The Institute of atmospheric Pollution Research of CNR conducts research and technology transfer in the field of air pollution in urban and industrial areas (both indoor and outdoor), Emerging Air Contaminants in Environmental Emissions and ambient air, pollutant cycles across different spatial scales including polar areas, Global and regional atmospheric modeling, Technological development and methods for Earth Observation, Geospatial information and environmental knowledge-sharing,Transfer of Technical and Scientific Knowledge for the Production and Implementation of Air-Quality Legislati

Although the recognition of citizen participation in the energy market in EU legislation through the new Clean Energy Package is still a recent concept, energy communities have been active in a number of EU countries for several decades now. This new legislation offers important opportunities to island communities wishing to transition to clean energy.

Rethink Sustainable Solutions, S.r.l.s. is an engineering and technical consulting firm that wants to foster the transition to a Circular Economy model. In order to abandon the current ‘take-make-consume and dispose’ pattern of growth, we support changes throughout value chains, from product design to new business and market models, from new ways of turning waste into a resource to new modes of consumer behaviour. To fulfill this mission, we design innovative solutions in the energy and environment fields, with the integration of the digital channels.

Already 4 billion people face water scarcity today. Especially islands are at the forefront of climate change and often lack natural water resources.The key for islands to moving from scarcity to abundance lies in the sea. Traditional desalination technology, unfortunately, uses a great deal of fossil energy and is a nightmare to maintain. Not anymore: 

Join us in Brussels for active exchanges between the EU islands community and EU and national decision-makers at the fifth Clean Energy for EU Islands Forum on 5-7 May!

This webinar included an introduction to building's energy efficiency and good practices in the decarbonisation of the built environment followed by the dos and don'ts both for Mediterranean and more Northern European Islands.

On 7 October 2020, The National Association of Finnish Islands, the Archipelago Sea Unesco Biosphere Reserve and the Clean energy for EU islands secretariat hosted a combined online and physical workshop in Pargas, Finland.

In addition to exchange and learning on technical and financial aspects of the clean energy transition, the workshop drew on Kökar islands’s experiences in adapting the transition teams to suit the Finnish and Aaland context.

Postponed due to COVID-19: International experts will convene in Madeira, Portugal for the 5th International Hybrid Power Systems Workshop to share their project experiences and to detect areas in need of improvement.

The webinar hosted by the IRENA Grid Integration team will explore the importance of assessing the integration of higher shares of variable renewables into the grid, in particular the grids of small island developing states, in order to overcome technical constraints.

This webinar provided decision-makers and advocacy experts with good practice examples on how to translate the new EU laws into their own context, and through this boost their island communities.