CLand is a Convergence Institute funded by the French government in 2017 to perform in the next decade the research urgently needed on land-management solutions for managing the ecological and energy transitions of the 21st century.

CLand develops new cross-disciplinary research across leading teams in the Paris area in modelling climate change, food and fibre production, biodiversity dynamics, ecosystem functioning and land-use socio-economics. In addition to models, data syntheses will help understand key feedbacks and assess risks and sustainable options for integrated management of land ecosystems.

CLand aims to support the activity of 200 researchers in 12 teams, and to develop a graduate programme across Master and Doctoral schools of the University of Paris Saclay, in partnership with European and international institutes.