Ibimet on Climate Change

The Institute of Biometeorology is strongly engaged on climate change topics and the related impacts on ecosystems focusing on three major fields of activities.

1. Research and Development
Basic and applied research in the area of climate and ecosystems sciences and scenarios development.
- Dynamical climate modelling;
- Trends of the global and regional climate;
- Free Air CO2 enrichment experiments;
- Mass and energy flux measurements;
- Terrestrial carbon balance ;
- Impacts analysis on agricultural systems and forets;
- Bio-monitoring of forestry and wildlife;
- Development of technology for environmental monitoring;
- Climate and human health.

2. Technical Assistance
Ibimet assists local authorities, institutional entities and private companies for the implementation of efficient environmental policies by mean of operational products and services on:
- Land and forestry management;
- Renewable energy exploitation;
- GHG emission accounting;
- Emission reductions strategies (LULUCF, CDM, JI and Emission Trading)
- Meteorological forecasting and natural disaster prevention.

3. Sustainable Development and capacity building in developing countries
Since 1986 Ibimet works in the developing countries on different fields of activities:
- Early warning systems for food security;
- Analysis of the vulnerability to combat desertification;
- Monitoring and evaluation of natural resources;
- CDM and JI pilot projects;
- Advanced training for applied meteorology WMO.

Key activities
Impacts on vegetation
Impact of Climate Changes on Vegetation, NDVI studies. Effect of rising atmospheric CO2 concentration on crops and forests.
Climate Observatory
Basic and applied research on the variability and trends of global and regional climate; dynamical and environmental modelling of land systems.
Monitoring technology
Innovative instruments and methodologies for Kyoto monitoring. CO2 fluxes. Ground and airborne measurements of wind and turbulence and C-flux.
CDM and JI Projects
Forestry and Kyoto in Sahelian Africa. Keiyta: a pilot CDM with the Acacia.
CO2 balance
CO2 emission balance for the Tuscany region. Analysis and technical assistance for local strategies on the implementation of the Kyoto protocol and land management.