{
  "id": 16730768,
  "title": "Role consumption, record in 2025: 102 kmq covered in Italy",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/consumo-di-ruolo-record-nel-2025-coperti-in-italia-102-kmq",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-27T09:32:37.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Il Sole 24 Ore",
    "slug": "il-sole-24-ore",
    "url": "https://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/consumo-ruolo-record-2025-coperti-italia-102-kmq-AJd2AWvB"
  },
  "original_language": "it",
  "account": "In 2025, Italy's land consumption increased by 102 kmq, a new record, with a rate of over 3 sqm per second. According to the 2026 Report on Land Consumption in Italy by Istituto superiore per la protezione e la ricerca ambientale (Ispra) and Sistema nazionale per la protezione dell’ ambiente (Snpa), 21,644 kmq of the national territory is now covered by buildings, infrastructure, and artificial surfaces. The report also identified 3,281 kmq of land potentially usable for urban reforestation and 1,116 kmq of rooftops suitable for photovoltaic installations. Additionally, almost 9.6 million unoccupied homes can be recovered and reused.",
  "summary": "In 2024 the advance had stopped at 84 sq km of territory. The regions with the highest numbers: Sicily, Lazio, Apulia, Lombardy",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}