Environmental crimes

Over the last few years, the great attention to environmental issues resulted in a larger number of proceedings at the Public Prosecutor’s Offices (Procure della […]

Report SDGs 2018

On 25 September 2015, the UN-Assembly General adopted the 2030 Agenda for sustainable development (UN Resolution A7RES/70/1, New York), in which the Global Goals are […]

Istat water statistics

Upon the occasion of the 2018 World Water Day, established by the United Nations and celebrated on March 22, Istat provides a summary of the […]

Enterprises and environment

In 2015 the environmental protection expenditure for industry was 1,405 million of euros of which 979 million of euros were investments in equipment and plant […]

Water census

The volume of water abstracted for drinking use amounted to 9.5 billion cubic meters in 2015, broadly stable compared to 2012 (+0.3%) 84.3% of the […]

Quarries and mines

Mining and quarrying survey results are disseminated by Istat today. The years 2013, 2014 and preliminary estimates on 2015 are investigated. Statistics deal with no […]

Environmental protection investments

In 2014 investments for environmental protection of industrial companies decreased for the second year in a row, with a decline of 19.7 % compared to […]

Urban environment

The orientation of city governments to sustainable management and to implement “smart city” policies is described by grouping the response indicators related to eight environmental […]

Citizens’ satisfaction

After five years, in 2016 the percentage of population that were highly satisfied with their life (answering 8, 9 or 10) grew: from 35.1% to […]

Areas affected by the earthquake of 24 08 2016

Istat provides information on the area hit by the earthquake of August 24, 2016. The area includes the 17 municipalities affected by the order that […]