Institute for Environment and Sustainability
The Institute for Environment and Sustainability (IES) is a specialised institute of the Joint Research Centre directorate of the European Commission, based at Ispra, Italy. Its mission is to provide scientific and technical support to EU policies for the protection of the environment contributing to sustainable development in Europe.
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[edit] Research activities
The activities of the Institute for Environment and Sustainability are outlined in the Multiannual Framework Programme of the Joint Research Centre (JRC) which is funded through the specific programme of the JRC within the 7th Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development of the European Union. The research activities of the Institute for Environment and Sustainability are presently divided into 20 Research Actions distributed amongst the Scientific Units as follows:
- Climate Change and Air Quality Unit
- Action 24006 - Biosphere, Cimate and Human interactions
- Action 24007 - Air, Climate and human interactions
- Global Environment Monitoring Unit
- Action 21203 - Protection and Conservation of European Seas
- Action 24004 - Systematic Observations of Land and Oceans
- Action 42001 - Monitoring Natural Resources for Development Co-operation
- Action 42003 - Global Forest Resource Monitoring
- Monitoring Agricultural Resources Unit
- Action 11604 - Community Image Data Portal
- Action 21102 - Geo-Information Management and Control Methods
- Action 21103 - Crop Production Forecasts and Climate Change Impact
- Action 42002 - Food Security Assessment
- Rural, Water and Ecosystem Resources Unit
- Action 21107 - Integration of Environment Concerns into Agriculture
- Action 22001 - Monitoring across Policies and Environmental Media
- Action 22002 - Biodiversity, Water and Ecosystem Services
- Spatial Data Infrastructures Unit
- Action 11601 - Environmental Information System Implementation and Evolution
- Action 11602 - Sharing Policies for Environment
- Land Management and Natural Hazards Unit
- Action 22003 - Forest Data and Information Systems
- Action 22004 - Soil Data and Information Systems
- Action 22008 - Desertification, Land Degradation and Drought - Monitoring, Mitigation and Early Warning
- Action 32001 - Water Quantity Management
- Sustainability Assessment Unit
- Action 22005 - Environmental Assessment and the Sustainable Use of Resources
[edit] Other JRC sites
- Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements (IRMM)
- Institute for Transuranium Elements (ITU)
- Institute for the Protection and the Security of the Citizen (IPSC)
- Institute for Health and Consumer Protection (IHCP)
- Institute for Energy (IE)
- Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS)
[edit] Notes
A major restructuring occurred within the IES since 2011. The Transport and Air Quality Unit is now part of the Institute for Energy. Its Radioactivity Environmental Action has moved to the Institute for Transuranium Elements.
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