Teresa is the founder of a social enterprise, Faroo, with the aim to transform tourism into a force for good. Committed to supporting local communities, she started working as an environmental engineer in international cooperation developing projects in Africa, South America, and South East on environmental issues and sustainable tourism. Now she works as sustainable tourism expert for the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) and auditor for the main international certification bodies recognized by the United Nations. She also raises awareness on sustainability through her 60 seconds Green Corner on Instagram.
A chemist by training with a PhD in chemical sciences, he has been involved in science outreach for nearly 20 years. He is mainly concerned with energy sources, sustainability and environmental impact. He has worked for years in the research of new plastic materials for hydrogen fuel cells and in the production of bioethanol from waste biomass. He has an H-index of 14 and about 600 citations of his articles in international publications. He was formerly involved with Cicap and was founder and president of Scientificast. He has written three books, “Chemistry in 5 minutes,” “With the right energy” and “What you know about plastics is wrong’, published by Gribaudo. Over the years, he has participated as a guest and content author for various national media (newspapers, TV and radio). He is currently a lecturer at the master’s degree in science communication at San Raffaele University and the course “Writing about Science” for Feltrinelli Education.
Main professional interests: Pneumology, Oncology, Palliative Care, Respiratory Rehabilitation, Tobacco, Environmental Pollution, Prevention of respiratory diseases. Adjunct Professor at the University of Milan, Degree Course in Physiotherapy, San Carlo Hospital section. Annual pneumology lectures at the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery of the Vita-Salute San Raffaele University of Milan and at the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery of the University of Milan, San Paolo Hospital section. 2009 Hippocrates Award for Biomedical Research and in 2016 Certificate of Civic Merit from the Municipality of Milan “Ambrogino d’oro”. Co-author of more than 100 scientific articles published in national and international journals of pneumological, oncology and environmental interest. President Elect of SITAB (Italian Society of Tobaccology) and Member of the Scientific Committee of “No Smoking Be Happy” of the Umberto Veronesi Foundation. Author of “Spegnila!” with Donatella Barus (BUR) and of “Smetti di fumare con gusto, senza ingrassare” with Lorella Beretta and Anna Villarini (Sperling&Kupfer).
Emanuele Bompan is an environmental journalist and geographer. He deals with circular economy, climate change, water resources, food security, energy, sustainable mobility, green economy, American politics.
He is the editor-in-chief of Renewable Matter, the first international magazine on circular economy and bioeconomy. He collaborates with newspapers such as La Stampa, Sole24Ore, Linkiesta, La Nuova Ecologia, Lifegate, Oltremare. Author of numerous books, including Geopolitical Atlas of Water (Hoepli 2019), Watergrabbing – the hidden wars for water of the 21st century (EMI 2018), Circular Economy (ed. Ambiente 2016) and Bioarchitecture (Hachette 2013).
He has won the European Journalism Center IDR Grant four times, the Middlebury Environmental Journalism Fellowship once and was named Journalist for the Earth 2015. He has reported in 75 countries, both as a journalist and as an analyst. An expert on cooperation and environmental issues, he works for the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS), as a content producer.
He has a doctorate in geography and collaborates with ministries and foundations. think-tanks and clean-tech incubators. Since 2018 he has been vice-president of the WGO – Water Grabbing Observatory, the first international association for monitoring water resources in connection with climate change, where he deals with reporting, analysis and journalistic publications.
the multidisciplinary research centre on climate science and policy (www.cmcc.it), for which he also coordinates the editorial activities of the digital magazine Foresight (www.climateforesight.eu) and the CMCC Climate Change Communication Award ‘Rebecca Ballestra’ (www.cmccaward.eu), the international platform for multidisciplinary projects that contribute to enhancing citizen’s awareness of climate change. His professional activity focuses on the interface between the world of science and public opinion. The main topics he deals with concern the interaction between science and the world of policy (IPCC Focal Point for Italy – https://www.cmccaward.eu/), the issues of misinformation and understanding of climate data through the involvement of citizens (AGORA – https://adaptationagora.eu/ ), the communication of climate risk analysis (https://www.cmcc.it/it/report-sul-rischio-climatico).
Cacciamani Carlo, Physicist, is Director of the ItaliaMeteo Agency, appointed by the Head of State. In past years he directed the IdroMeteoClima Service of the Arpae of Emilia-Romagna and the Central Functional Center of the Department of National Civil Protection. He has long experience in the field of meteorological-climatology, and is the author of around a hundred scientific publications. He was a professor of meteorology at the University of Bologna. He recently published a book/novel (in italian) entitled “La giostra del tempo senza tempo”, on the topic of the climate emergency.
Stefano has a Master degree in Environmental Engineering and Ph.D. in Sanitary Engineering. He is Associate professor at he University of Parma and adjunct professor of Mitigation of Climate Change at Politecnico di Milano. Stefano is the project manager of the Desarc-Maresanus Project (DEcreasing Seawater Acidification Removing Carbon).
Stefano is also involved in the dissemination of scientific knowledge on climate change, he has published six books (the last titled “Sex and the climate”) and is the founder and coordinator of Climalteranti.it, one of the main Italian blog on climate change, and Co-Director of the scientific journal “Ingegneria dell’Ambiente” (Engineering of the Environment).
Marco Cattaneo, born in Milan in 1963, is graduated in physics, and is editor in chief of «National Geographic Italia», «National Geographic Traveler»», «Le Scienze» and «Mind». He published on many italian and national newspapers and magazines as both writer and photographer and he is author of a bunch of books focussing on science and travel.
PhD in Design, Assistant Professor at Politecnico di Milano, Design Department. She has specialized in Fashion Design for Sustainability. She is part of the research section “Design and Culture of Innovation”. From 2018, she collaborates on the research and activities of the Fashion in Process Research Lab at the Politecnico di Milano. She teaches postgraduate course at Milano Fashion Institute and other higher education courses. Her research interests concern sustainability issues in an environmental, economic, social, and cultural context where the role of design is to catalyze innovative solutions. Her work deals with the relationship between design and productive processes within the fashion sector with attention to the study of its supply chain in support of a sustainable transition.
Federico Grazzini 53 years old, graduated in physics and PhD in meteorology. Senior meteorologist at ARPAE Emilia-Romagna. He has been working in the field for more than thirty years, including 5 years at the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) as synoptic analyst, and recently as researcher at LMU (University of Munich) on extreme precipitation events. He is co-author of the children’s book “Fa un po’ caldo. Breve storia del riscaldamento climatico e dei suoi protagonisti’ (Fabbri Ed., 2020). He writes about meteorology and climatology for the weekly news magazine L’Essenziale/Internazionale.
Graduated in 2004 in Biological Sciences, I became Doctor of Philosophy in 2008 in Experimental Ecology and Geobotany at the University of Pavia. Permanent researcher at ENEA since December 2010, as marine ecologist I studies plastic and adaptive responses in marine bioconstructional calcifying organisms (invertebrates) threaten by climate change (i.e., acidification, warming, hypoxia), with special focus on bryzoans. I am especially interested in the role of such organisms in mitigation and adaptation strategies to Climate Change. Since 2013, I supervise master and PhD students in collaboration with Italian and foreign Universities, and I give lectures in PhD schools and coordinates Didactic Lab and Summers Schools in Marine Ecology. I have been coordinating two Antarctic projects (ICE-CLIMALIZERS in 2016, BIOROSS in 2018) and I took part to two Antarctic expeditions in Terra Nova Bay, doing scientific diving activities under the ice-pack supported by the Navy Diving special corp. I am author of more 80 scientific publications (h-index 18), including peer review papers, chapter books and conference proceedings, and act as Reviewer and editor for international journals. I do also citizen science projects and dissemination activities for public and schools, often through MEDIA (TV and radio). As coordinator for ENEA, in collaboration with CNR, INGV, Municipality of Lerici, Scuola di Mare Santa Teresa and Cooperativa di Mitilicoltori Associati, we established in 2021 “Smart Bay Santa Teresa”(https://smartbaysteresa.com). Smart Bay S. Teresa is a platform of cooperation among different stakeholders promoting ecosystem based projects for a Blue and Green sustainable development which is directly contributing to three PNRR projects.
I’m a Designer of solutions focused on energy efficiency and environmental sustainability, energy auditor (civil buildings) and certifier, qualified CAM Expert. Dealing with professional training and design of nZEB buildings, energy certification, application of building CAM and DNSH. The consultant activity is addressed to professionals, public entities and trade associations. I carry out inspection activities for public and private companies. CENED Inspector for energy certifications in Lombardia and dealing control activities of CAM requirements. Currently, i’m an advisor of the Order and of the PPC Architects Foundation of Milan, with delegations for energy and environmental sustainability and training issues; member of institutional working tables focused on the implementation of CAM in Building Regulations, Deciwatt protocol with ENEA and professional training in the CNAPPC Operational Group.
Filippo Thiery, a graduate in Physics, has been working at the National Department of Civil Protection since 2002, particularly in the weather sector of the Central Functional Center, where he mainly performs operational tasks, in issuing weather forecasts and alerts addressed to relevant agencies and institutions, and in weather support to the components and operational structures of the National Civil Protection Service engaged in both prevention activities and emergency response scenarios. He also contributes to the Department’s various training and communication campaigns and initiatives on the issues of forecasting adverse events and risk communication and awareness.
He has previously done research on climate change at ENEA and taught mathematics and physics in high schools.
Since 2012, he has been the face of the weather column on Geo, Rai3’s environmental popularization program, in which he edits a daily column dedicated to weather forecasts over Italy and their impacts on the territory, as well as scientific popularization on weather and atmospheric phenomena.
Professor of forest management and planning at the University of Milan, he studies simulation models to support sustainable forest management, mitigation and adaptation to climate change and natural disturbances in European temperate forests. He has carried out research at the University of Turin and at the Joint Research Center of the European Commission. He is active in science communication, has numerous scientific publications to his credit and in 2018 he was included by Nature magazine among the 11 best emerging scientists in the world who “are leaving their mark in science”. He is a member of the Italian Society of Silviculture and Forest Ecology (SISEF), of which he coordinates the working group on communication, and of the scientific committee of WWF Italy and Federparchi. He is the author of “The resilience of the forest” (Mondadori, 2019).
He began his professional career even prior to graduating in construction engineering and architecture at the University of Bologna, by collaborating with Italian firms such as Mario Cucinella Architects, ASA studio Albanese and Roberto Murgia Architect.
After earning his Master’s in Architecture (MArch) in Sustainable Environmental Design at the prestigious Architectural Association of London, he continued his research on the environmental sustainability of urban spaces and low-energy buildings by working at Westminster University in London.
In 2014 he brought together his experiences in architecture and research in the Filippo Weber Architects project (now Weber Architects) which brings together an interdisciplinary team of professionals, united by the interest in designing responsibly. Expert in energy dynamics inside and outside buildings, he now leads the team in defining architectures that interpret the climate context in a contemporary way.