Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change

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CMCC
Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change
Centro Euro-Mediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici
Formation2005;20 years ago (2005)
Type Nonprofit [1]
Legal statusfoundation
Purpose Climate science [2]
Headquarters Lecce [3]
Website cmcc.it

The Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change (CMCC) is a research center which models and predicts the interaction between climate change and social, economic and environmental changes. [4] Research combines modelling climate change, its effects and environmental economics. [5] The CMCC is a foundation based in Italy and mostly funded by the European Union. [6] [7]

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History

The CMCC started its operations in 2005. [8] In 2009 a supercomputer was inaugurated,[ citation needed ] and by the 2020s machine learning and artificial intelligence were increasingly being used. [9] In 2015, the center became a foundation. In 2018 a new partnership with Resources for the Future established the RFF-CMCC European Institute on Economics and the Environment (EIEE), based in Milan.[ citation needed ]

Organization

The CMCC is a foundation with its headquarters in Lecce and local offices in Bologna, Venice, Caserta, Sassari, Viterbo and Milan. The President of CMCC is Dr. Antonio Navarra. [10] The Operations Director is Laura Panzera. The scientific Director is Giulio Boccaletti.

The CMCC's research is organized into three institutes that bring together Earth system and social sciences experts from various countries in a multidisciplinary environment. [11] Collaboration among these institutes facilitates cross-disciplinary work on multiple aspects of climate change, including its social and economic impacts and technological dimensions.

The three research institutes are:

In addition to its institutes, the CMCC Foundation carries out cross-disciplinary research through several strategic programs:

CMCC also operates three specialized centers that expand its research capacity, enhance computational resources, and support innovation and training:

Co-founders and network

Co-founders

CMCC collaborates with many countries, and also hosts the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) National Focal Point for Italy. [14]

Mission and scope

CMCC uses climate modeling to build tools to help decision-makers to plan both short-term responses and long-term strategies for climate resilience at the intersection between environment, technology, society and the economy.

The CMCC Foundation delivers scientific-technical products and technical support to ministries [15] , regions [16] and provinces, and the private sector.

International cooperation is an essential activity of the CMCC, which financially supports several international projects, and participates in European projects and works within bilateral agreements between Italy and other countries. [17] [18] [19]

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