Co-operation Italy-USA on Science and Technology of Climate Change – ITALY-USA 1
This multi-disciplinary project stems from a research agreement signed in January 2002 by the governments of the United States of America and of Italy; it involves 13 Italian partners and 30 American partners.The project consists of 15 working packages, ranging from climatologic analysis of climate variability to the design of highly efficient fuel cells.
This multi-disciplinary project stems from a research agreement signed in January 2002 by the governments of the United States of America and of Italy; it involves 13 Italian partners and 30 American partners. The agreement acknowledges the importance of robust scientific results and of the power of technological innovation in order to overcome the uncertainty associated with global changes and in particular, with climate change. The project consists of 15 working packages, ranging from climatologic analysis of climate variability to the design of highly efficient fuel cells.
The project is co-ordinated by the Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV). FEEM is responsible for the analysis of the relationship between climate change and national and international energy policies. Moreover, FEEM is in charge of the organisation of workshops on the research’s results.
FEEM scientific contribution involves three sub-projects: the study of the impact of climate change on world energy demand, the analysis of future climate policy regimes and their implications for energy markets, and the study of the linkages among GHG mitigation, uncertainty and technological innovation.