The Climate and Environmental Research Institute NILU is an independent, nonprofit research institution established in 1969 and has approximately 180 employees. Through its research NILU increases the understanding of processes and effects of climate change, of the composition of the atmosphere, of air quality and of hazardous substances. Based on its research, NILU markets integrated services and products within the analytical, monitoring and consulting sectors. NILU is concerned with increasing public awareness about climate change and environmental pollution.

NILU holds a strong position both on the national and international level within its core fields. NILU’s laboratories are among the most advanced in Europe. Also, the institute’s observatories in the Arctic, in Antarctica and in Norway provide important information on global changes of the atmosphere and on long range transport of environmental pollutants.

NILU is the coordinator of the MISO project and play sentral role in the management, reasearch, implementation, dissemination, communication, and exploitation of the project.