Teacher
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VALLINO Fabienne
(syllabus)
MAIN TOPICS
- Middle East today. - Central Asia today. - Political Geography and Geopolitics. - Principles and policies to safeguard the Planet (climate change, desertification, water security). - Principles and policies for the conservation and the protection of Nature and the Environment. - Developed and developing countries; Least Developed Countries. - Geographical and ecological handicaps. - Natural disasters / Environmental disasters. - G20-Rome (October 2021) and Cop26-Glasgow (November 2021) on Climate Change.
Students will explore the great issues of our time, especially the so-called "Environmental Threats": mainly, pollution, deforestation, climate change, and water scarcity.
(reference books)
STUDENTS WHO DO NOT ATTEND THE COURSE
1) Original English version of: - Al Gore, An Inconvenient Truth, 2006: a documentary - film directed by Davis Guggenheim; the international campaign of the former United States Vice President Al Gore to educate world citizens on global warming and its consequences on the Earth's surface. - Al Gore, An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power, 2017: a documentary - film directed by Bonni Cohen and Jon Shenk; former American Vice President Al Gore continues his tireless fight, travelling around the world to train an army of activists and influence international climate policy.
2) Research on: - International fight against climate change and global warming. - Greta Thunberg, Swedish environmental activist, and her role today. - European Union "Green Deal".
3) The Limits to Growth. Report by System Dynamics Group Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
4) Handbook of Environmental Materials Management Chapter: The Environmental Threats Our World Is Facing Today.
2 further books, chosen from the updated bibliography that will be published in the second semester.
F. E.: Norman Myers (1934-2019), The Sinking Ark. A new look at the problem of disappearing species, Pergamon Press, Oxford (UK), 1979. Paul and Anne Ehrlich, Extinction, Random House, New York, N.Y., 1981.
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