Dipartimento di Agraria

Università degli Studi di Sassari
Giovedì, 22 Giugno 2023
Notizia

2023 Enrico Fermi Lecture: Agriculture in the Climate Crisis: Facts, Trends and Systemic Solutions

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The adaptation options that need to be implemented locally for sustainable management and planning of agronomic practices, was tackled on Thursday, 22th of June 2023, in a lecture by renowned Italian research scientist, Prof. Donatella Spano. The lecture was jointly organised by The Cyprus Institute and the Italian Embassy in Nicosia for the 7th consecutive year, as part of the Enrico Fermi Lecture series.

The “Enrico Fermi Lectures” are a series of talks co-organised by The Cyprus Institute and the Embassy of Italy in Nicosia with the aim of bringing to Cyprus leading Italian scientists to speak about cutting-edge scientific developments, thus contributing to the scientific and technological cooperation between Italy and Cyprus - a testimony to the long historical and cultural ties between the two countries.

Donatella Spano is a Full Professor of the Department of Agricultural Sciences of the University of Sassari and representative of the University in the National Doctorate on Climate Change and Sustainable Development. She is a Member of the Strategic Council of the Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change Foundation, a Member of the scientific committee of the National Center on Biodiversity, and Co-Leader of Spoke on Ecosystem Function, service, and solutions. She served as Regional Minister for the Protection of the Environment – Sardinia, Italy (2014-2019), President of the Italian Society for Climate Sciences (SISC) (2013-2015), Vice-Rector for Research and Technology Transfer, University of Sassari (2011-2014).
 
She is a Member of the Italian Academy of Forest Sciences and of Accademia dei Georgofili. She is actively involved in several international, national, and regional projects on the adaptation of agricultural and forestry systems to climate change, the development of methodologies and support systems for the sustainable management of water resources, and fire risk assessment.
 

More information: https://www.cyi.ac.cy/index.php/cyi-news/2023-enrico-fermi-lecture-agriculture-in-the-climate-crisis-facts-trends-and-systemic-solutions.html