The Department for the Geological Survey of Italy of ISPRA organizes the second edition of the Summer School “Copernicus for Cultural Heritage” – to be held in Rome, 18-20 June 2025
An international training event that combines earth observation technologies and cultural heritage protection
This year’s World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought focuses on one of the most pressing global challenges: restoring 1.5 billion hectares of degraded land and building a $1 trillion land restoration economy by 2030.
With the theme “Restoring Land. Unlocking Opportunities,” the 2025 celebration highlights how land restoration can create jobs, increase food and water security, support climate action, and build economic resilience.
More than half of global GDP depends on healthy ecosystems. Yet every year, an area the size of Egypt degrades, causing biodiversity loss, increasing drought risk, and displacing entire communities. The ripple effects are global, from rising food prices to instability and migration.
But land restoration turns the tables. Every dollar invested in restoration generates an economic return of $7 to $30. Revitalizing land restores productivity, strengthens water cycles, and supports millions of rural livelihoods.
The territorial events for the dissemination of the PNRR-PNC project “The good use of Green and Blue spaces for the promotion of health and well-being”, funded by the Ministry of Health, continue. The next one will be held on June 19 in Rome, at the Forma Spazi Congress Center in via Cavour, where the activities concluded and those in progress will be presented, with the aim of continuing the dialogue with all the institutional actors involved and the interested stakeholders who have accompanied the activities since the first steps of the project.
Presentation of a new index to communicate environmental improvement
In recent years, the complexity of environmental and regulatory data has made it difficult for local authorities to coordinate and communicate their actions effectively. To respond to this challenge, the WA2NNA-BEST index, developed by the LIFE HELP project, will be presented in Rome on 18 June 2025: a self-assessment tool designed to support EMAS municipalities and local administrations in monitoring and communicating environmental performance. The index covers six thematic areas – air, water, waste, noise, biodiversity, energy/climate – and is based on scientifically sound indicators that are consistent with current regulations. The conference will illustrate how this tool can simplify environmental communication, strengthen transparency towards citizens, encourage the exchange of good practices and contribute to achieving the objectives of the 2030 Agenda
Geneva
ISPRA participates in the Eighth Session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (GP2025) underway in Geneva
Valencia
ISPRA participates in the eighth General Assembly of the Copernicus Climate Change Service
Isola di Jeju, Repubblica di Corea
The meeting of the Multidisciplinary Scientific Advisory Group of Experts (MESAG) of the seventh edition of the Global Earth Outlook is underway in the Republic of Korea
European Parliament Environment Committee approves Soil Monitoring and Resilience Directive
World Environment Day 2025
Milano, Museo della Scienza e Tecnologia “Leonardo da Vinci”
Green&Blue Festival 2025
09:00
Rome, - Palazzo Corsini - Via della Lungara 10
Landslides: What we know and what we do to defend ourselves; what we should know and do to defend ourselves better
10:30
Rome, Centro congressi Roma Eventi-Fontana di Trevi, Piazza della Pilotta, 4
Project LIFE Help
Roma, Parco Regionale dell’Appia Antica, Ex Cartiera Latina, via Appia Antica, 42 e Online
Summer School “Copernicus for Cultural Heritage"
09:30
Rome
General States of Environmental Information
09:30
Monreale (PA), Abbazia di San Martino delle Scale
7th RaStEM Workshop: a support tool for the design of hydrogeological risk mitigation interventions
10:00
Rome, Centro Congressi Forma Spazi, via Cavour 181
The good use of green and blue spaces for the promotion of health and well-being: the role of stakeholders
Punta del Este (Uruguay)
UNEP Intergovernmental Meeting to Consider Establishment of New Science Policy Expert Group
Montefiascone, Biblioteca comunale, Via San Pietro 33
Communicating ecology with science: the Pescasseroli Charter journey at the Montefiascone Integral Ecology Festival
00:00
Geneva
ISPRA participates in the Eighth Session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (GP2025) underway in Geneva
00:00
Valencia
ISPRA participates in the eighth General Assembly of the Copernicus Climate Change Service
00:00
Isola di Jeju, Repubblica di Corea
The meeting of the Multidisciplinary Scientific Advisory Group of Experts (MESAG) of the seventh edition of the Global Earth Outlook is underway in the Republic of Korea
European Parliament Environment Committee approves Soil Monitoring and Resilience Directive
00:00
World Environment Day 2025
00:00
Milano, Museo della Scienza e Tecnologia “Leonardo da Vinci”
Green&Blue Festival 2025
09:00
Rome, - Palazzo Corsini - Via della Lungara 10
Landslides: What we know and what we do to defend ourselves; what we should know and do to defend ourselves better
