Giovanni Coppini

Giovanni Coppini is a Principal Scientist and Director of the Strategic Program "Global Coasts as a New Frontier" at the Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change (CMCC) Foundation, leading international efforts to develop integrated coastal ocean observation systems and climate adaptation solutions for vulnerable coastal communities. He co-chairs the GlobalCoast Network Memorandum of Understanding under the UN Decade of Ocean Science’s CoastPredict Programme and represents CMCC in the Decade Collaborative Centre for Coastal Resilience.

• PhD in Environmental Science from the University of Bologna
• 20+ years in operational oceanography
• Former director of CMCC’s Global Coastal Ocean and Ocean Predictions Divisions

His research focuses on coastal resilience through machine learning applications, oil spill forecasting, search-and-rescue systems, and Digital Twin of the Ocean components. He has contributed to over 80 peer-reviewed publications and led the Mediterranean Monitoring and Forecasting Centre (Med-MFC) of the Copernicus Marine Service since 2015.