Tuesday, 7/31/2018
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is a
scientific-political organization established within the framework of the
United Nations and is the main international body for the assessment of climate
change
Andrea Zille, a PhD researcher at the Centre for
Textile Science and Technology (2C2T), was appointed lead author of a working
group of the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) for the 2019
revision of the guidelines for national inventories of greenhouse gases (2019
Refinement to the 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas
Inventories). With the participation of more than 190 specialists, this report,
which goes back to 2006, aims to update and refine the methodological
orientation of the current inventory in order to remain scientifically
up-to-date.
The researcher is now responsible for editing a
new chapter on emissions from the textile industry, including updating the
emission factors of fluorocarbons in the atmosphere in this industry. The
invitation came as a follow-up to the existing co-authoring in this
publication.
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
(IPCC) is the body set up within the UN to assess science related to climate
change. It was established by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) and
the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) in 1988 to provide policy makers
with periodic scientific assessments of climate change, its implications and
risks, and to propose strategies adaptation and mitigation.
Andrea Zille holds a degree
in Environmental Sciences with a specialization in Environmental Biochemistry
from the University of Venice, Italy, in 2000. Later, in 2005, he completed his
PhD in Textile Engineering, a branch of Textile Chemistry, at the University of
Minho. Between 2006 and 2011, he completed two postdoctoral studies at the
University of Minho and the Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology (IBMC).
Between 2011 and 2015 he was an Auxiliary Researcher at the Textile Science and
Technology Centre (2C2T) of the University of Minho, under the "Science
2008" program. He is currently Main Researcher at 2C2T under the "FCT
Researcher" program contract and leads the research line
"Biotechnology and nanotechnology applied to materials" participating
in numerous national and international projects.