Climate Impact Research & Respond Coordination for a Larger Europe (CIRCLE(2))

CIRCLE-2 is focused on the interface between Climate Change science and policy. Through the promotion of networking activities it aims to maximise the degree to which research outcomes address both national and European climate policy needs. Coordinating nationally developed knowledge (typically via research programmes) with European and international frameworks is a growing demand. Making sure that political investments such as the ones related to climate Adaptation are cost effective is a continuous need. Global challenges such as Climate Change makes the coordination of high quality research an absolute imperative to support national and European actions. A structuring impact on the European Climate Change research landscape can only be achieved if joint research funding is put into practice and its results transferred in effective ways. CIRCLE-2 aims to further reinforce the coordination and cooperation between national and regional climate research programmes. CIRCLE-2 objectives are:

• Establish a research funding network oriented towards Climate Change Impacts, Vulnerability and Adaptation (CCIVA) policy-relevant questions.
• Facilitate cooperation among Europe's national and regional CCIVA research programmes and their funders/managers.
• Promote a common strategic agenda on relevant CCIVA research areas and coordinate it with European framework programmes, policies and objectives.
• Design and Fund joint initiatives and joint calls for transnational CCIVA research proposals on identified knowledge gaps or needs.
• Share knowledge and support European countries in their efforts to adopt appropriate climate Adaptation strategies, action plans and measures.
• Optimise national and European investments on CCIVA research by increasing the effectiveness of its funding and maximising the policy-relevance of its outcomes.