Catalogo dei Corsi di studio

To provide basic knowledge on the biological implications of global change, from a macroecological perspective, a conservation perspective, and a sustainability perspective. To understand the effects of global change on biodiversity, and the links between environmental change, biodiversity loss, and risks to humanity. To interpret global change under a multi-scale lens, both temporally (past to future) and spatially (local to global).

Programme

Module 1: Global change and its drivers
- what is global change
- human worldwide colonisation, defaunation in the anthropocene
- sixth mass extinction
- climate change
- socio-economics trends & land-use change


Module 2: How do species respond to global change?
- what is biodiversity?
- biodiversity response to global changes:
- phenology
- evolution
- geography

Module 3: Ecosystem response and impact on NCPs
- ecosystem-level and community level response
- what are NCPs?
- response of the NCPs + risk for humanity
- zoonotic disease risk
- climate risk (flooding, droughts, inundation, heatwave etc)
- fire (climate + land-use change)
- pests (locusts)
- crops and pollination

Module 4: Solutions
- Action (management + societal)
- Rewilding, Restoration, Protected Areas
- Societal Change & Bending the Curve
- Policy
- UNFCCC, Paris Agreement
- Convention on Biological Diversity + EU Green Deal + Common Agricultural Policy
- Sustainable Development Goals + One Health

Module 5: Thematic seminars

Adopted texts

Erica Bree Rosenblum (2021) Global Change Biology 1st ed. Oxford University Press

Bibliography

Lee Hannah 2021. Climate change biology. Academic Press Thomas E. Lovejoy & Lee Hannah. 2005. Climate change and Biodiversity. Yale University Press Bibliographic material (papers and reports) will also be provided during the course

Prerequisites

None

Exam modes

- seminars presentations + written examination (attending students)
- written examination (non-attending students)

Programme

Module 1: Global change and its drivers
- what is global change
- human worldwide colonisation, defaunation in the anthropocene
- sixth mass extinction
- climate change
- socio-economics trends & land-use change


Module 2: How do species respond to global change?
- what is biodiversity?
- biodiversity response to global changes:
- phenology
- evolution
- geography

Module 3: Ecosystem response and impact on Nature's Contributions to People
- ecosystem-level and community level response
- what are NCPs?
- response of the NCPs + risk for humanity
- zoonotic disease risk
- climate risk (flooding, droughts, inundation, heatwave etc)
- fire (climate + land-use change)
- pests (locusts)
- crops and pollination

Module 4: Solutions
- Action (management + societal)
- Rewilding, Restoration, Protected Areas
- Societal Change & Bending the Curve
- Policy
- UNFCCC, Paris Agreement
- Convention on Biological Diversity + EU Green Deal + Common Agricultural Policy
- Sustainable Development Goals + One Health

Module 5: Thematic seminars

Adopted texts

Erica Bree Rosenblum (2021) Global Change Biology 1st ed. Oxford University Press

Bibliography

Lee Hannah 2021. Climate change biology. Academic Press Thomas E. Lovejoy & Lee Hannah. 2005. Climate change and Biodiversity. Yale University Press Bibliographic material (papers and reports) will also be provided during the course.

Prerequisites

NA

Exam modes

- seminars presentations + written examination (attending students)
- written examination (non-attending students)

Exam reservation date start	Exam reservation date end	Exam date
13/01/2022	27/01/2022	01/02/2022
14/02/2022	03/03/2022	07/03/2022
10/04/2022	22/04/2022	27/04/2022
30/05/2022	12/06/2022	15/06/2022
20/06/2022	04/07/2022	08/07/2022
29/08/2022	09/09/2022	12/09/2022
26/09/2022	05/10/2022	10/10/2022
21/10/2022	07/11/2022	14/11/2022