LIVE «The future of the science», September 2007, Venezia, invitato anche Carlo Rubbia

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Friday, September 21, 2007

Energy:
environment & health.

The burning of fossil fuels really got underway with the industrial revolution, and has continued at
an increasing pace to the present day. Carbon dioxide, released into the atmosphere by burning,
is a major greenhouse gas, and according to some studies, appears to be provoking climate
change on a massive scale. There will be changes in the atmosphere, the oceans and terrestrial
ecosystems that will profoundly affect the lives and health of ordinary people, the world economy,
and the well-being of the planet.
These far-reaching effects of past and future energy use will be discussed: the projected climate
changes and their consequences will be examined, including their effects on biodiversity,
individuals and humanity as a whole.


h. 9.00 a.m. - 1.00 p.m. Chairs: Olivier Barbaroux and Chicco Testa

Richard Lindzen
Global warming: testing versus promoting

Ahmed Ghoniem
Energy resources and technologies; and approaches for low-impact utilization

Victor Smetacek
The health of planet ocean in the Anthropocene

Dianna Bowles
Working with plants to build a sustainable future

Panel discussion
h. 2.00 p.m. - 5.00 p.m. Chairs: Chris Bowler and Nicolò Dubini

James Lovelock
Sustainable retreat

Gennaro De Michele
From steam generator to smart grid. Vision and frontiers of electricity generation

Richard Klausner
Cimate change and health - projecting and dealing with a threat already here

Panel discussion
h. 5.00 p.m. - 6.00 p.m. AIRC Conversation: Richard Klausner and Pier Giuseppe Pelicci Introduced
by Umberto Veronesi
Energy sources and cancer

Friday, September 21, 2007

F O N D A Z I O N E G I O R G I O C I N I , I S L A N D O F S A N G I O R G I O M A G G I O R E , V E N I C E

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Saturday, September 22, 2007

Energy:
ethics, politics and economics.

The energy challenge is now known to be related in a fundamental way the global environmental
challenge. Both have major ethical, political and economic implications.
For both, a key concept is sustainability, whose ramifications and implications are emerging from
research involving the physical and natural scientists on one hand and the social scientists on the other.
The sustainability of development is being put under serious pressure by the burgeoning economic
growth of the Asian economies and their billions of citizens. Strategies to address energy needs
and environmental problems must be practical enough to form a basis for stable international
agreements but cannot afford to neglect the ethical dimension, since decisions are being taken
that will have major impacts on future generations.

h. 9.00 a.m. - 1.00 p.m. Chairs: Ignazio Musu and Philip Pettit

Joachim Schellnhuber
Climate change: a grand challenge for sustainability science

Vaclav Smil
Energy transitions: expectations and realities

Carlo Carraro
Climate policy in the post-Kyoto world. Incentives, institutions and equity

Partha Dasgupta
Globalization and the natural environment

David Blackbourn
The culture and politics of energy in Germany: an historical perspective

Panel discussion
h. 2.00 p.m. - 4.00 p.m. Chairs: Kathleen Kennedy Townsend and MarceloSanchez Sorondo

Jean Jacquinot
The case for a world collaboration on fusion and ITER

Fulvio Conti
Energy supply equation

Giuliano Amato
Closing Lecture

Final Remarks
Giovanni Bazoli, Chiara Tonelli, Marco Tronchetti Provera, Umberto Veronesi

Saturday, September 22, 2007

F O N D A Z I O N E G I O R G I O C I N I , I S L A N D O F S A N G I O R G I O M A G G I O R E , V E N I C E

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