Open Badge: CATHARSIS - CLIMATE CHANGE

Every member of the project has the opportunity to receive an Open Badge after showcasing the activities carried out during the year in a Final Report evaluated by the supervisors.

Open Badge description

The holder of this Badge participated in the project “Catharsis - A students' project for realistic solutions to mitigate climate change” proposing actions to combat climate change. This student project aims to collect and process scientific material related to combating climate change, especially in the energy sector. The aim is to gather concrete and sustainable proposals for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Those who participate in the project also have the opportunity to develop their own computational models for the analysis and optimization of energy systems aimed at furthering the decarbonization process. These models will be integrated into an open source optimization platform aimed at proposing strategies and plans for decarbonization of any energy systems.

The project considers not only technological and engineering aspects, but proposes a multidisciplinary approach that also evaluates the environmental, economic and sociopolitical aspects involved in the energy transition, which must be sustainable. The project is organized according to working groups on macro-issues such as technological aspects, resource availability, energy consumption, system modeling and optimization, environmental impact, legislative aspects, and sociopolitical aspects. This subdivision promotes team working within each group and collaboration among the groups with respect to the final goal.

Skills

The holder(s) of this Badge is able to:

• demonstrate a broad view on the issue of climate change, particularly in the energy sector, being aware of the different aspects involved;
• critically evaluate current plans and proposals for greenhouse gas emission reduction and energy transition;
• research and identify relevant scientific publications;
• conceive, elaborate and propose ideas, critically motivating them, on the topic of climate change and energy transition;
• identify possible actions to combat climate change and promote a sustainable energy transition;
• work in groups, collaborating with others in order to achieve a common goal;
• plan their work and meet deadlines;
• write a comprehensive report in English on the activities carried out, clearly reporting objectives, methods and results of the work done;
• present clearly and concisely, in English, the activity carried out and the results obtained.

Criteria

The Badge is awarded to students of the University of Padua who have actively participated in the student project “Catharsis - A students' project for realistic solutions to mitigate climate change.”

Conditions

• Participation in the project for at least one academic year
• Submission of a report on the activity carried out written in English
• Public presentation in English of the activity carried out

• Aptitude for teamwork
• Completeness, clarity and scientific quality of the report on the activity carried out
• Clarity of exposition with respect to the presentation of the activity performed
• Ability to process ideas and concepts critically