CIRCLE's Mission
Climate change is increasingly seen as one of the greatest issues facing the world in the 21st century, and Europe is taking a leading role in responding to its challenges.
Whatever the success of mitigating climate change may be, certain impacts are unavoidable and European countries will need to adapt to those impacts driven by certain vulnerabilities and exposures in the regions of Europe.
Their adaptation response must be informed by a coherent body of research and it is CIRCLE´s prime objective to contribute to such efforts by aligning national research programmes. This process will be a strong support for the overall goal: Implementing a European Research Area (ERA) for the field of climate change.
CIRCLE started in summer 2004 and is currently extending its activities within the ERA-Net frame for 2005-2009.
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Scope of CIRCLE
Funding
European Commission's Sixth Framework Programme, contract N° 026058