Quaderni IRCrES 21 – Cap.4
Il ruolo dell’intelligenza artificiale e delle tecnologie robotiche nella transizione ambientale e nella governance climatica dei porti marittimi: il caso di studio di Genova
The role of artificial intelligence and robotic technologies in environmental transition and climate governance of seaports: the case study of Genoa
Anna Novaresioab, Monica Cariolaa
aCNR-IRCrES, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche – Istituto di Ricerca sulla Crescita Economica Sostenibile, Strada delle Cacce 73, 10135 Torino, Italia
bUniversità di Torino, Dipartimento di Economia e Statistica “Cognetti de Martiis”, Campus Luigi Einaudi, Lungo Dora Siena 100/A, 10154 Torino, Italia
corresponding author: anna.novaresio@ircres.cnr.it
Abstract
As sea ports are increasingly affected by profound transformations (Lattarulo and Piccini, 2017) in response to the new needs for socio-environmental sustainability and adaptation to climate change, the application of Artificial Intelligence and the development of “smart” and robotic technologies have been identified as tools capable of assisting the sustainable transition of ports and the cities in which they are located (Vitali and Foschi, 2021).
This research analyzes the AI-based and robotic technologies developed in the PNRR-funded RAISE project, which pursue the goal of reducing the socio-environmental impacts of the port of Genoa, classifying them by type, purpose, socio-ecological impact, economic effect, TRL, applicability and scalability, and examining their potentialities and criticalities for the promotion of the climate-environmental transition and a sustainable governance of the city-port, by means of a SWOT analysis.
The results of study indicate that, despite some criticalities due to their autonomy range, environmental sensitivity and social acceptability, the examined technologies show a rather high level of technological maturity along with a context-adaptability and a multipurpose nature that make them suitable for the replication and the scaling up. Moreover, the potential synergies with other technologies under development within and outside RAISE could be leveraged to overcome current technical weak points and further extend their application.
Keywords: seaports, smart ports, AI, robotics, sustainable development, twin transition, environmental governance.
DOI: 10.23760/2499-6661.2024.21.04
ISBN: 978-88-98193-36- 3
ISSN (online): 2499-6661
How to Cite
Novaresio, A. & Cariola, M. (2024). Il ruolo dell’intelligenza artificiale e delle tecnologie robotiche nella transizione ambientale e nella governance climatica dei porti marittimi: il caso di studio di Genova. In Finardi, U. (cur.). Cambiamento climatico e sostenibilità: una visione multidisciplinare (pp. 87-105). Quaderni IRCrES 21. CNR-IRCrES. http://dx.doi.org/10.23760/2499-6661.2024.21.04