| Formation | 1991 |
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| Purpose | to organise and promote interdisciplinary research on the nature, causes and impact of environmental change and to contribute to the development of management strategies for coping with future environmental change |
| Headquarters | Oxford University Centre for the Environment,South Parks Road,Oxford, OX1 3QY, United Kingdom |
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| Membership | 60 researchers, 60 graduate students, 350 partners |
Director | Professor Michael Obersteiner |
| Website | www |
Formerly called | Environmental Change Unit |
TheEnvironmental Change Institute (ECI) at theUniversity of Oxford inEngland was founded in 1991 "to organize and promote interdisciplinary research on the nature, causes and impact of environmental change and to contribute to the development of management strategies for coping with future environmental change".[1]
In 2013/14 it had a research income of £4.7million, 50 active projects, 350 partners and 60 researchers working across 40 countries.
The ECI's research is interdisciplinary in both outlook and approach. The Institute has worked on aspects of climate, energy and ecosystems and is developing expertise with food and water.
ECI is involved in several long-term research projects, including theUK Climate Impacts Programme (UKCIP) which develops new tools to link climate science with business and government for innovations that can adaptat to the impacts of climate change andClimateprediction.net, the world's largest citizen science climate project with 350,000 individuals running climate simulations in order to better understand regional climate patterns. Staff of the institute have led EU consortium programmes including Impressions, studying the impacts and risks of extreme climate change;[2] and co-ordinated GEM, a global ecological monitoring programme across remote forest locations in South America, Africa and Asia.[3]
The ECI also runs an MSc in Environmental Change and Management (ECM).[4]
The Institute was established in 1991, following a £1M fundraising effort by theCampaign for Oxford .[5] It was originally called the Environmental Change Unit, and the first director was Martin Parry, who was in post from 1991 to 1994.[6] The next director wasRichard Macrory, from 1994 to 1995, followed byJim Briden, from 1996 to 2003. In 1999, the unit was renamed the Environmental Change Institute.[7]
The Institute was led by ProfessorJim Hall from 2011 until September 2018.[8] He was replaced by Professor Michael Obersteiner.[9]
The ECI's research is organised around five main themes in climate, ecosystems, energy, food and water.
There are expert teams in:
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