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The Institute for Environment and Sustainability

The Institute for Environment and Sustainability. IES Mission Statement

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The Institute for Environment and Sustainability

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  1. The Institute for Environment and Sustainability

  2. IES Mission Statement The mission of theInstitute for Environment and Sustainability is to provide scientific-technical support to the European Union’s Policies for the protection and sustainable development of the European and global environment. Customers: EC, EEA, EP, Member States, Global Organisations

  3. Organisational Chart IES, May 2008 Director Leen HORDIJK H02 · Climate Change Unit Frank RAES Task Force Environment and Health Peter PÄRT H03 · Global Environment Monitoring Unit Alan BELWARD H00 · Office of the Director Pamela KENNEDY H04 · Transport and Air Quality Unit Alois KRASENBRINK (acting) H01 · Management Support Unit Neil HUBBARD H05 · Rural, Water and Ecosystem Resources Unit Giovanni BIDOGLIO H06 · Spatial Data Infrastructures Unit Alessandro ANNONI Total staff: 446 H07 · Land Management and Natural Hazards Unit Guido SCHMUCK

  4. INSPIRE SustainableTransport Life Cycle Assessment Environment and Prosperity

  5. Marine Environment Water Quality Agri-environment Soil and Forest Data Centres Greenhouse GasInventories Environment and Solidarity

  6. Environmental Pollution Radioactivity Monitoring Environment and Health Floods & Droughts Forest Fires Environment and Security

  7. Climate Change GMES Deforestation Desertification Support to Africa The Global perspective

  8. Networking • National Institutes • PEER Group (ALTERRA, CEH, CEMAGREF, NERI, SYKE, UFZ, JRC-IES), European Soil Bureau Network, Air Quality Reference Laboratories • European Institutions • EEA, ESA, ECMWF • Global Organisations • FAO, WHO, WMO, GEO, UNEP

  9. Technical Infrastructures for Environmental Research • Vehicle Emission Laboratories (VELA 1-7) • European Reference Laboratory for Air Pollution (ERLAP) • High Performance Analytical Laboratories, incl. 3 Mobile Labs • EMEP/GAW Super Site (Climate Monitoring) at the JRC Ispra • Greenhouse Gas Flux Measurement Towers San Rossore and Parco del Ticino • Marine measurement stations in the Adriatic and Baltic Sea

  10. Key Information Systems and Databases • Technical Secretariat of INSPIRE / European Geoportal • Water Information System for Europe (WISE) • European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS) • European Flood Alert System (EFAS) • European Reference System for Renewable Energies • WMO World Data Centre for Aerosols • Radioactivity Environmental Monitoring Database (REM) • European Soil Database • Global Land Cover 2000 Database

  11. Broad Customer Base • DG Environment • DG Agriculture and Rural Development • DG Transport and Energy • DG External Relations, DG Development, DG EuropeAid • DG Regional Policy • DG Eurostat • DG Research • DG Enterprise and Industry • DG Health and Consumer Protection • European Environment Agency • UN Organizations (UNEP, WMO, etc.)

  12. Thank you! http://ies.jrc.ec.europa.eu

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