Socio ecological transition toward sustainability

UNESCO Chair in Sustainable Development and Territory Management University of Torino

Pam Academic Platform

Catania, 11-12 december 2014

Three crisis:

Climate change and environmental crisis

Growth Economy Crisis

Energy Crisis

Socio ecological transition

a transformation that will bring about new configuration of

human labour

technology

material

energy flow

land use

Socio ecological transition

can only be reached through a process of

cooperation among

various institutions

radical change in the development policies

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.

Strategy for environmental transition

methodologies, professional skills, knowledge, good practices and awareness

through

•education•research•dissemination

• 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

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

Thank you!

UNESCO Chair in Sustainable Development and Territory Management University of Torino

Pam Academic Platform

Catania, 11-12 december 2014

Thank you!

UNESCO Chair in Sustainable Development and Territory Management University of Torino

Pam Academic Platform

Catania, 11-12 december 2014