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Prof. Carlo Giupponi visits BC3, Seminar 2, June 9

June 9, 2016 @ 12:00 am - 1:00 pm

BC3 Seminars
Integrated spatial assessment of the water, energy and food dimensions of the sustainable development goals.

Prof. Carlo Giupponi,

Director of The Venice Centre for Climate Studies (VICCS) and the brand new dean of the Venice International University.

Abstract

Water is considered the bloodstream of the biosphere, but its management is one of the most important challenges for human development. In view of the sustainable water management, several approaches have been proposed: Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM), Adaptive Management (AM) and, more recently, Water-Energy-Food (WEF) Nexus. Considering these approaches, over the last few decades extensive efforts have been made to develop assessment methods and tools framed within the paradigm of sustainable development. As part of a holistic assessment of water resources, the recent approach based upon the WEF Nexus narrows down the consideration of intersectoral linkages to three dimensions that are of prominent interest, in particular in developing countries. This study presents a comprehensive indicator-based approach for the assessment of water, energy and food securities, with reference to the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations. The main ambition of the proposed approach is to provide a tool to monitor progresses, compare different geographical areas, highlight synergies and conflicts amongst and within the three dimensions of the WEF Nexus, and provide support for improved – more effective – management strategies to meet the goals. The proposed approach has been applied to global data sets in a GIS environment and it is demonstrated in a forthcoming paper in the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna (GBM) River Basin in Asia and to the Po River Basin in Europe. The comparative analysis suggest that WEF security is currently rather low in the GBM basin compared to the other case study and other parts of the world, and allows the identification of which dimensions (indicators) require special attention on the part of local and global policy makers.

Lecturer

BC3 has in place a program called BC3 Visiting Programme under the attainment of its strategic objectives, Talent Attraction.

The aim of this programme is to promote research and dialogue between BC3 and other worldwide leading institutions, by supporting and hosting local and international professors wishing to undertake research at BC3.

Bc3 is glad to host Prof.Carlo Giupponi, as member of the 2016 BC3 Visiting Programme.

Carlo Giupponi is Associate Professor at the Department of Economics of the University Ca’ Foscari Venice, Director of the Interdepartmental VICCS Centre (Venice Centre for Climate Studies) and Dean of the Venice International University.
His research activity focuses on sustainability, valuation methods, the integrated assessment and management of natural resources, with a focus on water and agriculture and the interactions with global change drivers.
He is currently responsible for several European and national projects in the fields of climate change, water management, agri-environmental policy and water pollution. He has authored or co-authored over 230 scientific and professional papers. He is currently a member of several scientific societies, a member of the Board of Directors of the International Environmental Modelling and Software Society (iEMSs), a member of the council of the European Climate Forum.
Recent collaborations and consultancies include institutions such as the Food and Agriculture Organisation, Intergovernmental Panel For Climate Change, World Bank, WWF Italy. In Italy he cooperates with the Euro-Mediterranean Centre for Climate Change (CMCC), Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM) and other administrations and research centres.

9th Jun 2016, 12:00 – 13:00

BC3 Offices
(Sede Building 1, Ground floor Scientific Campus of the University of the Basque Country, Leioa)

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June 9, 2016
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12:00 am - 1:00 pm
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