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The Antarctic continent plays a fundamental role in the global climate system and its role is particularly important in a climate change scenario. Since the '90s, the Ross Sea and the coastal area of Terra Nova Bay have been chosen as specific and peculiar research sites for climatic investigations within the LTER (Long-Term Ecological Research) network. Studies have been conducted by both Italian and international Universities and research centres.This macro-site area is characterized by abundant primary productivity, and zooplankton and benthonic communities. The objective of the research activities is the acquisition of long-term time series related to the biotic communities, the bio-geochemical fluxes and the physico-chemical parameters of the water column in the Ross Sea area. To this aim, four Moorings (A, B, D and H) were deployed to obtain the above-mentioned data, which will be very useful to improve the quality of the existing bio-geochemical models and to provide more precise information on the Antarctic marine ecosystem in relation to global climate change. In the Terra Nova Bay research site, the activities are devoted to the characterization of the relationship between the structure and the dynamic of the pelagic and benthonic communities and the ice cover. Numerous physical, chemical and biological data were collected from the four Moorings, the water samples retrieved at the Terra Nova Bay site and the sediments samples. Such fundamental data allowed establishing an important starting point to better understand the climate change phenomena occurred in the last twenty years, and that will occur in the future, in the Ross Sea Area.

This dataset and codebook correspond to the initial round of survey data gathered in Italy in 2022, within the project FULFILL - Fundamental Decarbonisation Through Sufficiency By Lifestyle Changes. As part of Work Package 3 (WP3) in the FULFILL project, we collected quantitative data from six countries: Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Latvia, and India. In the first round of the survey, we recruited a representative sample of approximately 2000 households in each country, taking into account both the individual and household perspectives. The survey includes a quantitative assessment of the carbon footprint in various domains of life, such as housing, mobility, and diet. In addition to this, the survey also measures socio-economic factors such as age, gender, income, education, household size, life stage, and political orientation. Furthermore, the survey includes measures of quality of life, encompassing aspects such as health and well-being, environmental quality, financial security, and comfort.

This dataset and codebook correspond to the second round of survey data gathered in Italy in 2023, within the project FULFILL - Fundamental Decarbonisation Through Sufficiency By Lifestyle Changes. As part of Work Package 3 (WP3) in the FULFILL project, we collected quantitative data from six countries: Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Latvia, and India. The first round of the survey, consisted of recruiting a representative sample of approximately 2000 households in each country. In this second survey round, we recruit around 500 respondents from the initial survey round, ensuring representativity is maintained. This survey is very similar to the survey in the first round and includes a lot of identical items, including a quantitative assessment of the carbon footprint in the housing, mobility, and diet sectors, socio-economic factors such as age, gender, income, education, household size, life stage, and political orientation. Furthermore, the survey includes measures of quality of life, encompassing aspects such as health and well-being, environmental quality, financial security, and comfort. New for this second round, we have incorporated questions regarding the measures respondents adopted in response to the 2022 energy crisis.

"De uitdaging is een andere manier van werken, meer ontwikkelingsgericht, bij het verbinden van waterbeheer aan ruimtelijke ontwikkeling. We moeten leren werken met de initiatieven uit de samenleving. Niet kijken in hoeverre die bij onze kaders passen, maar of we onze kaders kunnen laten passen bij die initiatieven." aldus motiveert Annemieke Nijhof, DG Water, de gewenste, nieuwe benadering van bodem-, landschaps- en waterbeleid

It is well known that the prevalence of respiratory allergies has increased over time. At the same time, climate change has become part of our everyday life. The resulting question is whether this 'allergic epidemic' is linked to this aspect. It is assumed that the causes of the increase of respiratory allergies are mainly related to environmental factors and lifestyle: first, the improvement of social and health conditions and related hygiene hypothesis; secondly, lifestyle change and anthropogenic activities, which have caused an alteration in the balance normally existing between soil, water, and atmosphere, giving rise to the phenomena of climate change. In fact, it has been demonstrated that they can influence beginning, duration, and intensity of the pollen season, as well as the allergenicity of pollen. The consequence is both an increase in frequency and intensity of allergic symptomatology in subjects previously affected by allergy, and a promotion of the sensitization of the airways to allergens present in the atmosphere in predisposed subjects. Several intervention strategies aiming to mitigate climate change and reduce anthropogenic emissions and, consequently, respiratory allergies are possible and can be implemented on an individual and social level. It follows that the allergist cannot solve the problem of the progressive increase of respiratory allergies on his own. Anyway, his role can have both clinical and educational purposes with a special commitment to reduce health impact due to environmental risk factors. KEYWORDS: respiratory allergies; allergenic potential of pollen; climate change; pollution.

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The paper aims to present RELOAD (REthinking Liminality Open Access Data). It is a new research project funded by FNRS at the Université Catholique de Louvain to demonstrate how through non-intrusive technologies and digital tools, the investigation of ancient landscapes concretely implements and promotes sustainable practices in archaeology (Carman 2016). The project highlights that investigating ancient spaces leads to rediscovering and deeply analyzing the complex human-environment interactions from the deep past to the Anthropocene. Moreover, it demonstrates that digital practices and non-intrusive methodologies are also strictly connected to the ethical principles of sustainably developing results. Integrating data about ‘marginal’ areas in northern Tuscany, RELOAD intends to demonstrate their central role in space management and the expression of local identities between the Roman conquest and late antiquity. Indeed, the ‘marginal’ areas, boundaries between territories, also fulfilling the function of physical barriers given the presence of peculiar geomorphological characteristics or imaginary borders between groups (Holm-Stene-Svensson 2009) are crucial for understanding the complex dynamics of man-environment-identity (Renes 2022). Archaeological traces reflect ancient sociocultural phenomena. Promoting knowledge of historic landscapes by sharing research results is a primary challenge to engage with contemporary society, raising awareness about the crucial role of archaeology and the community’s sense of belonging to a specific landscape. In this way, through wider collaborations with local institutions, it would be possible to achieve sustainability through culture as suggested by the SDGs 2030 UN Agenda (https://unric.org/en/united-nations-sustainable-development-goals/).

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