ENEA - Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development

ENEA - Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development

Contact email
luigi.ponti@enea.it
Geographic scope
National
Country
Italy
Type of Institution
Research Institute
Name in original language
ENEA - Agenzia nazionale per le nuove tecnologie, l'energia e lo sviluppo economico sostenibile
Legal status
Public
Name of the Department
Department for Sustainability
Role of record creator in institution / department
Employee / consultant with a good idea of research capacities of the institution
Climate-relevant agricultural research
Climate change research in my institution / department is linked to agricultural research areas
Yes
Main / core research areas
Monitoring - Climatological services
Risks of present and future weather-driven disasters
Adaptation to climate change
Climate change mitigation
Impacts of climate change
CC in agricultural systems - arable land, cropping systems
CC in agricultural systems - water management
Very important research areas
Climate policies
CC in agricultural systems - agriculture greenhouse gas emissions
CC in agricultural systems - land, soils and territory
Relatively important areas
Monitoring of climate and climate change
Monitoring - Meteorological observations
Monitoring - Hydrological observations
Monitoring - Emissions monitoring and reporting
CC in agricultural systems - forests
CC in agricultural systems - fisheries
CC in agricultural systems - hydroponic
CC in agricultural systems - mixed
Research level in your institution / department in the climate-related areas
Master or equivalent / ISCED 7
Doctoral or equivalent / ISCED 8
Post-doc
Number of researchers in climate-related areas
10-50
Average yearly expenditure in your institution / department on climate change research in recent years (EUR)
100,000 - 500,000
Type of funding sources for your climate-related research
Government
Research focus
Development focused, linkages with the South
Collaborations with other organizations
Industry
Civil society
Consumer organizations
Farmers, cooperatives and agricultural workers
Government
International Organizations
Regional Fora / regional bodies
Rural advisory services
Does your institution / department work in OR is your research meant for / applied in any of these countries?
Botswana
Chad
Colombia
Ethiopia
Greece
Italy
Portugal
Spain
United States of America
Successful projects
Major climate-related European projects coordinated by ENEA: GLOBALCHANGEBIOLOGY https://cordis.europa.eu/project/rcn/89728_en.html CLIM-RUN https://cordis.europa.eu/project/rcn/99345_en.html MED-GOLD https://cordis.europa.eu/project/rcn/212919_en.html
What is the current trend of interest in climate-related research in your institution?
Increasing: both researchers and funding bodies are increasingly interested
What are your institution's plans regarding climate-related research?
Keeping the current level of activity