Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan research institution devoted to the study of sustainable development and global governance. Officially recognized by the President of the Italian Republic in 1989 and in full operation since 1990, FEEM has grown to become a leading research centre, providing timely and objective analysis on a wide range of environmental, energy and global economic issues.

FEEM’s mission is to improve through research the quality of decision-making in public and private spheres. This goal is achieved by creating an international and multidisciplinary network of researchers working on several innovative programmes, by providing and promoting training in specialized areas of research, by disseminating research results through a wide range of outreach activities, and by delivering directly to policy makers via participation in various institutional fora.

Research
FEEM conducts research on a wide range of climate change and sustainability, energy and economic issues. The starting point of FEEM research is the realization of the high level of complexity of the problems emerging in the global economy, and more particularly the need to foster awareness on the interaction between the firm and the environment, the economy and energy scenarios, corporate and cultural responsibility.

In 2012 FEEM has consolidated its research activities around the three research programs on:

i) Climate Change and Sustainable Development
The Research Programme on "Climate Change and Sustainable Development" addresses the two intertwined issues of climate change and sustainable development and a corollary of key topics in the field of environmental economics.

ii) Energy: Resources and Markets
The Research Programme on “Energy: Resources and Markets” carries out socio-economic analysis in a vital area which will become even more strategic in the coming decades.

iii) Economy and Society
The Research Programme "Economy and Society" fosters a multidisciplinary approach to scientific research on the geostrategic, cultural and economic challenges in today’s globalised society.

Research programmes and related activities follow the strategic guidelines stated in FEEM’s mission. Ongoing research is thus rigorous, fact-based, interdisciplinary, and international in terms of the composition of research teams and topics addressed.

FEEM’s research staff includes experienced international research leaders with key responsibility in the design and implementation of projects, senior and junior residential researchers working in the offices of Milan, Venice, and Viggiano, and research associates, typically affiliated to a university or to other research institutions and involved in specific projects.