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According to the document, commissioned by the three associations and created by Ecco and Artelys, the installation of new systems should grow at a rate 8 times faster than the current ones

On December 19th the dossier Stop pesticides on your plate, drawn up by Legambiente in collaboration with Alce Nero.Positive data emerge from the new annual report, which confirms the trend of reduction in the use of pesticides already underway in the recent years and bring Italy closer to the use thresholds set by the European Union.The studies were conducted on a sample of 6085 foods from conventional and organic farming, resulting in a very low percentage of irregular foods.These data confirm the leader position that Italy holds in the agri-food sector, thanks to an area of ​​2.3 million hectares of organic cultivation and with a UAA (Used Agricultural Surface) of 18.7%.Among the reassurances, Legambiente warns however that There are still many steps to be taken and, in this regard, makes some suggestions to overcome the critical issues and meet the needs of citizens' health and the well-being of the environment. From the data collected by Legambiente, both the percentag...

On the occasion of International Mountain Day, celebrated on 11 December, the fourth was presented Legambiente report and the Italian Geological Committee, Glacier Caravan 2023, the final work of the campaign which monitored the health of six glaciers along the entire Alpine range from August to September.The report shows how the climate crisis is hitting the ice sheets of the Alps hard: 2023 was a record negative climate year, with heat peaks at high altitudes, zero temperatures on peaks above 5000 meters and 144 extreme weather events recorded in the Alpine regions since January.The number of extreme events from 2010 to 2022 rises to 632, with three regions – Lombardy, Veneto and Piedmont – among the most affected. The Belvedere Glacier is one of those chosen for the study:located in the Monte Rosa group, it is the largest in Piedmont.Its surface area has shrunk by 20% from the 1950s to today.In the last ten years it has lost 70 meters of thickness.The persistence of clim...

Mild temperatures and low rainfall have reduced the Po level by 61%

The numbers from the Mal'Aria report estimate that 76% of large centers in Italy would be illegal according to European pollution standards