Joint Programming Initiative "Climate"

The concept of Joint Programming was introduced by the European Commission in July 2008. It is one of the five initiatives for implementing the European Research Area (ERA). There is a need of a strategic approach in coordinating European research activities to address societal challenges of common interest on a European or even global scale. The aim of Joint Programming is to increase the value of relevant national and EU R&D funding by concerted and joint planning, implementation and evaluation of national research programmes. Even common financing could be considered in this context.

Some member states have taken up this approach and presented a proposal for a new Joint Programming Initiative “Connecting Climate Knowledge for Europe (JPI Climate)” in April  2010.

We propose JPI Climate as a fundamental European initiative concerning the coordination of climate research funding. We understand ‘climate knowledge’ in a rather broad sense, including all kinds of scientific knowledge on causes and consequences, on cost, risks and benefits of climate change as well as possible responses. JPI Climate intends to contribute to a highly coordinated knowledge development by not only improving the scientific expertise on climate change risks and adaptation options, but also by connecting that knowledge with decision-making on safety and major investments in climate-vulnerable sectors in Europe.

 

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