The Geo-Carbon Conference will take place in Rome, at the Fao headquarters from 24th to 26th  of october 2001.

The scope of the Conference is to link the progress in the current global carbon observing systems with the policy aim of using geo-management techniques to mitigate climate change and explore adaptation options. Observations from the different domains concerning the global carbon cycle (atmosphere, land and sea) are to be considered in an integrated way, from both in situ and space based approaches.

Specific aims are:

• to present the latest scientific developments in understanding the global carbon cycle;
• to present an overview of the building and implementation of a Global Carbon Observing System for land, oceans and atmosphere;
• to identify progress and gaps in obtaining policy relevant estimates of regional carbon budgets on land and ocean.

Conference sessions are:

• progress in observing techniques and methodology for land, ocean and atmosphere, including network design, space borne techniques and in situ observations;
• progress in data model fusion, development of regional carbon budgets for land and ocean, verification requirements in a post-Cancun world;
• interfacing carbon cycle knowledge with society, needs, uncertainties and challenges.

Prof. Riccardo Valentini and Dr. Antonio Bombelli, from CMCC, are in the organizing committee of the conference. The event will be also the occasion to present the GEOCARBON project, funded by the European Commission under the FP7 and coordinated by CMCC . This project aims at designing a coordinated and operational Global Integrated Carbon Observation and Analysis System.

For further information:

• the conference website;
• the web-page dedicated to GEOCARBON research project.