Presentazione delle attività della Cattedra Unesco in Sviluppo sostenibile e gestione del territorio dell'Università di Torino in occasione del lancio della Piattaforma Accademica dell'Assemblea Parlamentare del Mediterraneo Catania 11-12 dicembre 2014

1. Socio ecological transition toward sustainability
UNESCO Chair in Sustainable Development and Territory Management
University of Torino
Pam Academic Platform
Catania, 11-12 december 2014

2. Three crisis:
Climate change and environmental crisis
Growth Economy Crisis
Energy Crisis

3. Socio ecological transition
a transformation that will bring about new configuration of
human labour
technology
material
energy flow
land use

4. Socio ecological transition
can only be reached through a process of
cooperation among
various institutions
radical change in the development policies

5. A sustainable local development
requires the presence of professional figures
with an awareness of the local/global context
and an understanding of the changing and increasingly
complex and interdisciplinary scenarios.

6. Strategy for environmental transition
methodologies, professional skills, knowledge,
good practices and awareness
through
•education
•research
•dissemination

7. • First level Master Degree in Socio
Environmental and Agro Food
Networks
• Projects on smart grids to improve
the efficiency, reliability, economics,
and sustainability of the production
and distribution of electricity
• Projects to greening campus and
community at the University of Turin
Education
Research
Dissemination

8. Skill for sustainability
•prevent natural and industrial risks and hazardous
•manage urban and rural development, environmental
conflicts, and scientific and technological sustainable
innovation
•preserve and promote biological and cultural diversities
•identify sustainable management for strategic resources
•promote sustainable consumption
•lead the environmental transition promoting bottom-up
•implement the “green job” transition

9. Thank you!
UNESCO Chair in Sustainable Development and Territory Management
University of Torino
Pam Academic Platform
Catania, 11-12 december 2014

10. Thank you!
UNESCO Chair in Sustainable Development and Territory Management
University of Torino
Pam Academic Platform
Catania, 11-12 december 2014