CIRCLE-2

Basic Information

Description

+ Establish a funding network that fosters responses to policy-relevant climate Adaptation questions
+ Facilitate cooperation across European CCIVA research programmes and institutions
+ Promote the alignment of national and regional climate Adaptation agendas under common strategic science and policy areas
+ Fund joint initiatives and joint calls on CCIVA research
+ Share knowledge in support to European and CIRCLE-2 member organisations

Main research priorities of the network

+ Coordinate European transnational research funding on Climate Change Impacts, Vulnerability and Adaptation (CCIVA) + Facilitate the transfer of research outcomes that European and national decision makers need to design effective yet economically efficient Adaptation initiatives and strategies + Share experiences and lessons learnt on CCIVA research funding and on the development of national and regional Adaptation practices + Encourage international cooperation with non-European countries and organisations as well as the involvement of countries with less diverse CCIVA research programmes