Environment news from Italy: archives

An Italian wolf lying in the snow. By LuigiFilice, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=123232934 A wolf is roaming the Bologna hills

Wolf roams Bologna hills, City issues safety ordinance

January 1, 2026January 1, 2026Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

BOLOGNA — A wolf has been sighted roaming the Bologna hills around Villa Ghigi park, prompting the City Council to issue a public safety ordinance, officials announced on Wednesday.

Climate crisis change and environment photo collage. Created in Canva

Pope warns of fading political will re climate crisis

November 18, 2025November 18, 2025Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Pope Leo XVI urged world leaders to act with urgency on the climate crisis in a video message to bishops and cardinals from the Global South attending the COP30 summit in Brazil. He said the planet is sending unmistakable warnings as extreme weather becomes more severe and more frequent.

Italy could lose 40% of its beaches according to a new report. Shown: Blue Flag beach Cupra Marittima.

Italy could lose 40% of its beaches by 2100

October 29, 2025October 29, 2025Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Italy faces the loss of nearly half its beaches by the end of this century, according to a stark new report from the Italian Geographical Society. The study, Sunken Landscapes, presented in Rome on Tuesday, warns that rising sea levels, erosion, and flooding linked to the climate crisis could submerge up to 20% of Italy’s […]

EEA country report for Italy is not very positive

EEA: Italy failing on wages and energy

October 1, 2025October 1, 2025Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

The European Environment Agency (EEA) has issued a stark appraisal of Italy. Its country profile for Europe’s Environment 2025 warns that social and environmental problems now overlap.

Swimming in the Tiber could soon be a reality says Rome Mayor. By Rabax63 - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=59186870

Rome Mayor: Swimming in Tiber ‘within reach’

September 11, 2025September 11, 2025Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Swimming in the Tiber could be possible within five years, Rome’s mayor Roberto Gualtieri has said.

Rome to invest €9 million in Aurelian Walls project

September 5, 2025September 5, 2025Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Rome will spend €9.245 million to redevelop a five-kilometre stretch of the ancient Aurelian Walls, the city announced this week.

Blue Crab in Adriatic Sea. By WitherSweat - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=167753329

Blue crab crisis devastates Italy’s clam farms

September 2, 2025September 2, 2025Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Italy’s blue crab emergency is worsening, hitting clam farms in central regions as well as the northern epicentre of the invasion.

Smoke from the Mount Vesuvius wildfire as seen from Pompeii

Mount Vesuvius wildfire – arson suspected

August 10, 2025August 11, 2025Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Mount Vesuvius remains closed to hikers as firefighters battle a wildfire that has spread across the volcano’s slopes for a third day. The blaze, which broke out on Friday, has destroyed more than 500 hectares of forest and agricultural land in the Vesuvius National Park, forcing the suspension of all trail access.

Heatwave to grip Italy ahead of Ferragosto

August 9, 2025August 9, 2025Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

Italy is bracing for another heatwave from north to south in the days leading up to Ferragosto, the national summer holiday on Friday 15 August.

Vatican proposes solar farm on controversial radio site.

Vatican to build solar farm on controversial site

August 4, 2025August 4, 2025Deborah CaterLeave a Comment

A 430-hectare site north of Rome, once at the centre of a long-running health controversy, is set to become a solar farm powering the Vatican’s green transition.