CMCC builds its research agenda around a set of strategic programs that respond to frontier issues.
These are crucial to understanding the challenges facing socio-economic systems in an environmental and social context characterized by a changing climate.
Prosperous economies amid unprecedented changes
The climate system is at the center of a series of momentous changes that are transforming our relationship with Earth.
To address these changes, we must intertwine transformations in industrial systems on the road to a net-zero carbon society, technological innovations that support this transition, the need for and availability of natural resources, as well as the technologies and scientific research required to produce and disseminate knowledge.
No region of the planet or segment of society is left untouched by climate change.
What will economies in the net-zero carbon world of the coming decades look like? How will society adapt to changing material conditions, ensuring security and prosperity? What will it take to pursue that prosperity and wellbeing in the midst of radical change?
CMCC provides insight and data to address these questions, enhance our understanding of the climate system and prepare for change across socio-economic sectors.
The science that cannot be ignored
Scientific evidence clearly shows that the transition to a net-zero world is less costly than inaction. It is well understood that this shift will have a plurality of social, economic, and financial impacts across the globe. Furthermore, some regions will face higher costs than others when dealing with the effects of climate change on wealth, welfare, and geopolitics.
A deeper understanding of these processes enables decision-makers to manage potential impacts and achieve welfare and security goals.
Parallel to this new industrial revolution, in which all value chains are stimulated in the direction of a sustainable transition, a second revolution is marking the 21st century. A methodological and technological revolution: Earth Observation Systems are being enriched with unprecedented data and information; and at the same time the spread of artificial intelligence and machine learning tools is enabling researchers in the detection of changes and simulation of dynamic processes.
CMCC engages in frontier activities that explore the opportunities offered by artificial intelligence and the application of advanced machine learning algorithms, capitalizing on them through a data-driven approach to climate modeling and analysis.
CMCC strategic programs
Three strategic programs work cross-disciplinary and in close collaboration with CMCC institutes in an integrated and cross-cutting manner.
A fourth program, covering CMCC’s model production, is dedicated to integrating artificial intelligence and machine learning into the model chain.