NATIONAL ADAPTATION POLICY PROCESSES IN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES

Executive summary

APRILE 2014

a cura di European Environment Agency

 

This report provides a Europe‑wide state of play for adaptation activities. It offers up‑to‑date and targeted information to support the development, implementation and evaluation of national adaptation policies and measures addressing climate change.
The intended users are policymakers and decision‑makers coordinating adaptation across or within particular sectors. It is also of relevance to practitioners such as public authorities and utility providers (water, energy, transport).
This report draws on the results of a self‑assessment survey conducted on national adaptation policy processes in Europe. In May 2013, the survey was sent out by the European Environment…

URBAN RESILIENCE: LIFE+ PROJECTS AND EUROPEAN POLICIES

LIFE | PLATFORM MEETING

APRILE 2014

Summary report.

《Urban resilience can be defined as the ability of an urban territory/community exposed to hazards such as Climate Change, disaster, economic and social poverty, to resist, absorb, accommodate to and recover from these. A resilient approach addresses the following stakes:
– Reduction of the environmental impacts of the cities/territories (pollution/wastes)
– Mitigation/Adaptation to climate change
– Answer to economic and social issues … 》

IL CONSUMO DI SUOLO IN ITALIA

ISPRA | Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale

MARZO 2014

a cura di Michele Munafò (ISPRA) e Ilaria Tombolini (c/o ISPRA)

 

Il suolo: una risorsa da tutelare.
Il suolo è una risorsa naturale limitata, di fatto non rinnovabile, necessaria non solo per la produzione alimentare e il supporto alle attività umane, ma anche per la chiusura dei cicli degli elementi nutritivi e per l’equilibrio della biosfera. È un sottile mezzo poroso e biologicamente attivo, risultato di complessi e continui fenomeni di interazione tra le attività umane e i processi chimici e fisici che avvengono nella zona di contatto tra atmosfera,…

MAPPING SMART CITIES IN THE EU

PARLAMENTO EUROPEO | COMMISSIONE ITRE PER L’INDUSTRIA, LA RICERCA E L’ENERGIA

GENNAIO 2014

Directorate general for internal policies – Policy Department A: Economic and scientific Policy

 

《La Commissione ITRE per l’Industria, la ricerca e l’energia del Parlamento europeo pubblica il documento “Mapping Smart Cities in EU”: non solo una mappa dettagliata delle smart city più avanzate in Europa, ma un’attenta analisi sullo stato dell’arte in tema di città intelligente.

Secondo il rapporto, il movimento delle Smart City, pur essendo embrionale, potrebbe essere il modello di successo se si allinea con il tema dello sviluppo della città e con la pianificazione strategica di Europa2020 … 》

INCEPTION REPORT: STUDY ON PROMOTING MULTI-LEVEL GOVERNANCE IN SUPPORT OF EUROPE 2020

EUROPEAN COMMISSION | Regional and Urban Policy

DICEMBRE 2013

a cura di: Kai Böhme, Sabine Zillmer, Sofie Jæger & Frank Holstein (Spatial Foresight) Lisa Hörnström, Alex Dubois & Stefanie Lange-Scherbenske (Nordregio)

《The aim of this study on promoting multi-level governance in support of Europe 2020 is to generate lessons learned from existing experience and to stimulate the learning and transfer between regions. The study focuses on both the analysis and facilitation of transfer processes.
This is a revised version of the Inception Report of the DG Regio study on promoting multilevel governance in support of Europe 2020 Pubblicato in 3 - Report

THE SWEDISH TAX ON NITROGEN OXIDE EMISSION – LESSONS IN ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY REFORM

OECD ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY PAPER

DICEMBRE 2013

Secretary-General of the OECD

 

《Sweden was facing a serious soil acidification and water eutrophication problem caused partly by emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOx) from combustion processes in transport, industry and power.

In 1992, Sweden introduced a high tax on NOx emissions from large combustion sources (e.g. power plants, industrial plants, waste incinerators). The tax was accompanied by a refund according to the amount of energy generated. This ensures that facilities with low NOx emission intensitites are net beneficiaries of the scheme. Continuous monitoring of emissions was also made mandatory. The tax was designed to accelerate and stimulate investment in advanced combustion and pollution-abatement technologies…

IL RECUPERO E LA RIQUALIFICAZIONE ENERGETICA DEL PATRIMONIO EDILIZIO

CAMERA DEI DEPUTATI – XVII LEGISLATURA

NOVEMBRE 2013

dossier predisposto dal Servizio Studi – Dipartimento ambiente in collaborazione con l’istituto di ricerca CRESME

《Il documento intende fornire una stima dell’impatto economico delle detrazioni fiscali per il recupero e la ristrutturazione edilizia, nonché la riqualificazione energetica del patrimonio edilizio.

Le predette agevolazioni dispiegano rispettivamente i propri effetti nel mercato dal 1998 e dal 2007 e la loro applicabilità è stata oggetto di numerose proroghe nel corso degli anni, nonché di modifiche che hanno inciso sulle aliquote, sui limiti massimi di spesa, sulle … 》

REDRAWING THE ENERGY-CLIMATE MAP

World Energy Outlook Special Report

GIUGNO 2013

a cura di IEA | International Energy Agency

 

Governments have decided collectively that the world needs to limit the average global temperature increase to no more than 2 oC and international negotiations are engaged to that end. Yet any resulting agreement will not emerge before 2015 and new legal obligations will not begin before 2020. Meanwhile, despite many countries taking new actions, the world is
drifting further and further from the track it needs to follow.
The energy sector is the single largest source of climate-changing greenhouse-gas emissions and limiting these is an essential focus of action….