CMCC has been established in 2005 with the financial support of the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research, and the Ministry of the Environment, Land and Sea and it is fully operative since 2006.

On 10th December 2015 the Center became a Foundation, therefore, representing CMCC’s legal status, its contents, aims and operational modalities.

CMCC’s mission is to investigate and model our climate system and its interactions with society to provide reliable, rigorous, and timely scientific results as well as foresights and quantitative analysis of our future planet and society which will, in turn, stimulate sustainable growth, protect the environment and develop science-driven adaptation and mitigation policies in a changing climate.
CMCC collaborates  with experienced scientists, economists, and technicians, which work together in order to provide full analyses of climate impacts on various systems such as, but not limited to, agriculture, ecosystems, coasts, water resources, health, and economics. CMCC also supports policymakers in setting and assessing costs, mitigation, and adaptation policies. Furthermore, the Foundation promotes and carries out basic and applied scientific research and develops operational services with a high content of knowledge and technological innovation, in the various fields on which climate change has an impact, favoring collaboration between universities, national and international research bodies, local authorities and manufacturing sectors.