Lectures

IPROMO

Mountains in a changing climate: Threats, challenges and opportunities

On-line course

28 September – 9 October 2020

DRAFT PROGRAMME

 

Day

Topics/presentations

Instructors

28
September
Monday

Opening Ceremony

Giuseppe Scarascia Mugnozza, UNITUS-DIBAF
Michele Freppaz, UNITO 

An overview of the Mountain Partnership, IPROMO and this year’s main topic

Rosalaura Romeo, FAO-MPS

Introduction and establishment of working groups

Danilo Godone, Chairman

Understanding climate change in mountains

Rodica Nitu, WMO

29
September
Tuesday

Principles of Sustainable Mountain Development (cont.d)

Hans Schreier, UBC

30
September
Wednesday

Climate Change and mountain watershed management

Hans Schreier, UBC

1
October

Thursday

Mountain weather and climate in a warmer world

Elisa Palazzi, Italian National Research Council,
Claudio Cassardo, UNITO

2
October

Friday

Climate change and mountain policy and governance

Lucia Perugini,
The Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change

Afforestation and Natural Afforestation in Mountain Areas

Tommaso Chiti, UNITUS-DIBAF

5
October

Monday

Climate change and mountain soils

Silvia Stanchi, Michele Freppaz, UNITO

Climate change and water/hydropower issues in mountains

Daniele Bocchiola, Polytechnic of Milan

6
October

Tuesday

Climate change and natural hazards

Danilo Godone, Daniele Giordan,
Niccolo Dematteis, CNR

7
October

Wednesday

Climate change and sustainable mountain tourism

Kim Langmaid, Colorado Mountain College

8
October

Thursday

Climate change and mountain vegetation, biodiversity and societies

Larry Lopez, Yamagata University
Giorgio Vacchiano, Universita di Milano

9
October

Friday

Presentation of the group work

Participants

Closing Ceremony

Giuseppe Scarascia,
Michele Freppaz,
Danilo Godone,
Tommaso Chiti,
Rosalaura Romeo

Technical Notes

 

  • Four modules per day of 45 minutes each, followed by a 15-min slot for Q&A - Total 4 hour lessons per day

  • Platform used: MOODLE and CISCO WEBEX

  • All lessons will be available both live and recorded

  • At the end of each day, a questionnaire will be distributed to partcipants to be filled before the following lesson

 

 

 

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