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The land-food-climate nexus: feeding people, fighting climate change or saving Nature?
The seminar will be held by Prof. Francesco Cherubini, Director of the Industrial Ecology Programme, Department of Energy and Process Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU).
Friday, 21 November, 2:30 PM
Room T.0.4 (Building 13)
Webex room: https://politecnicomilano.webex.com/meet/mario.grosso
Abstract
Our land is under pressure: it must feed a growing population, store carbon, and protect nature, all at the same time. By considering challenges and opportunities, this talk will explore solutions that can co-deliver multiple benefits and the changes required to achieve them, from systemic transformations to the everyday choices that shape the future of our land.
Speaker’s bio
I am the Director of the Industrial Ecology Programme at NTNU.
My main research interests are in the field of i) climate change and environmental impacts from energy systems and land use (food production, forest management), ii) environmental sustainability analysis (e.g., LCA) of energy and transport systems, iii) effects of climate change on energy systems (e.g., response of renewable electricity production to weather variability and extremes) and terrestrial ecosystems (agricultural land and forests), and iv) analysis and process development of advanced technological systems (biofuels, biorefinery, H2, and synthetic fuels). I assess interactions between terrestrial ecosystems, technologies and the environment using a variety of multidisciplinary approaches, including life-cycle assessment methods, remotely sensed data, regional climate models, statistical models, lab experiments, process simulations, or environmental impact models.
I am teaching the graduate course “Climate Change Mitigation” (TEP 4300). I served as Lead Author in the IPBES Nexus Assessment Report and in the IPCC Special Report on Climate Change and Land.
Included by Web of Science among the world’s most influential researchers of the past decade, demonstrated by the production of multiple highly-cited papers that rank in the top 1% by citations for field and year.