Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Training on Green Growth

Green Growth is a brand new topic for the training activities organized in cooperation with the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS). The focus of the course that will be held on March 16-27, and addressed to 42 participants, highlights the impacts of economic activities on the environment and the need to find solutions to tackle this issue. Pollution in China is in fact mainly attributable to the primary and secondary industries, which still have a very important role in supporting the Country's development.

The agenda has therefore been drafted as to present tools, strategies and technologies developed by Italy and other European Countries to help manage the possible negative effects of production processes on the environment.

Starting from policies at European and National level, the focus will then move to specific tools such as the Life Cycle Assessment, which, by analyzing the entire production process from the cradle to the grave, can help companies to target their pollution reduction activities. Lectures and site visits will also present best practices for the management of clean energy sources and efficiency, waste and waste water, emission of greenhouse gases and other pollutants, agriculture and food quality and safety.

Further details can be found in the training course agenda at the Sustainable Development Community website.

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