124 results
Search Results
2. LA RESPONSABILITÀ DEGLI STATI NEL CONTRASTO AL CAMBIAMENTO CLIMATICO TRA OBBLIGAZIONE CLIMATICA E DIRITTO AL CLIMA.
- Author
-
PISANÒ, ATTILIO
- Subjects
GREENHOUSE gas mitigation ,CLIMATE change ,GLOBAL warming ,PARIS Agreement (2016) ,UNITED Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (1992). Protocols, etc., 1997 December 11 ,ROADKILL ,CLIMATE change denial ,HUMAN rights - Abstract
Who can fight against climate change and global warming? Who ought to fight? What is the role of the human rights-based climate change litigation? The paper tries to answer these questions, having as a starting point the definition of a "minimum content" of the fight against climate change and global warming. Acting against climate change and global warming firstly means carrying out a global collective action involving actors (individuals, States, enterprises, generations) with different levels of awareness and responsibility. Given the above, the paper focuses on the "climate legal obligation" whose source is rooted in the International (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Kyoto Protocol, Paris Agreement) and EU climate law, with the aim to point out the legal duties of every single State. Consequently, the paper underlines how the climate obligation specifically requires the adoption of mitigation measures in order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Finally, moving from the Dutch Urgenda case, the paper points out the role of the human rights-based climate change litigation in the global fight against climate crisis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Published
- 2022
- Full Text
- View/download PDF
3. PATRIMONIO COSTRUITO E CAMBIAMENTI CLIMATICI. STATO DELL'ARTE, PROSPETTIVE E COMPETENZE MULTIDISCIPLINARI.
- Author
-
Zamboni, Isabella
- Abstract
Copyright of Archeologia dell'Architettura is the property of Edizioni all'Insegna del Giglio and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)
- Published
- 2023
- Full Text
- View/download PDF
4. Climate risk in banks – the case of Polish banking sector
- Author
-
Aleksandra Nocoń
- Subjects
climate change ,climate risk ,climate risk management ,esg factors ,bank risk management system ,Social Sciences - Abstract
Objectives The issues of environmental protection, including stopping the degrading climate change, are currently a subject of particular interest of the scientific community, policymakers, practitioners, but also all people around the world. Banking institutions, as a giver of capital, play a special role in financing climate protection activities. On the other hand, they are particularly exposed to climate risk. The main purpose of the paper is climate risk exegesis and to analyze the degree of climate risk inclusion in the bank risk management process in the case of the Polish banking sector. The conducted empirical research verified the research hypothesis stating that the Polish banking sector is becoming more and more oriented towards the climate risk among the bank risk management systems. Material and methods The following research methods were used in the paper: survey questionnaire method, case study analysis, observation method and synthesis method. The research procedure included two stages of questionnaire research, followed by the analysis and evaluation of the obtained results. Results It has been shown that the Polish banking sector defines its climate goals and is increasingly sensitive to the climate risk management, including them in its risk management systems. It also assesses exposure to climate risk in terms of physical and transitional risk. Conclusions The research and results presented in this study are important in building political awareness as well as public, social and economic activities in the field of counteracting climate threats. However, banks’ awareness is very important for financing projects that reduce degrading impact on climate.
- Published
- 2024
- Full Text
- View/download PDF
5. IS IT ALL A MATTER OF SELFISHNESS? TOWARDS THE FORMULATION OF MORAL BLAME FOR ANTI-ENVIRONMENTAL BEHAVIOR.
- Author
-
PONGIGLIONE, FRANCESCA
- Subjects
CLIMATE change mitigation ,RESPONSIBILITY ,HUMAN behavior ,MORAL judgment ,VERBAL behavior ,CLIMATE change denial ,ENVIRONMENTAL ethics ,DELIBERATION - Abstract
The moral evaluation of actions that disregard climate change, in individual as well as public ethics, is complex. A clear moral judgment itself is difficult to reach in both contexts, as we are far from paradigm moral cases where specific people provoke harm to easily identifiable others. However, for people to seriously engage in climate change mitigation, it has to be clear why it is wrong not to do so. There is therefore a need to frame moral responsibility for anti-environmental behavior using language and concepts that are understandable to a broad public. This paper will argue that the concept of selfishness, properly construed, is the most appropriate tool for describing and morally evaluating human behavior that disregards climate change. A specific consequentialist definition of selfishness will be provided to this purpose. Some objections to framing the environmental decision in this way will be raised in public as well as individual ethics. In the public sphere, moral deliberations are complicated by the conflict between the rights of the present generation and those of future ones. In individual ethics, the inconsequentiality of individual emissions calls into question the very existence of a moral imperative to act pro-environmentally. The paper will thus investigate the grounds on which we can hold accountable policy makers who refuse to take action on climate change, focusing on the concept of future discounting. With regard to the individual dimension, a proposal will be advanced on the basis of a non-superfluous causal contribution to collective-impact cases. In both contexts, the paper will eventually argue that anti-environmental actions can be defined as selfish according to the definition provided. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Published
- 2020
6. WASTED WORLD O SPORCO MONDO: TRADURRE I TESTI DIVULGATIVI PER RAGAZZI SULL'AMBIENTE.
- Author
-
Sezzi, Annalisa
- Subjects
CHILDREN'S books ,CLIMATE change ,ENGAGED reading ,TEXTBOOKS ,CHILDREN'S literature ,ECOCRITICISM ,ECOFEMINISM - Abstract
Copyright of Italica Wratislaviensia is the property of Wydawnictwo Adam Marszalek and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)
- Published
- 2022
- Full Text
- View/download PDF
7. The Green Deal and the Case for a Soil Health Framework Directive
- Author
-
Stefano Montaldo
- Subjects
soil ,green deal ,climate change ,framework directive ,environmental law ,subsidiarity ,Law ,Law of Europe ,KJ-KKZ - Abstract
(Series Information) European Papers - A Journal on Law and Integration, 2022 7(2), 527-532 | European Forum Highlight of 27 July 2022 | (Abstract) The Highlight discusses the EU policy on soil protection and preservation. It is argued that the EU has thus far failed to establish a comprehensive and effective legal framework on this issue. Rather, the EU acquis is extremely fragmented, with soils being addressed as ancillary elements to other environmental priorities. The Highlight points out that the current state of affairs is largely due to the Council's inability to conduct successful negotiations on the Commission's 2006 proposal for a Soil Framework Directive. This legislative initiative was abandoned in 2014 following claims of its violation of the subsidiarity principle. However, in the framework of its new Soil Strategy for 2030, the Commission has included an upcoming proposal for a comprehensive Soil Health Directive. The Highlight argues that, while the Commission is taking seriously the pre-proposal impact assessment, subsidiarity check and consultations, the current state of the environment requires the governments sitting in the Council to leave aside their formalistic criticisms and to adopt a proactive approach to the negotiations, with a view to bridging the existing gap in EU environmental law.
- Published
- 2022
- Full Text
- View/download PDF
8. Benessere epistemico, mass media, disinformazione e cambiamento climatico.
- Author
-
HASSAN, CLAUDIA GINA
- Subjects
SCIENTIFIC literature ,SOCIAL attitudes ,CLIMATE change ,CONSPIRACY theories ,DISINFORMATION ,SKEPTICISM - Abstract
The article analyzes one of the crucial junctures in the fight against climate change, namely its relationship with the media and disinformation. A dense network of actors is involved in the creation and dissemination of disinformation that has long been supported by the economic interests of the oil and coal industries and is now fully embedded in the post-truth climate. The absence of direct experience and perception of the effects of climate change has emphasized the public's cognitive dependence on the media, which, however, have lagged far behind and manifested inadequacy with respect to the emergence of the global warming issue. In dialogue with a vast scientific literature and Pew Research Center data, the paper analyzes the widespread post-factual and social attitudes ranging from skepticism to outright militant denialism. In this context, the article proposes and signals the need for a healthy epistemic environment, understood as an indispensable index of the quality of democracy and of critical subjectivity as a preconditions for any positive action against countering climate change. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Published
- 2023
- Full Text
- View/download PDF
9. RISCALDAMENTO GLOBALE E CITTÀ: L'incremento della vegetazione e la progettazione urbana, tra non finito e paesaggio urbano.
- Author
-
Sciascia, Andrea
- Abstract
Copyright of Agathon: International Journal of Architecture, Art & Design is the property of DEMETRA CE.RI.MED and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)
- Published
- 2023
- Full Text
- View/download PDF
10. La tecnologia come interfaccia abilitante negli spazi di transizione per lo smart Heritage.
- Author
-
Calzolari, Marta, Frighi, Valentina, and Modugno, Valentina
- Subjects
GREENHOUSE gases ,CITIES & towns ,PROBLEM solving ,CLIMATE change ,INTELLIGENT sensors - Abstract
Copyright of TECHNE: Journal of Technology for Architecture & Environment is the property of Firenze University Press and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)
- Published
- 2023
- Full Text
- View/download PDF
11. Cittadinanza energetica. Strumenti e tecnologie per abilitare la transizione nei distretti.
- Author
-
Longo, Danila, Murielle Boulanger, Saveria Olga, Massari, Martina, and Turci, Giulia
- Subjects
RENEWABLE energy transition (Government policy) ,COMMUNITIES ,ENERGY shortages ,CLIMATE change mitigation ,CLIMATE change ,CLEAN energy - Abstract
Copyright of TECHNE: Journal of Technology for Architecture & Environment is the property of Firenze University Press and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)
- Published
- 2023
- Full Text
- View/download PDF
12. River-phone conversations.
- Author
-
Gangemi, Sara and Rovaldi, Antonio
- Abstract
Copyright of Ri-vista: Ricerche per la progettazione del paesaggio is the property of Firenze University Press and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)
- Published
- 2023
- Full Text
- View/download PDF
13. Face aux déconvenues du contentieux climatique de l'Union européenne, les droits fondamentaux au secours du climat?
- Author
-
Aurélie Laurent
- Subjects
climate change ,human rights ,european court of justice ,climate litigation ,admissibility ,european fundamental rights ,Law ,Law of Europe ,KJ-KKZ - Abstract
(Series Information) European Papers - A Journal on Law and Integration, 2022 7(1), 253-264 | European Forum Insight of 18 May 2022 | (Table of Contents) I. Introduction. - II. Un insuccès imputable à l'obstacle de la recevabilité des requêtes climatiques auprès de la Cour de justice. - III. Explorer les voies de droit à même de porter la défense du climat devant la Cour de justice. - IV. Mobiliser en Europe des droits fondamentaux substantiels adaptés au contentieux climatique. | (Abstract) So far, climate change litigation in the European Union has been a disappointment, since the European Court of Justice denied the admissibility of two promising cases in 2021: Sabo ECLI:EU:C:2021:24 and Carvalho ECLI:EU:T:2019:252. Nonetheless, the European human rights litigation can still play a significant role in alleviating the ongoing climate crisis in the future. There is still a path to find the access to the Luxembourg Court for future claims related to climate change. Renewed standards of European Human Rights could also be one of the keys to create a proper case law to fight global warming.
- Published
- 2022
- Full Text
- View/download PDF
14. Contro l’indifferenza e l’eco-ansia: come comunicare il cambiamento climatico.
- Author
-
Cane, Daniele and Giudici, Laura
- Subjects
CLIMATE change mitigation ,TEACHER collaboration ,COOPERATIVE research ,CLIMATE change ,SCIENTIFIC community ,BEST practices ,APATHY ,ECO-anxiety - Abstract
Copyright of Nuova Secondaria is the property of Edizioni Studium S.r.l and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)
- Published
- 2023
15. RESILIENZA COME STRATEGIA NEOLIBERISTA: TRA SPIEGAZIONE E SUPERAMENTO.
- Author
-
Corposanto, Cleto and Pagano, Umberto
- Subjects
POWER (Social sciences) ,SOCIAL systems ,CLIMATE change ,PSYCHOLOGICAL resilience ,ACADEMIA - Abstract
Over the past fifteen years, the concept of resilience has gained prominence in academia and practical management. Some even consider it the organizing principle of contemporary political life. Resilience is hailed as a solution to diverse issues, from international governance to climate change. Its popularity is intertwined with complexity epistemologies. However, within social sciences, concerns have arisen. Resilience's application to social systems requires a stronger theoretical underpinning, free from functionalist paradigms. There are reservations about its handling of conflicts, knowledge, and power dynamics. The concept implies adaptation to external events, potentially sidelining proactive interventions. Critics argue that resilience reinforces a neoliberal rationality, accentuating individual and community responsibility, and potentially diminishing social protection. It can function instrumentally, normalizing vulnerability and encouraging self-surveillance. This paper engages with these critiques, aiming to move beyond ideological criticism and embrace a pragmatic approach to advance resilience in social sciences. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Published
- 2024
- Full Text
- View/download PDF
16. Etnometeorologia e crisi climatica. Il pronostico del tempo atmosferico nella comunità nahua di San Isidro Buensuceso, Tlaxcala, Messico.
- Author
-
PASINI, GIACOMO
- Subjects
CLIMATE change ,ANIMAL behavior ,ETHNOLOGY research ,WEATHER ,INDIGENOUS peoples ,KNOWLEDGE management - Abstract
Copyright of Annuario di Antropologia is the property of Ledizioni-LediPublishing and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)
- Published
- 2022
- Full Text
- View/download PDF
17. Cambiamento climatico, disastri e diritti umani nel diritto internazionale.
- Subjects
CLIMATE change laws ,CLIMATE change mitigation ,EMERGENCY management ,INTERNATIONAL law ,CLIMATE change ,HUMAN rights ,DISASTERS ,NATURAL disasters - Abstract
The paper investigates how the relationships between climate change, disasters and human rights are framed within the realm of international law. The paper takes into exam: i) the interaction between international climate change law and international disaster law; ii) the integration of human rights into international climate change law and international disaster law; iii) the international human rights obligations applicable to climate action and disaster management. The aim is to shed light on the synergies and conflicts between the three relevant international law regimes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Published
- 2021
- Full Text
- View/download PDF
18. Bologna città resiliente: dal piano di adattamento alle azioni locali.
- Author
-
Boeria, Andrea, Fini, Giovanni, Gaspari, Jacopo, Gianfrate, Valentina, and Longo, Danila
- Abstract
Copyright of TECHNE: Journal of Technology for Architecture & Environment is the property of Firenze University Press and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)
- Published
- 2018
- Full Text
- View/download PDF
19. SIMULAZIONE E MODELLAZIONE PER L'ADATTAMENTO E LA MITIGAZIONE CLIMATICA Esperienze di riqualificazione ambientale a Roma.
- Author
-
Tucci, Fabrizio, Cecafosso, Valeria, Altamura, Paola, and Giampaoletti, Marco
- Abstract
Copyright of Agathon: International Journal of Architecture, Art & Design is the property of DEMETRA CE.RI.MED and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)
- Published
- 2022
- Full Text
- View/download PDF
20. Dal PNRR alla giustizia climatica: le risposte dell’ordinamento italiano al climate change.
- Author
-
Pizi, Chiara
- Subjects
CLIMATE justice ,ENVIRONMENTAL justice ,POISONS ,CLIMATE change ,CONSTITUTIONAL amendments ,JUSTICE administration - Abstract
Copyright of Cittadinanza Europea is the property of FrancoAngeli srl and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)
- Published
- 2022
- Full Text
- View/download PDF
21. La dimensione temporale dei cambiamenti climatici nella progettazione bioclimatica.
- Author
-
Chiesa, Giacomo and von Hardenberg, Jost
- Subjects
SUSTAINABLE design ,CLIMATE change ,CLIMATOLOGY ,VISION - Abstract
Copyright of TECHNE: Journal of Technology for Architecture & Environment is the property of Firenze University Press and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)
- Published
- 2020
- Full Text
- View/download PDF
22. Studiare i classici per costruire il futuro: processi di progettazione multidisciplinare.
- Author
-
Iuorio, Ornella
- Subjects
MULTIDISCIPLINARY practices ,DIGITAL communications ,RAPID prototyping ,DIGITAL technology ,CLIMATE change ,BUILT environment ,PROTOTYPES - Abstract
Copyright of TECHNE: Journal of Technology for Architecture & Environment is the property of Firenze University Press and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)
- Published
- 2021
- Full Text
- View/download PDF
23. Uno studio sulle emissioni di gas serra, analizzando il potenziale di cinque sistemi ferroviari di trasporto passeggeri per raggiungere gli obiettivi dell'UE.
- Author
-
MARINOV, Marin, MYSORE, Kaushik, and WOOD, Benjamin
- Subjects
CLIMATE change ,GREENHOUSE gases ,GLOBAL warming ,RAILROADS ,FORECASTING ,DATA analysis - Abstract
Copyright of Ingegneria Ferroviaria is the property of Ingegneri Ferroviari and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)
- Published
- 2020
24. The Extraterritorial Reach of EU Environmental Law and Access to Justice by Third Country Actors
- Author
-
Ioanna Hadjiyianni
- Subjects
environment ,climate change ,extraterritorial implications ,access to justice ,aarhus convention ,third country ,Law ,Law of Europe ,KJ-KKZ - Abstract
(Series Information) European Papers - A Journal on Law and Integration, 2017 2(2), 519-542 | Article | (Table of Contents) I. Introduction. - II. The legal phenomenon of IEMEIs. - II.1. IEMEIs regulating conduct abroad on the basis of environmental regulatory requirements. - II.2. IEMEIs regulating trade: market access conditions and obligations on Third Country actors. - II.3. Compliance with IEMEIs: "contingent unilateralism", equivalence and flexibility. - III. Access to justice. - III.1. Avenues for access to justice for different kinds of third country actors. - III.2. Standing. - III.3. The Aarhus Convention and access to justice. - IV. Conclusion. | (Abstract) The EU conducts its external relations through different types of tools, including through unilateral domestic measures with extraterritorial implications that extend its regulatory power to processes occurring partly abroad. These are increasingly prevalent in the area of environmental protection, including climate change. Examples include the sustainability criteria for biofuels, the inclusion of aviation emissions in the EU emissions trading system, ship recycling, exports of electrical and electronic waste and imports of timber. Because these measures are unilateral in nature, developed within the EU legal order, but have important legal and policy effects beyond EU borders, they raise complex legitimacy questions and may give rise to an external accountability gap. The role of EU administrative law, which controls the exercise of EU public power, is important in "disciplining" the exercise of EU power beyond EU borders and filling this gap. The Article explores some of the novel regulatory techniques employed in these kinds of internal measures to conduct external action and how administrative law responds to their complexities. It focuses on access to justice in the EU legal order in exploring the extent of an external accountability gap. The constraints of accessing the EU judicial system may accentuate the external accountability gap if the EU cannot be held into account on the basis of its own rule of law by third country actors affected by its action.
- Published
- 2017
- Full Text
- View/download PDF
25. Confronto fra modelli di gestione forestale tradizionale e carbon oriented in ambito alpino.
- Author
-
Blanc, Simone, Accastello, Cristian, Mosso, Angela, Bianchi, Ettore, Lingua, Federico, and Brun, Filippo
- Subjects
FOREST management ,CARBON credits ,CARBON cycle ,BOND market ,CLIMATE change - Abstract
This paper compares the traditional vs carbon-oriented forest management of two coniferous stands in the Alpine environment, quantifying the carbon sink, the carbon credit generated and the economic results. The results show the economic feasibility of the transition from current forest management strategies to a carbon-oriented method in the considered context. Carbon-oriented management provides relevant environmental benefits, combatting climate change, even though some elements of uncertainty still persist, particularly in relation to achieving a profitable management, specifically due to the volatile voluntary carbon credit market. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Published
- 2019
- Full Text
- View/download PDF
26. Feeding Climate Change: What the Paris Agreement means for food and beverage companies
- Author
-
Gore, Tim and Pearl-Martinez, Rebecca
- Subjects
Food and livelihoods ,Climate change ,Private sector - Abstract
The Paris Agreement marked a major breakthrough in support for climate action from many parts of the business community, including from key actors in the food and beverage sector. But despite significant progress, much work remains both to cut greenhouse gas emissions and to support the millions of people already hit by climate change., As one of the sectors that is at highest risk of being affected by climate change, responsible for a giant emissions footprint and reliant on millions of small-scale farmers and agricultural workers in the regions most vulnerable to climate change, the food and beverage sector should lead the next generation of post-Paris corporate climate commitments., This paper presents new data commissioned from the research consultancy CE Delft on the greenhouse gas emissions footprints and water scarcity footprints of major food commodities. The data demonstrate the vital role the food and beverage industry can and must play in turning the Paris Agreement into a springboard for the stronger climate action needed., You can use our interactive data tool to explore the greenhouse gas emissions, water scarcity footprints and production levels for 17 different food commodities.
- Published
- 2016
27. Theory and Practice of Emissions Trading in the European Union: Some Reflections on Allowance Allocation in Light of the DK Recycling Case
- Author
-
Caterina Mariotti
- Subjects
environmental law ,climate change ,market-based mechanisms ,eu emissions trading system ,allowance allocation ,competence ,Law ,Law of Europe ,KJ-KKZ - Abstract
(Series Information) European Papers - A Journal on Law and Integration, 2016 1(3), 1153-1170 | European Forum Insight of 22 December 2016 | (Table of Contents) I. Introduction - II. The Judgment in Context - II.1. Theory and Practice of Market-Based Environmental Regulation - II.2 Emissions Trading in the EU - III. The DK Recycling Case - III.1 Background - III.2. DK Recycling before the General Court - III.3. DK Recycling before the Court of Justice - IV. A Parallel Between DK Recycling and the Regulatory Shift to Auctioning: The Normative Landscape of Allowance Allocation - V. DK Recycling, Allowance Allocation and Theoretical Constructions of the EU ETS. | (Abstract) In its judgment of 22 June 2016, DK Recycling und Roheisen GmbH v. Commission, the Court of Justice ruled on an appeal brought by a German undertaking operating installations subject to the European Union Emissions Trading System (EU ETS), i.e. a "carbon market" where operators trade greenhouse gas emission allowances. At issue in the case were the rules on free allocation of emission allowances. After putting the case in context by providing an overview of the normative framework of the mechanism, the present analysis examines how the case contributes to the understanding of the theoretical implications of the EU ETS.
- Published
- 2016
- Full Text
- View/download PDF
28. The Discursive (De)Construction of Climate Change Advocacy
- Author
-
Jacqueline Aiello
- Subjects
climate activism ,climate change ,argumentative framing ,policy debates ,social media communication ,American literature ,PS1-3576 ,English literature ,PR1-9680 - Abstract
This paper studies the climate-related discourses of two (sets of) actors with a significant following on the two poles of the current US climate debate: the climate advocacy of one of the most vociferous US environmentalists in office, House Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and the delegitimizing climate counternarratives fashioned by mainstream conservative media outlet Fox News. Specifically, it centres on the processes that govern the argumentative framing of the 2019 policy proposal known as the (US) Green New Deal Resolution (GND) within Rep. Ocasio-Cortez’s tweets and news segments on the GND posted on the official Fox News YouTube site. Guided by the analytical framework delineated in Fairclough and Mădroane (2020), this paper seeks to lay bare the ways in which these two deliberating agents made selected premises salient and overriding, used linguistic devices to (re)define and (re)categorize phenomena, and had recourse to macro speech acts such as explanations and narratives to support their intended aims. In exposing the mechanisms that govern the framing of the critical issue of climate change and the debate of an environmental policy, it hopes to contribute to understanding how framing strategies are employed within policy debates that unfold in less formal contexts and to shed light on the communication of climate-related issues in ways that more effectively resonate with the public and counteract climate scepticism and denial.
- Published
- 2022
- Full Text
- View/download PDF
29. Esemplari mediterranei del verme di fuoco Hermodice carunculata (Annelida) catalogati nelle raccolte zoologiche di musei europei.
- Author
-
Simonini, Roberto, Prevedelli, Daniela, and Righi, Sara
- Abstract
Copyright of Atti della Società dei Naturalisti e Matematici di Modena is the property of Societa dei Naturalisti e Matematici di Modena and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)
- Published
- 2019
30. Controllo dei rischi del cambiamento climatico e progettazione ambientale per una rigenerazione urbana resiliente. Il caso applicativo di Napoli Est.
- Author
-
D'Ambrosio, Valeria and Leone, Mattia Federico
- Abstract
Copyright of TECHNE: Journal of Technology for Architecture & Environment is the property of Firenze University Press and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)
- Published
- 2015
- Full Text
- View/download PDF
31. Climate Change Impacts on Health and Best Practices in the Humanitarian WASH Cluster: Some Comparisons
- Author
-
João Casqueira Cardoso, Anthony Alan Buzzini, Mahfuza Parveen, and Ana Carla Lopes
- Subjects
climate change ,health ,wash ,preparedness ,bangladesh ,united states of america ,Social sciences (General) ,H1-99 ,Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform ,HN1-995 ,History (General) and history of Europe - Abstract
The Cluster WASH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene) is one of the cornerstones of humanitarian action, and a key element for the promotion of health worldwide. The recent years demonstrated the pressure on this humanitarian cluster, as a result of climate change. At the same time, it is also clear that WASH actions have a potential to foster health promotion, preparedness, and resilience among communities affected by humanitarian crisis related to climate hazards. This aspect is visible in both the existing literature of the major international organisations and NGOs networks acting in this field. It is also visible in the best practices promoted in two countries looked at in the paper: Bangladesh and the United States. This comparative analysis allows us to extract conclusions that may be replicable in other national or local contexts. It contributes to a better comprehension of the links between the humanitarian indicators and actions, and the imperative of a work with communities in order to improve even more the preparedness of the health impact of climate change.
- Published
- 2024
- Full Text
- View/download PDF
32. Metodi progettuali multiscalari e mitigazione adattiva per la resilienza climatica delle città.
- Author
-
Leone, Mattia Federico and Raven, Jeffrey
- Abstract
Copyright of TECHNE: Journal of Technology for Architecture & Environment is the property of Firenze University Press and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)
- Published
- 2018
- Full Text
- View/download PDF
33. Prendersi cura dei boschi di un'area interna nell'era del cambiamento climatico: il caso della Basilicata.
- Author
-
Borghetti, Marco, Ferrara, Agostino, Moretti, Nicola, Nolè, Angelo, Pierangeli, Domenico, Ripullone, Francesco, and Todaro, Luigi
- Abstract
This study provides an overview of the forests of Basilicata, Southern Italy, including their recent history, dominant forest types, current management, and vulnerability to climate change and wildfire. It outlines silvicultural and management proposals that can be implemented in the new forest plan that the Basilicata Region is about to adopt. The proposals are based on the principle of adaptive management to support forest functionality, biodiversity and ecosystem services. Silvicultural methods include continuous cover forestry, natural regeneration, species richness and functional diversity, structural diversification, imitation of natural disturbances, tree retention to increase biodiversity. The characteristics of the forest-wood supply chain have been analyzed, highlighting weaknesses and possible improvements. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Published
- 2024
- Full Text
- View/download PDF
34. Burning Land, Burning the Climate: The biofuel industry's capture of EU bioenergy policy
- Author
-
Herman, Marc-Olivier and Mayrhofer, Jan
- Subjects
Climate change ,Private sector - Abstract
There is overwhelming evidence of the harm caused by the European Union’s current bioenergy policy to people in developing countries, to the climate and to Europe’s own sustainable development. The policy is on a collision course with the Paris climate agreement and the United Nations 2030 Sustainable Development Goals., This briefing follows the trail of destruction left by the policy on three continents. It assesses the extraordinary lobbying ‘firepower’ and powerful network of influence at the disposal of the European biofuel industry and its allies, which is blocking reform. In the past year alone, actors in the biofuel value chain – from feedstock growers to biofuel producers – spent over €14m and hired nearly 400 lobbyists. Biofuel producers spend as much on EU influencing as the tobacco lobby. EU decision makers must free themselves from the stranglehold of powerful corporate groups – and choose genuinely sustainable and renewable energy to meet their 2030 climate and energy goals.
- Published
- 2016
35. Gli isotopi stabili nell'acqua fra suolo, pianta e atmosfera.
- Author
-
Scandellari, Francesca and Penna, Daniele
- Abstract
This work aims to present the state of the art regarding the distribution of stable isotopes of oxygen and hydrogen in the water flowing within the soil-vegetation-atmosphere continuum. A special attention will be devoted to the fruit crops, although less research has been done in this field relative to other ecosystems. The most up-to-date researches on climate change highl ight the risk of extended drought periods throughout the European continent, and especially in the Mediterranean region. For this reason, the European community has already activated a series of actions to improve the resilience of the European society to future water scarcity. Although much is known already about the water fluxes on Earth, much more has to be unveiled, especially regarding water permanence in the soil and its flux from the soil to the atmosphere through plants. This is because many effects of the complex interactions between water and its environment still need to be fully comprehended. Many techniques are available to researchers to study water fluxes in the environment. The analysis of stable isotopes of oxygen and hydrogen in water is one of them and is getting particularly popular because of the development of new, powerful techniques that allow continuous measurements directly in the field. We shortly introduce the topic reporting the background information regarding the stable isotopes, including the most important chemical- physical processes affecting the isotopic composition of water and the most common techniques to measure them. We explain how and why use stable isotopes in ecophysiology, agriculture and agroecological research. Stable isotopes are naturally occurring alternative forms of a specific element. Hydrogen has two stable isotopes, 1H and 2H, while oxygen has three, 16O, 17O and 18O, though only the former and the latter are commonly used for research. Because of their ubiquity and because they are natural constituents of water, they represent the perfect trace to follow its flow within ecosystems, even when it is not possible to directly measure the flux rate. We then dissect the agroecosystem presenting the main processes affecting the isotopic composition of water entering in, flowing through and exiting from the ecosystem. In particular, we discuss the dynamics of water in soil, by showing how the forces that push or pull water out of the soil and those that keep it in the system affect its isotopic composition. This is, probably, the environmental compartment that is known the least, not only because it is difficult to study, but also because of the high number of chemical, physical and biological factors that may have an effect on soil water isotopic composition. From the soil, the water is taken up by roots and transferred in huge amounts in the atmosphere. This flux does not only cause a huge withdrawal of water from the soil, pushing the farmers to artificially import it into the system by irrigation, but also creates air turbulences, which can deeply affect the local climatic conditions. For space reasons, we only report the most important fluxes of water. Many more aspects should have been explained, but this would have produced a book instead of a review paper. Nonetheless, with this work, we hope to stimulate the interest of the reader to know more about the distribution of stable isotopes in agroecosystems and the usefulness of using them as a tool to study water fluxes in these systems. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Published
- 2017
- Full Text
- View/download PDF
36. The Circulation and Politics of Knowledge: Climate Change and Livelihood Struggles in a Coastal Fishing Community
- Author
-
Sunil D. Santha
- Subjects
fishworkers ,climate change ,knowledge ,solidarity networks ,livelihoods ,Social sciences (General) ,H1-99 - Abstract
Exploring the role of knowledge circulation in everyday life could provide interesting insights on how different forms of knowledge shapes the lifeworld and subjective realities of people. In the context of everyday livelihood struggles of a coastal fishing community, this paper examines the nature of knowledge circulation at the local level and its micropolitics in wider social arenas. Exploring the nature of local knowledge systems prevalent among small-scale fishworkers, this paper further examines the politics of knowledge, when it circulates from the local social worlds to their solidarity networks. This paper is based on a qualitative study conducted in a coastal fishing village at Munambam situated along the Cochin Estuary in Kerala, India. The study was conducted in two phases. In the first phase of the study, data was collected through in-depth interviews by using a semi-structured interview schedule. In the second phase, a content analysis of media reports was carried out with an aim to analyse the discourses prevalent among diverse solidarity networks of fishworkers. The findings of this paper show that local knowledge is situated and intersectional. Further, the everyday lives of fishworkers are shaped by different knowledge claims that also signify their everyday struggles to access basic livelihood resources. It is amidst these diverse knowledge claims that one needs to critically examine the narratives of modernisation, climate change and the role of solidarity networks among fishworkers.
- Published
- 2021
- Full Text
- View/download PDF
37. Annuario delle osservazioni meteoclimatiche dell'anno 2015 all'Osservatorio Geofisico di Modena.
- Author
-
Lombroso, Luca and Teggi, Sergio
- Subjects
CLIMATE change ,GEOPHYSICAL observatories ,GLOBAL temperature changes ,ATMOSPHERIC temperature ,CLIMATOLOGY - Abstract
Copyright of Atti della Società dei Naturalisti e Matematici di Modena is the property of Societa dei Naturalisti e Matematici di Modena and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)
- Published
- 2016
38. Non-Native Tree Species: Strategies for Sustainable Management in Europe
- Author
-
Keča, Lj., Marčeta, M., Božič, G., Perić, S., Tsvetkov, I., Andreassen, K., Stijović, A., Mandžukovski, D., Zlokapa, B., and Nicolescu, V.N.
- Published
- 2019
- Full Text
- View/download PDF
39. The Circulation and Politics of Knowledge: Climate Change and Livelihood Struggles in a Coastal Fishing Community
- Author
-
Sunil D. Santha
- Subjects
fishworkers ,climate change ,knowledge ,solidarity networks ,livelihoods ,Social sciences (General) ,H1-99 - Abstract
Exploring the role of knowledge circulation in everyday life could provide interesting insights on how different forms of knowledge shapes the lifeworld and subjective realities of people. In the context of everyday livelihood struggles of a coastal fishing community, this paper examines the nature of knowledge circulation at the local level and its micropolitics in wider social arenas. Exploring the nature of local knowledge systems prevalent among small-scale fishworkers, this paper further examines the politics of knowledge, when it circulates from the local social worlds to their solidarity networks. This paper is based on a qualitative study conducted in a coastal fishing village at Munambam situated along the Cochin Estuary in Kerala, India. The study was conducted in two phases. In the first phase of the study, data was collected through in-depth interviews by using a semi-structured interview schedule. In the second phase, a content analysis of media reports was carried out with an aim to analyse the discourses prevalent among diverse solidarity networks of fishworkers. The findings of this paper show that local knowledge is situated and intersectional. Further, the everyday lives of fishworkers are shaped by different knowledge claims that also signify their everyday struggles to access basic livelihood resources. It is amidst these diverse knowledge claims that one needs to critically examine the narratives of modernisation, climate change and the role of solidarity networks among fishworkers.
- Published
- 2020
40. Building resilience of municipalities and regions innovative management to smart specialization
- Author
-
Vasyl Brych, Olena Borysiak, Przemysław Górski, Uliana Tkach, Serhii Hunko, and Marta Juszczyk
- Subjects
innovation ,strategy management ,digitalization of municipalities and regions ,smart technologies ,climate change ,energy efficiency ,sustainability development ,Social Sciences - Abstract
Objectives Adaptations to digitalization and climate change of all aspects of society are important issues of innovation management at the local and regional levels. The paper demonstrates: 1) the components of smart specialization in order to achieve municipalities and regions strategy goals; 2) the use of the mechanism of smart specialization to realize the entrepreneurial potential of the regional economy; 3) the introduction of smart specialization for the innovative development of the Ukrainian municipalities based on the European experience; 4) the indicators of building resilience of municipalities and regions innovative management to smart specialization. Material and methods Combination of dialectical approach to the knowledge of the components of smart specialisation and the methods of induction, deduction for the realisation of the entrepreneurial potential of the regional economy based on cross-industry clustering became the basis for the development of recommendations for municipalities Results Extending the sustainability of innovative municipal and regional governance to smart specialisation is to take into account the importance of using the main postulates of the smart specialisation mechanism to realise the innovation potential of the regional economy. Conclusions The priority directions of the agro-energy cluster model should be the establishment of a cluster model of "Government-Business-Science-Education" interaction. In order to achieve this goal, scientists from the Western Ukrainian National University justified and developed the Programme for Supporting Innovation in Areas of Smart Specialisation in the Ternopil Region for 2020-2023, which aims to implement innovative approaches to capacity building of the regional economy within the framework of smart, sustainable and comprehensive development.
- Published
- 2023
- Full Text
- View/download PDF
41. Evoluzione dell'areale riproduttivo della Cutrettola "italiana" Motacilla flava cinereocapilla.
- Author
-
Ferlini, Flavio
- Abstract
Copyright of Research in Ornithology / Rivista Italiana di Ornitologia is the property of PAGEPress and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)
- Published
- 2015
- Full Text
- View/download PDF
42. DEGRADATIVE IMPACTS OF ELITE LANDSCAPES: RESIDENTIAL LAWNS AND GOLF COURSES
- Author
-
SKYLAR HOUCK
- Subjects
water conservation ,lawn care ,golf course management ,climate change ,elites ,Social sciences (General) ,H1-99 - Abstract
Environmental catastrophes, perpetuated by the unsustainable and unrestricted consumption of resources, are becoming increasingly apparent. Although elite practices often account for a disproportionate amount of resource usage, wealthy ways of life remain unchallenged while the non-elite continuously adapt to ecological crises. The cases of celebrity lawn-watering and golf course maintenance in drought-prone California represent the larger issue of elite practices that effectively oppose healthy change. These elite landscapes have become thoroughly ingrained in American culture, and dismantling their constructed necessity requires scepticism of information produced by those within dominant social orders. This paper will highlight the negative impacts of elite ecological practices while asserting that new ways of living, such as wild gardening and the repurposing of golf course land, should be embraced and empowered. Unnatural landscape aesthetics must be devalued to adapt to environmental changes, and to accomplish this feat, a cultural shift is crucial.
- Published
- 2024
- Full Text
- View/download PDF
43. ROMANIA: GEOGRAPHICAL AND GEOPOLITICAL POSITION
- Author
-
Ciprian Beniamin Benea
- Subjects
citizens ,climate change ,education ,individuals ,Romania’s geopolitical position ,Business ,HF5001-6182 ,Finance ,HG1-9999 - Abstract
The paper intends to bring to the reader’s attention the importance of understanding the role education plays in creating a good geopolitical position for a state which has a good geographical position, and which is well endowed in natural resources. The case of Romania is the main focus of the paper. There is presented a peculiar strange situation of a country (Romania) which is very well located from geographical point of view but which is incapable to exploit its natural endowments and special location. One reason for this situation is the fact that most people living in present Romania belong to a category named in this paper ‘individuals’. Individuals are not aware of their country’s geography and history, let alone its possible future development possibilities. They do not know the role their country could play, and living in an atomized society, they choose emigration as the easiest way to escape harsh social and economic environment. Contrary to this attitude is that of a citizen, a man conscious about his country’s potential, and which is dedicated to work hardly together with his fellows in order to promote national interests in a peaceful manner. Even there was found remnants of an ancient city close to present day Romanian territory – proves of well endowed environment – moral and psychological factors have contributed after 1990 in an crucial manner to push Romania from its civilization path back to the archaic spirit, from active urban spirit to rural mentality. In such a situation it is not uncommon for a nation to lose its means for projecting power, which could promote the value and the importance of a geographical position – transportation; rural mentality has nothing to do with modern transportation as they are technical tools with geopolitical essence for controlling space. It is a well known fact that transportation and geopolitics are closely interrelated. Furthermore, social dissolution in post communist Romania is identified in population reduction’s number, in missing trust in her successful evolution, falling agriculture and deforestation. All these negative aspects have pushed back Romania from geopolitical point of view. As solution for regaining its geopolitical role, Romanian must have an educated population, which would be conscious about the important connection between geography and education, and between Romania’s geographical position and the needed tools for promoting it from geopolitical point of view. Cough between East and West, Romania belongs to both areas; much more, in the context of climate change, Romania’s land, fresh water, and cheap water transport possibilities on Danube and Black Sea (and well beyond it) must be used at their real capacities. Only in that moment Romania’s special geographical position will made Romania an active geopolitical actor, helping Romanians to determine its fate in a sustainable manner.
- Published
- 2016
44. Modulating urban dynamics from a climate perspective – In-between spaces and climate neutrality
- Author
-
Fabrizio Tucci, Paola Altamura, and Maria Michaela Pani
- Subjects
in-between spaces ,public space ,climate change ,eco-district ,decarbonisation ,Architecture ,NA1-9428 - Abstract
This contribution presents the results of a study that interprets in-between spaces as a modular system which structures space, relationships, and urban dynamics from a climate perspective. The aim is to demonstrate the positive contribution that technological-environmental design can offer in the context of redevelopment and new construction of the urban fabric, concerning the ecological performance of the entire urban system, particularly from the perspective of decarbonisation and climate mitigation. Within this research, a methodology for classifying and analysing in-between spaces was developed, as well as a method for evaluating the reduction of climate-altering emissions. The paper compares six case studies that represent the three identified categories of in-between spaces, evaluating them through the criteria of Naturalness, Proximity and Circularity and in relation to the six strategic axes of Green Cities. Article info Received: 10/09/2023; Revised: 10/10/2023; Accepted: 19/10/2023
- Published
- 2023
- Full Text
- View/download PDF
45. Investigating Urban Inequalities in a Climate Crisis Scenario: the Contribution of Big Data to Environmental Justice Studies
- Author
-
Alessandra Landi and Tommaso Rimondi
- Subjects
neighbourhood ,socio-ecological innovation ,climate change ,environmental inequalities ,Human ecology. Anthropogeography ,GF1-900 - Abstract
This paper moves from the idea that cities represent a central “battlefield” for today’s environmental challenges. Climate change, in particular, poses significative threats for urban landscapes and communities living in urban space. On the one hand, today’s challenges have significant continuities with classical urban issues: cities have always been space of conflicts, contradictions, inequalities. Environmental issues represent one of the many stressors of urban dynamics; conflicts on the locations of polluting sites, for example, have developed over the last fifty years, intertwined with segregation and discrimination processes. On the other hand, the central role of the environment in current policies, framed as “sustainability policies”, need a specific, renewed and stronger focus on urban inequalities, that can significantly benefit from new analytical tools, such as Big data. The first paragraph give a short perspective on environmental justice history and main topics, focusing in particular on its lasting interest for spatial inequalities and discrimination processes. The second paragraph underlines how, within the context of climate change, such perspective proves to be still useful, permitting to deepen our understandings of vulnerabilities and recovery processes in the aftermath of disasters, or resilience planning’s failures. The third and last paragraph illustrates how new analytical tools, such as Big Data or ecometrics, can be used to inform local policies and strengthen cooperation between activists, citizen, administrators and academics in tackling inequalities within the urban fabric.
- Published
- 2023
- Full Text
- View/download PDF
46. Beyond 'Climate-Neutral and Smart Cities': Reflections on Strategies and Governance Models
- Author
-
Monica Bernardi and Alberica Aquili
- Subjects
climate change ,climate-neutral city ,urban governance ,co-city ,Human ecology. Anthropogeography ,GF1-900 - Abstract
The paper reflects on the state of the art in the field of smart cities and climate change focusing on how cities can play a role in meeting the 2030 climate neutrality goal. It investigates the main streams of literature on cities’ visions (smart city, sharing city, self-sufficient city, 15-minuts city, circular city) and the climate-neutrality approach proposed by the European Commission through the EU mission on Climate-Neutral and Smart Cities. The mission has identified 100 European cities that will be engaged in a transition to climate neutrality by the end of 2030 as cities’ model to push other cities to work for meeting goals of decarbonization. The 9 Italian cities selected by the mission, as well as a city inspired by the mission itself, are presented with their programs and initiatives in order to highlight how they are replying to the main urban challenges in terms of services provisions. The emerging hypothesis is that, to provide services in a fair and just way reducing environmental impact, city should be understand as a commons. A co-city model based on a penta helix approach as those proposed by Foster and Iaione, is thus a strategic way to deal with the urban challenges also in a climate logic and would help cities to meet the EU goals by 2030.
- Published
- 2023
- Full Text
- View/download PDF
47. CAMBIAMENTI CLIMATICI NEI PAESAGGI DI BONIFICA Adattamento tra modulo e modularità.
- Author
-
Brisotto, Carla, Carney, Jeff, Macaione, Ina, and Raffa, Alessandro
- Abstract
Copyright of Agathon: International Journal of Architecture, Art & Design is the property of DEMETRA CE.RI.MED and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)
- Published
- 2023
- Full Text
- View/download PDF
48. L'Evoluzione dei Contenziosi Climatici nei Report UNEP (2017-2023).
- Author
-
PISANÒ, ATTILIO
- Abstract
Copyright of Eunomia is the property of Eunomia and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)
- Published
- 2023
- Full Text
- View/download PDF
49. Futuri scenari di conservazione preventiva nella gestione del rischio di biodeterioramento indotto dal clima: Il caso dell'Archivio di Stato di Palermo.
- Author
-
Matè, Donatella, Frasca, Francesca, Verticchio, Elena, Giammusso, Federico Maria, Sebastiani, Maria Letizia, Siani, Anna Maria, and Sclocchi, Maria Carla
- Published
- 2023
50. The Aesthetic Dimensions of Sustainability in Design Culture
- Author
-
Gerardo Semprebon
- Subjects
aesthetics ,climate change ,sustainability ,resiliency ,New European Bauhaus ,Arts in general ,NX1-820 - Abstract
Exploring new aesthetic dimensions in the sustainable transformation of the environment is one of the prerogatives of the New European Bauhaus (NEB) campaign. Design disciplines offer the ideal framework to investigate how performative requirements admitted in the construction industry provide inputs to the manifestation of contemporary urban aesthetics. Firstly, the paper introduces the discourse on architectural aesthetics recalling prominent positions sedimented since the 20th century, providing the theoretical framework to discuss how canons and codes of beauty are shifting according to current sustainable agendas. Secondly, it showcases peculiar design attitudes connecting buildings’ aesthetics and ecologies, referring to four case studies. The methodology discusses the extent of design choices driven by different declinations of sustainability, which include the production of clean energy, circular economy, and carbon capture. The results portray a horizon of new aesthetics emerging from the advocated ecological transition that contributes to renegotiating the idea of beauty as intentional senses of figuration and sensory experiences.
- Published
- 2023
Discovery Service for Jio Institute Digital Library
For full access to our library's resources, please sign in.