Completed Research Projects
Biomass Energy Europe (BEE)
The Biomass Energy Europe (BEE) project was initiated to harmonise methodologies for biomass resource assessments for energy purposes in Europe and its neighbouring countries. More
Biomass Role in Achieving the Climate Change & Renewable EU Targets, Demand and Supply Dynamics under the Perspective of Stakeholders (BIOMASSFutures)
The Biomass Futures Project assess the role that biomass can play in meeting EU energy policy targets. It develops tailored information packages for stakeholders, as well as inform and support policy makers at both the European and national levels. More
CATSEI
The CATSEI-project (acronym for the above title) studies the impacts of China’s vigorous agricultural transition, on the country itself, as well on its trading partners, the EU in particular. It follows a quantitative approach, supplemented by qualitative investigations. The quantitative research takes as point of departure the Chinagro-I policy simulation model developed in the earlier CHINAGRO project. More
Climate Change - Terrestrial Adaptation and Mitigation in Europe (CC TAME)
The project assessed the impacts of agricultural, climate, energy, forestry and other associated land-use policies, considering the resulting feed-backs on the climate system. More
Improving Earth Observation Methodology (EGIDA)
EGIDA is a technical project to create a standard methodology to support GEOSS, the Global Earth Observations System of Systems, through development of evaluation processes, assessment indexes, and databases. More
Man-induced Environmental Risks: Monitoring, Management and Remediation of man-made Changes in Siberia (ENVIRO-RISK)
The ENVIRO-RISK Project focused on man-induces environmental changes affecting the Siberian environment. More
EuroGEOSS — A European Approach to GEOSS
EuroGEOSS contributes to the international effort to create the Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS) by making existing systems that gather data on forestry, drought, and biodiversity interoperable and easier to use. More
Global Earth Observation - Benefit Estimations: Now, Next and Emerging (GeoBene)
The project’s goal was to develop methodologies and analytical tools to assess the economic, social and environmental effects of improved quantitative and qualitative information delivered by the Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS) for the nine benefit areas of GEO. More
Integrated Sink Enhancement Assessment (INSEA)
The overall objective of INSEA was to develop a scientifically sound assessment tool for the economic and environmental effects of C-sink enhancement measures in agriculture and forestry. More
Irkutsk Regional Information System for Environmental Protection (IRIS)
IRIS assessed the status and dynamics of the Irkutsk region's forestry environment, influenced by man-made changes and anthropogenic impact. More
Collecting in-situ Data for Earth Observation Product Validation via Social Games (LandSpotting)
LandSpotting aims to improve the quality of forest or cropland area land cover information by vastly increasing the amount of in-situ validation data available for calibration and validation of satellite-derived land cover. More
Life Cycle Impacts of Goods, Services, Activities (LC-IMPACT)
The LC-IMPACT project is developing methods to assess the environmental life cycle impact of a vast number of goods, services and activities. The assessments examine the environmental costs of such things as erosion caused by land use and threats from toxic substances used in production processes. More
LULUCF potential and costs
The project analyzes the implications of various policy options to deal with emissions and removals from LULUCF by estimating potential (net) emissions reductions and associated costs and comparing the various options for the time horizon up to 2020 and 2030. More
Envisioning Paradigm Shifts in Society (PASHMINA)
The PASHMINA project uses complex modeling to create scenarios that envision changes in the use of energy, transportation, land, and the environment 20 to 40 years into the future. More
Envisioning Paradigm Shifts in Society (PASHMINA)
The PASHMINA project uses complex modeling to create scenarios that envision changes in the use of energy, transportation, land, and the environment 20 to 40 years into the future. More
Multi-Sensor Concepts for Greenhouse Gas Accounting of Northern Eurasia (SIBERIA II)
Siberia-II is a shared-cost action financed through the 5th Framework Program of the European Commission, Generic Activity 7.2: Development of generic Earth Observation Technologies. More