97942 - Technologies for The Mitigation of the Impacts of Climate Change

Learning outcomes

The course will introduce strategies and tecnologies aimed at (i) reducing carbon dioxide concentration in the atmosphere and (ii) adapting to climate-induced hydrologic risk.

At the end of the course the student will be able to assess and identify climate change mitigation strategies related to industrial and civil sectors as well as risk mitigation alternatives. The student will acquire knowledge about techniques reducing GHG and flood and drought risk mitigation.

Course contents

The course is composed by 2 modules:

Module 1 - Prof.ssa Serena Ceola

Flood and drought risk mitigation strategies, including green, structural and unstructural measures.

Module 2 - Prof.ssa Maria Grazia De Angelis

Innovative methodologies to capture and convert carbon dioxide from energetic, industrial and atmospheric sources, including also socio-economic implications.

Readings/Bibliography

Suggested readings (this is not an exaustive list - to be updated at the beginning of the course).

Module 1 - Prof.ssa Serena Ceola

Brown, T. C., Mahat, V., & Ramirez, J. A. (2019). Adaptation to future water shortages in the United States caused by population growth and climate change. Earth's Future, 7, 219–234. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018EF001091

Z. W. Kundzewicz, D. L. T. Hegger, P. Matczak, P. P. J. Driessen (2018). Opinion: Flood-risk reduction: Structural measures and diverse strategies. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 115 (49) 12321-12325; 10.1073/pnas.1818227115

Ward, P. J. et al. (2020). The need to integrate flood and drought disaster risk reduction strategies, Water Security,
11, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasec.2020.100070.

Module 2 - Prof.ssa Maria Grazia De Angelis

Introduction to carbon capture and sequestration. (Smit, Berend, 1962- author.; Reimer, Jeffrey A., author.; Oldenburg, Curtis M., author.; Bourg, Ian C., author.
London : Imperial College Press; 2014

Carbon Dioxide Utilisation-Closing the Carbon Cycle, 1st Edition - September 12, 2014, Editors: Peter Styring, Elsje Alessandra Quadrelli, Katy Armstrong, eBook ISBN: 9780444627483, Hardcover ISBN: 9780444627469

Electrification - Accelerating the Energy Transition
1st Edition - August 8, 2021
Editor: Pami Aalto
Paperback ISBN: 9780128221433
eBook ISBN: 9780128221761

Teaching methods

Frontal and on-demand lectures, group discussions

Assessment methods

Written exam. More details will be provided at the beginning of the course.

Teaching tools

Power point presentations, videos.

Office hours

See the website of Serena Ceola

See the website of Maria Grazia De Angelis