On Wednesday 16th September, MEPs voted to include shipping emissions within the European Emissions Trading Scheme from 2022, obliging shipping companies to cut their CO2 emissions by at least 40% by 2030. We signed a joint letter on behalf of…
Following our 2019 publication How Was It For You?, We are here Venice is publishing Whose City Is It Anyway? - a comprehensive summary of Venice's relationship with tourism, along with specific policy recommendations for how this relationship might be improved. Following lockdown…
Venice and its Lagoon was declared a World Heritage site in 1987. In 2014 the UNESCO World Heritage Committee expressed concern about the way various institutions are (mis)managing the site and since then a lot of effort has been invested…
The campaign for the referendum on changing the administrative structure for Venice and Mestre got off to a difficult start with the Mayor of Venice recommending abstention. WahV has collaborated with the spontaneous movement +Mestre+Venezia to provide accessible, reliable information…
On 18 September 2019 the High Court in Rome reversed the decision by the Veneto Region Administrative Tribunal (TAR) to allow the Mayor of Venice to block the Referendum on re-articulation of territorial administration for Venice and Mestre Marghera. WahV…
Venice and its Lagoon was declared a World Heritage site in 1987. In 2014 the UNESCO World Heritage Committee expressed concern about the way various institutions are (mis)managing the site and since then a lot of effort has been invested…
Local branches of nationally recognised NGOs - Italia Nostra, FAI and WWF - together with other Venetian associations, and with support from independent and authoritative experts, appeal to UNESCO to put Venice and the Lagoon on the Danger List of…