
Sergio Castellari
Sergio Castellari
Sergio Castellari works as Seconded National Expert at the EEA (European Environment Agency) in Copenhagen (Denmark) on impacts, vulnerability, adaptation to climate change and disaster risk reduction.
He has worked as senior scientist at the INGV (National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology) and at CMCC (Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change), where he was the Head of the ‘Institutional Relations and Adaptation Policies Group’.
From August 2006 to March 2015 he was the National Focal Point for Italy of the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change).
In the last decade he has been working as a ‘climate science and policy expert’ for the Italian Ministry for the Environment, Land and Sea. He participated as Italian Delegate to IPCC, UNFCCC (UN Framework Convention on Climate Change), UNCCD (UN Convention to Combat Desertification), GEO (Group on Earth Observations) and UNEP (UN Environment Programme) sessions.
From 2002 to 2012 he participated as ‘Italian Expert’ at the EU Science Expert Group of the EU WPIEI-CC of EU Council. He has been ‘co-chair/facilitator’ of Contact Groups and Informal Consultations at UNFCCC-SBSTA sessions for several years.
He participated in international and national projects on marine science, climate science and adaptation policies. From January 2011 to March 2015 he was the ‘Manager’ of the ETC/CCA (European Topic Centre on Climate Change impacts, vulnerability and Adaptation) contracted by the EEA.
He has been the Coordinator of the Italian national project SNAC (Elements for the elaboration of a National Strategy of Adaptation to Climate Change), Work Package Co-Leader in EU FP7 project CIRCLE-2 (Climate Impact Research & Response Coordination for a Larger Europe) and participated at EU FP7 project BASE (Bottom-up climate adaptation strategies towards a sustainable Europe).
From 2008 to 2015 he was a contract professor of “Climate change and International Policies” for the “Science and Management of the Climate Change” Doctorate Programme of the Cà Foscari University of Venice.
He is the author of scientific articles in international peer-reviewed journals. He was co-editor of the Italian book “I cambiamenti climatici in Italia: evidenze, vulnerabilità, impatti” published in April 2010.
He conducted an intense dissemination activity in the field of climate change participating in television and radio broadcasts, writing articles for newspapers and magazines, giving interviews and lectures for general public. He co-contributed to the theatrical reading: "La margherita di Adele" focused on climate change.
His main interests are now focused on adaptation science and policies.
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