Corsi di Studio del Dipartimento di Culture, Politica e Società

At global, regional and local levels (between countries, but also within countries) strong inequalities are present in the impacts of environmental and climatic changes on socio-ecological systems. There is overlapping between lack of access to essential natural resources and critical income conditions, such as for example in situations of energy poverty or water poverty. These situations are exacerbated by the diverse impact of climate change mitigation policies on nations and citizen categories. Moreover, inequalities in the impacts are associated to different responsibilities between nations and social classes in the contribution to the ecological crisis. These dynamics are particularly relevant for low-income and “emerging” countries, that contribute relatively less to environmental damages, but risk to suffer for the contradictions that are intrinsic in the climate change mitigation and adaptation policies. At the same time in such countries many government-led and grass-roots solutions to environmental risks are already present and deserve more attention and support.  

The objective of the LAB is to reflect on the planning of a global and local ecological transition that is also focused on issues of social, environmental and climate equity and justice.

The students will be able to design a case study and to interpret its key elements according to the leading theories and evidences explained in the LAB.

Different topics will be addressed, among which:

Climate change, inequality and vulnerability

Carbon inequality

Climate and poverty

Trade-offs and synergies between adaptation and mitigation policies

Development and grass-roots solutions to climate change 

Forests

Land

Water

The professor will provide some lectures and will guide students to the analysis of some case studies. Students will work individually and in group. 

The students will be conducted to do practical researches and discussions in class on the topics choosen by the Professor. They will have the possibility to include own topics of interest, if related to the Lab. The students form groups and do a research. The evaluation is based on the quality of the research that each group conducts, presents and discusses in class. 

Attendance is compulsory for at least 70% of the lectures.  

The Professor can support the students for their project preparation during the office hours, usually on Thursday. 

Materials will be provided by the Professor, mainly on the Moodle page. Students will be also encouraged to search scientific materials for their presentations. 

On Thursday March 5 the LAB will not take place, the replacement will be on Tuesday March 31, h 4:00 - 7:00 PM, ROOM F3. 

The LAB will take place in the second semester, starting on February 19, 2026. 

It will be on Thursday, h 11-14, Room F1, Campus Luigi Einaudi (CLE), for 18 hours. 

Attendance is compulsory for at least 70% of the lectures. 

STUDENTS SHOULD REGISTER IN THE MOODLE PAGE (LINK AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE) IN ORDER TO RECEIVE THE MESSAGES.