Climate science, sustainable
development and ocean exploration are set to animate the Italy
Pavilion at EXPO 2020 Dubai thanks to the contribution of the
Euro-Mediterranean Centre on Climate Change (CMCC).
The CMCC will show oceanographic modelling, marine applications
and real-time weather-marine data at the Universal Exposition,
which kicks off on October 1.
It will also take its experts to the World Fair in the United
Arab Emirates (UAE) and hold talks on key issues.
"Today more than ever it is essential to focus on observation
and prevention of climate change and environmental shocks, which
are among the most damaging factors to the global economy,
ecology, and health, not least of which in the region that will
host Expo Dubai", said Paolo Glisenti, the Commissioner for the
Italian participation at Expo 2020 Dubai.
"In the Italy Pavilion we will offer a point of observation,
constantly updated by the CMCC's data, that will give the
visitor a real time and overall vision of climate change that is
occurring on a global scale, starting from the Mediterranean
whose fragile and unique ecosystem is particularly vulnerable to
these themes."
The Italian-based CMCC institute is dedicated to international
research on climate change.
"The CMCC's contribution will offer visitors an immersive
experience obtained through the applications that we produce
with our scientific research and our Supercomputing Centre,
which is one the most advanced in the world among those
dedicated to climate change", explained CMCC president Antonio
Navarra.
"The ocean will be the main character in the CMCC's contribution
to the Italy Pavilion, where visitors will be able to see ocean
forecasting in real time, updated daily and obtained through a
unique system of simulations and numerical models that allow for
the representation of sea conditions on different scales - from
global oceans to coastal areas, with extremely high-resolution
data.
"The advanced research and technology that form the backbone of
these predictions carry a strong message that connects visitors
from the local - through the forecasts of the port of Dubai - to
the global dimension of the Ocean".
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