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Verso il reporting elettronico della Direttiva Quadro
sulle Acque – Requisiti utente
(Towards reporting of the Water Framework Directive -user
requirements)
This document presents the results of
user requirements analysis of the system to be used for reporting
of the Water Framework Directive. The system is the main component
of Italian WISE National Node, and has to be compliant with WISE
(Water Information System for Europe). Data flow is based on data
specifications elaborated by European working groups on WFD
reporting, to which the authors participate. Related workflow is
also analysed. Requirements definition has been approved by
the working group APAT, ARPA and APPA, created in the
framework of the Action Plan of environmental agencies on
implementation of Dir. 2000/60/CE.
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Carbon Dioxide Intensity Indicators
The aim of this report is to present key environmental indicators,
related to carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, in order to report, on a
regular and consistent basis, on the main driving forces and
highlight the progress at national level in a number of sectoral
areas. The time series of indicators from 1990 to 2006 is
described. The list of indicators responds to the Commission
Decision n° 2005/166/EC of February 10th 2005 which, among
other requirements, establishes that, by January 15th 2005 and each
year thereafter, Member States shall report information on
indicators referring on Article 3 (1)(j) of Decision N°
280/2004/EC. At European level and Member States level, the
indicators presented in the report are useful to answer to several
main policy questions, including the progress made by European
Union and Member States in reducing total and sectoral greenhouse
gas emissions and progress in improving emission intensity and
energy efficiency of the main sectors.
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Quality Assurance/Quality Control Plan for the Italian
Emission Inventory. Year 2008
This document summarizes the specific Quality Assurance (QA)
Quality Control (QC) activities and different verification
procedures which are applied thoroughly the 2008 inventory
compilation as part of the estimation process. In addition to a
description of the current activities applied and of the
documentation, archiving and reporting process, a specific section
illustrates the main findings and recommendations of the latest
review process, which took place in June 2007, together with the
response and actions undertaken by the inventory team. Further
improvements and planned QA activities for the next years are also
presented.
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Quality Assurance/Quality Control Plan for the Italian
Emission Inventory. Year 2007
This document summarizes
the specific Quality Assurance (QA) Quality Control (QC) activities
and different verification procedures which are applied thoroughly
the 2007 inventory compilation as part of the estimation
process.
In addition to a description of the current activities applied and
of the documentation, archiving and reporting process, a specific
section illustrates the main findings and recommendations of the
latest review process together with the response and actions
undertaken by the inventory team.
Further improvements and planned QA activities for the next years
are also presented.
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Radio Vaticana dal controllo al risanamento - 5 anni di
indagini ambientali sui livelli di campo elettromagnetico (Vatican
Radio from controls to reclamation - 5 years of environmental
surveys on the levels of electromagnetic field)
This
technical report represents an overview of the historical evolution
of Vatican Radio looking at the electromagnetic emissions from the
Transmission Center in Rome. It also explains the fundamental
concepts of broadcasting and measuring electromagnetic waves. In
fact, APAT has carried out, since 2000, many measurement campaigns
with the aim of reducing the intensity of emissions in combined
ways and many monitoring stations have been installed to verify the
maintenance under legislative limits in force of electromagnetic
fields. This report is not only for technical use, its language is
simple and suitable for a large target of public.
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European Pollutant Release and Transfer Register
The present work provides with the technical
information to establish a national PRTR (Pollutant Release and
Transfer Register). The content of this document will be the
technical appendixes to the national legislation which is going to
be issued to support the implementation of the Regulation EC
166/2006 of European Parliament and Council of 18 January 2006
concerning the establishment of a European Pollutant Release and
Transfer Register. Because of the introduction of a penalty system,
the present work provides relevant hints to carry out the quality
assessment on the PRTR reports and to fill in the “Quality
assessment review”, which the appointed authorities are
requested to make and send to APAT. The “Guidelines”
and the “Questionnaire”, which are both intended for
the reporting facilities, describe the criteria for the
implementation of a national system for the reporting of emissions
and transfers of pollutant from industrial facilities under the new
national PRTR. The national PRTR will be publicly accessible.
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Environment and health risks from climate change and
variability in Italy
The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Italian Agency for
Environmental Protection and Technical Services (Agenzia per la
Protezione dell' Ambiente e per i servizi Tecnici, APAT) are
collaborating in a project on climate change and health. This
report is one of the results of that project. Climate change is
already having an effect in Italy, as elsewhere. The global effects
of an increasing concentration of greenhouse gases in the
atmosphere are reflected in the growing number of extreme weather
events, such as heat-waves and intense rainfall. These have various
consequences for the health of a population, both directly in terms
of mortality and morbidity, and indirectly through changes in the
ecosystem. As there has been, as yet, no systematic national
climate change impact assessment in Italy, this report is a
preliminary evaluation of the situation, using international and
national literature and with the help of expert advice. The aim is
to assess the potential risks of climate change to human health in
Italy, to see what adaptive and preventive measures are available
and to suggest what may be additionally needed.
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Italian Greenhouse Gas Inventory 1990-2005. National
Inventory Report 2007
This document summarizes the Italian submission of the
greenhouse gas inventory in the framework of the United Nation
Convention of Climate Change (UNFCCC), the Kyoto Protocol, and the
European Union’s Greenhouse Gas Monitoring Mechanism.
In addition to the compilation of the inventory according to the
required formats, each Party to the Convention shall submit a
report, the National Inventory Report, with a description of the
methodologies, the sources of basic data and emission factors used
to carry out emission estimates, as well as an explanation of the
Quality Assurance/Quality Control procedures applied to the
inventory.
In summary, total greenhouse gas emissions, in CO2 equivalent,
excluding emissions and removals of CO2 from land use, land use
change and forestry, increased by 12.1% between 1990 and 2005 (from
517 to 580 million CO2 equivalent tons), while the national Kyoto
target is a reduction of 6.5% as compared the base year levels by
the period 2008-2012.
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Quality Assurance/Quality Control Plan for the Italian
Emission Inventory. Year 2006
This document summarizes the specific Quality Assurance (QA) and
Quality Control (QC) activities and different verification
procedures which are applied thoroughly to the 2006 inventory
compilation as a part of the estimation process.
In addition to a description of the current activities and of the
documentation, archiving and reporting process, a specific section
illustrates the main findings and recommendations of the latest
review process together with the response and actions undertaken by
the inventory team.
Further improvements and planned QA activities for the next years
are also presented.
ISBN 978-88-448-0315-5
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Quality Assurance/Quality Control Plan for the Italian
Emission Inventory. Procedures manual
This document describes the Quality Assurance (QA) Quality
Control (QC) activities and verification procedures to be followed
during the inventory preparation.
The Agency for Environmental Protection and Technical Services
prepares the Italian emission inventory and is responsible for
coordinating the institutional and procedural arrangements for
inventory activities; specifically, data collection in terms of
activity data, emission factors and other parameters, selection of
methods, estimation of emissions and removals, uncertainty
assessment, QA/QC and verification activities, documentation and
archiving. A QA/QC and verification programme contributes to the
objectives of good practice in inventory development, namely to
improve transparency, consistency, comparability, completeness and
accuracy of national emission inventories and to assure the
timeliness of submission as requested by the United Nations
Framework Convention on Climate Change and the European
Union’s Greenhouse Gas Monitoring Mechanism and the Kyoto
Protocol.
ISBN 978-88-448-0314-8
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Carbon Dioxide Intensity Indicators
The aim of this report is to present key environmental
indicators, related to carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, in order to
report, on a regular and consistent basis, on the main driving
forces and highlight the progress at a national level in a number
of sectoral areas.
The list of indicators responds to the Commission Decision n°
2005/166/EC of February 10th 2005 which, among other requirements,
establishes that, by January 15th 2005 and each year thereafter,
Member States shall report information on indicators referring on
Article 3 (1)(j) of Decision N° 280/2004/EC. At European level
and Member States level, the indicators presented in the report are
useful to answer to several main policy questions, including the
progress made by European Union and Member States in reducing total
and sectoral greenhouse gas emissions and progress in improving
emission intensity and energy efficiency of the main sectors.
ISBN 978-88-448-0316-2
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