CATAA – Centro de Apoio Tecnológico Agro-Alimentar is a non-profit agrifood technological centre and it’s dedicated to research, development, innovation and knowledge transfer with a focus on the agrifood sector. The centre promotes synergies between the scientific and technological communities and the business sector. CATAA covers nearly the entire food science cycle from post-harvest conservation […]
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Climate change represents one of the most significant threats to humanity, posing potentially catastrophic impacts on both people and the natural environment. Over the past three decades, climate policy has evolved into a significant policy domain, gaining substantial political importance, especially at the international level. In response, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
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In the urgent pursuit of a sustainable future, the European Union is pioneering a transformative approach that blends technology with citizen engagement. At the heart of this movement lies NeuroClima, a ground-breaking project funded by the European Union under the Horizon Europe program and a research consortium of fifteen partners led by Politecnico di Milano.
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The Department of Design of the Politecnico di Milano is home to a multidisciplinary team of researchers which are working across diverse fields such as public management, digital transformation, healthcare, sustainability, communication design and data visualisation. The organisation excels in applied research and service design by addressing user needs, experience design and organisational change. Moreover,
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The current participatory democracy methods to engage citizens into policymaking are quite rudimental and most of them offer one-way only communication and fail to enable inclusive dialogue between citizens and institutions. Additionally, the deliberative spaces that are available today to co-create ideas and bridge these ideas to actions across diverse institutions and expertise are highly
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The Summit of the Future originated from a recommendation in the Our Common Agenda report, an initiative launched by the UN Secretary-General António Guterres for ideas on how better to respond to current and future challenges. Its aim is two-fold: accelerate efforts to meet our existing international commitments, and take concrete steps to respond to
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October 14th, 2024
Milan, Italy
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Climate change is a multidimensional and transversal phenomenon. It is not just global warning, it directly affects many ecosystems and their biodiversity, by altering climatic variability and precipitation patterns, the intensity and duration of extreme weather events, and shifts in seasonality. In addition, the economic impact is also considerable across EU regions with income divergence
While most people tend to address climate change as a problem that will happen in the future, when looking at the facts and scientific data, it is impossible to deny that it is already happening today and has a significant impact on the lives of many people. Temperature records are broken every year and the
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On May 23rd and 24th, the NeuroClima partners gathered in Lisbon, at NOVA University of Lisbon – Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, for a two-day meeting filled with fruitful and collaborative discussions to ensure the achievement of the project’s ambitious goals and objectives. The event, hosted by Professor Maria José Roxo, delved into the
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