radiation.
If current policies remain in place, the ozone layer is expected to return to 1980 values (before the hole appeared) by 2066 for the Antarctic, by 2045 for the Arctic and by 2040 for the rest of the world.
The effects will also be positive on the climate front, because within the framework of the Protocol in addition to the ban on ozone-depleting chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) the phasing out of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), which have a strong greenhouse effect, is also planned.

The CCRR-Lab carries out consultancy work within the framework of the agreement between the Lombardy Region and the Polytechnic University of Milan (DAStU) for the construction of the Regional Strategy for Inner Areas

october 2022

The Lombardy Region has entered into an agreement with the Department of Architecture and Urban Studies - DAStU (scientific director Prof. Alessandro Coppola) for a collaboration aimed at building a Regional Strategy for Internal Areas. The work is expected to support projects in the Lombardy inner areas by systematizing European, national and regional development and investment funds.
The technical-scientific activities entrusted to the DAStU cover the following topics:
- accompaniment of the territories in the construction of strategies;
- support in the implementation of a participatory approach to planning;
- support for planning and policy design activities of inner areas;
- selection of effective implementation policies with the best impact on the affected populations;
- dissemination of intermediate and final results through workshops and public seminars.
Within the activities of the DAStU working group, the CCRR-Lab performs advisory and support functions on issues related to climate change, natural risks and biodiversity.

cmcc - euro-mediterranean center on climate changes

october 2022

The Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change (CMCC) is an Italian research center dedicated to climate and climate related research, including climate variability with its causes and consequences, conducted through numerical models ranging from Global Earth System to regional models in the Euro-Mediterranean area.

Established in 2005, in 2015 the CMCC became a foundation whose members are:
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia
Università degli Studi del Salento
Centro Italiano Ricerche Aerospaziali
Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia
Università di Sassari
Università della Tuscia
Politecnico di Milano
Resources for the Future
Università di Bologna

The first edition of the sea level rise conference will take place in venice

17/18 October 2022 – Venice – Scuola Grande di San Giovanni Evangelista

The conference will bring together researchers, stakeholders and policy professionals to exchange on sea level change in Europe. This first edition will take place at the Scuola Grande San Giovanni Evangelista of Venice, one of Europe's foremost coastal cities challenged by sea level rise. The conference is organized by the Knowledge Hub on Sea Level Rise (a joint effort between JPI Climate and JPI Oceans) in collaboration with its italian partners (CMCC, CORILA and OGS) and with endorsement by the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development .

The Municipality of Brescia and the Politecnico di Milano (CCRR-Lab) signed the agreement for drafting the strategy for the diffusion of green roofs and for urban depaving plan.

maggio 2022 – Brescia

The Municipality of Brescia has entrusted the CCRR-Lab of the Politecnico di Milano with consultancy for the Strategy of diffusion of green roofs and the Implementation Plan for urban depaving. These tools will make it possible to give a strong impetus to the implementation of integrated and widespread interventions of mitigation and of adaption to climate change. The consultancy is part of the planning activities aimed at implementing the Brescia climate transition strategy. This activity has three major objectives. The first intends to classify the public and private roofs of the city by levels of suitability for the construction of green roofs and publicly owned paved areas by levels of suitability for de-paving. The second aims to quantify the potential for intervention over time in order to understand the effectiveness of green roofs and depaving on improving climate comfort and reducing flooding.The third aims at attributing, for the areas deemed most suitable, the types and criteria of intervention and the related parametric costs.

National Conference on Sustainable Development

21 June 2022 - 9: 00/16: 30 - Hybrid event - Castelporziano presidential estate - Rome

The Conference aims to be an important moment of public sharing to present the SNSvS22 and tell the path that led to its revision and for reflecting on the new forms of collaboration and participation for its implementation, focusing on the issues of territorialization, coherence of policies, culture for sustainability, young people and education. The Conference will also give the opportunity to describe the process of preparing the Voluntary National Review (VNR), and the related local voluntary reviews (VLR), which will be presented to the UN next July.

Until 30 June it is possible to apply for the competition on Circular Economy reserved to the students of Italian universities.

30 june 2022

The competition, launched by URSA Italia in collaboration with the RUS - Network of Universities for Sustainable Development within the ISOLA URSAcultural project, aims to promote the involvement of new generations in the processes of innovation, research and development regarding environmental sustainability and more specifically aims to stimulate university students to deal with the design problems connected to the circular economy. Up for grabs is a scholarship of 15,000 euros for a second level postgraduate diploma.

7th Annual Global Conference on Energy Efficiency

7/9 june 2022

The International Energy Agency’s 7th Annual Global Conference on Energy Efficiency will bring together ministers, CEOs and decision-makers from government, industry and civil society to explore how international ambition on energy efficiency can be translated into faster and stronger real-world progress. It will focus in particular on implementation over the next 5-10 years, to achieve the gains that are needed on the global path to net zero.
This year’s Annual Conference is jointly organised by the IEA and the Danish Ministry of Climate, Energy and Utilities and will be hosted by Denmark in the city of Sønderborg.

News and studies on the changing climate

may 2022

Climalteranti is an information and discussion site/blog on the topic of climate change online since 2008 which aims to be a reference point for finding information about climate change and a space for discussion on Italian climate policies. Thanks to the contribution of a scientific committee made up of members who belong to the academic world, the professions and journalism, the site manages to combine a militant approach with the rigor of the contributions and the quality of the documentation provided.
It is known, among other things, for hosting the "Some Like it Hot" prize, awarded annually to the Italian person or organization that has distinguished itself in spreading incorrect arguments and news on the phenomenology of climate change and on its impacts, and on the costs and benefits of mitigation measures.

FORTY YEARS AGO WAS ESTABLISHED CONOU, THE FIRST ENTITY IN ITALY MEANT TO IMPLEMENT A SEPARATE COLLECTION OF USED LUBRICANT OIL

may 2022

In the first year of activity, the consortium collected about 50 thousand tons of used lubricants, then the quantities increased to reach 187 thousand tons of oil collected in 2018 with the production of 123 thousand tons of regenerated base oil. It is an example of a realized circular economy, an authentic Italian and European primacy: almost 100% of the oil used - double the European average - is in fact regenerated and becomes new base oil). This means savings in energy bills, in water and soil consumption and in CO2 emissions.

THE SYMBIOSIS PLATFORM, DEVELOPED BY ENEA, HAS THE OBJECTIVE OF CREATING NETWORKS AND MECHANISMS OF INDUSTRIAL SYMBIOSIS

may 2022

The Laboratory for the Enhancement of Resources in Productive and Territorial Systems (RISE) of the SSPT Department of ENEA has been managing for some years the Symbiosis platform, in which numerous experiences of industrial symbiosis are reported.
RISE's many years of experience on issues relating to efficiency in the use of resources is made available to the PA and to companies through the development, qualification and dissemination of advanced methods and techniques in the field of industrial activities. In fact, the efficiency with which the resources are used is very low and the pollution associated with emissions that occur throughout the life cycle of the products is still too high. In this regard, the goal of increasing industrial symbiosis through the transfer of resources, such as materials (by-products or waste), energy waste, services and skills, between two or more dissimilar industries has recently been identified.

The third volume of the IPCC's Sixth Assessment Report on climate change mitigation, with an in-depth analysis of the Italian situation, is now available on the IPCC - Focal point for Italy website

5 aprile 2022

This volume addresses all aspects of mitigation, from the more strictly economic to the political and social ones, including for the first time a chapter dedicated to innovation and technological progress towards decarbonisation.
In addition to the most complete and up-to-date assessment of climate change mitigation, the site refers to actions, strategies, policies and technologies to limit or prevent greenhouse gas emissions.

webinar: Cities' commitment to climate neutrality

7 Aprile 2022 – 10:00/12:00 AM – Online event

New EU targets aim to achieve a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions of at least 55% below 1990 levels by 2030 and to be climate neutral by 2050. Italy is committed to implement these objectives on a national level. Without a greater involvement of cities, it won't be possible to implement this demanding decarbonisation path towards climate neutrality.⁵

THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CIRCULAR ECONOMY RETURNS IN-PERSON

5 April 2022 - 9:30 AM/12:30 PM - Roma

The conference, now in its fourth edition, constitutes an important opportunity for discussing the role that circular economy can play in a difficult international situation - characterized by the shortage of raw material and increasing prices - leveraging on efficient use of resources and on industrial symbiosis.
During the event, the Report on the Circular Economy in Italy, produced by the Circular Economy Network in collaboration with ENEA, will be presented.

La Sostenibilità per i Territori. Dalla Strategia Nazionale alle Agende territoriali per lo sviluppo sostenibile: costruzione collaborativa di un percorso di accompagnamento ai territori

23 March 2022 - 10:00 AM/1:30 PM - Hybrid event - Base Milano, via Bergognone 34, Milano

The Conference - organized by the Italin Ministry for Ecological Transition- aims to highlight the experiments currently underway in the Regions and in the Metropolitan Cities, starting the participatory construction of a new path of cooperation with the territories, expanding and strengthening their involvement in the declination of the National Strategy for Sustainable Development and in the definition of Territorial Agendas.
The members of the CCRR-Lab will participate in the workshop.

Le strategie per l’attuazione dell’Agenda Metropolitana Urbana per lo Sviluppo Sostenibile

22 marzo 2022 – 9:00/16:30 – Evento in presenza – Base Milano, via Bergognone 34, Milano

Event organized by the CMM (Metropolitan City of Milano).
The construction of the urban metropolitan Agenda for sustainable development was the occasion to become aware of the meaning and value of the 2030 Agenda in order to implement it at a territorial level. With the day's work this awareness is shared with the territory and becomes a moment of confrontation.
The members of the CCRR-Lab will participate in the workshop.

PUTTING INTO PRACTICE THE METROPOLITAN AGENDA FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: BUILDING TRANSFORMATIVE COMMUNITIES THROUGH THE KNOWLEDGE OF DATA AND NEW GOVERNANCE MODELS

28 Febbraio 2022 – 9:30/13:00 – Evento in presenza e online – Palazzo Isimbardi – Milano

During the event, the results of the research project "Productive Areas, Pro-adaptive Areas" will be presented.

The Municipality of Bergamo and the "Parco dei Colli di Bergamo" Regional Park approved THE CLIMATIC TRANSITION STRATEGY, WITH A SPECIFIC SCIENTIFIC CONTRIBUTION OF THE CCRR-LAB.

november 2021 – Bergamo

The Climate Transition Strategy (CTS) is a programmatic and operational tool to achieve, in the next decade, some of the intermediate objectives of the climate transition.
Aware that climate change has no administrative borders, the Municipality of Bergamo together with the Parco dei Colli di Bergamo Regional Park developed a project involving Bergamo and the hills to the north that belong to other municipalities.

The Municipality of Brescia approved the Climate Transition Strategy, with an important scientific contribution by CCRR-Lab

9 March 2022 - Brescia

The Climate Transition Strategy (CTS) is a programmatic and operational tool to achieve the challenging objectives of the climate transition in the next 30 years.
The CTS is conceived as a flexible and progressive tool, which verifies its effectiveness over time and is capable of modifying itself in order to achieve the performance of urban and territorial quality contained in the vision. The CTS is characterized by the adoption of a systemic approach, and is oriented towards achieving progressive conditions of sustainability and towards enhancing the resilient capacity of the Brescia community and its surrounding area.

AP+A OPENING CONFERENCE

24 November 2020 - 9:30 AM/12:30 PM - Online event - Politecnico di Milano

The research project "Productive Areas, Pro-adaptive Areas" is promoted by the Politecnico di Milano, Department of Architecture and Urban Studies, and is funded by the Ministry of the Environment.