Environmental Engineering for Sustainable Development

 Hydroclimatology: A possible definition  Sustainability: Origin and evolution of the principle; the UN's 2030 Agenda, the Paris Agreement  Relevance of the water issue among the objectives of the 2030 Agenda  The physical/chemical properties of water  Role of water in the atmosphere  Atmospheric circulation and its organization  The water cycle as a climate regulator  The sustainability of the hydro-social water cycle  Non-linearity, feedbacks, and critical thresholds of the climate system  Climate change: Evidence  Weather and climate prediction models: History and characteristics  Climate projections with reference to the hydrological cycle: Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phases (CMIP3, 5, 6)  Limits and uncertainties of future projections  Analysis of the role of water cycle modifications in relation to the resilience of the Earth system  Definition of possible criteria for controlling the stability of the hydrological cycle and the Earth system  Mitigation: a) The reduction of greenhouse gas emissions; b) Inertia of the climate system in response to mitigation  Adaptation: a) Causes are global but phenomena are local; b) Downscaling models; c) Adaptation policies; d) Coastal areas as climate change hotspots; e) An example of a methodological approach to identifying adaptation policies in coastal areas

- Book: Scienze della Sosteniblità, A cura di: S. Serranti, Autori: F.CIoffi, L. De Santoli, A. Lalli, F. Manes, L. Persia e S. Serranti, Zanichelli Editore, 224 pp. ISBN: 8808499855 - Lesson Slides - Documents, reports and publications provided by the teacher