March 21, 2023
The "Competence Center for Climate Change Digital Twin for Earth Forecasts and Societal Redressment: DTEClimate" project is to be carried out in the next 36 months (2023-2025) and is funded through the field "Adaptation to climate change" organized within Romania's National Recovery and Resilience Plan - Component 9 - Support for the Private Sector, Research, Development, and Innovation, I5. Establishment and operationalization of Competence Centers (PNRR-III-C9-2022-I5).
The University POLITEHNICA Bucharest will coordinate the implementation of the complex project to create a National Center of Competence in the field of Adaptation to Climate Change - the funding to be provided through PNRR.
DTEClimate has the support of a wide community of users, including central and local public authorities and organizations from the non-governmental sector that will actively support the expansion of public-private partnerships and the development of a culture of real and effective cooperation between the research environment and industry.
The "Adaptation to Climate Change” EU mission aims to build resilience by 2030 in at least 150 European communities and regions. Despite the EU's permanent effort to reduce emissions and achieve carbon neutrality, a warmer climate is no longer to be avoided.
At the European level, the major activities towards developing strategies for climate change adaptation and related policy implementation are currently supported by the Climate-ADAPT platform maintained by the European Environment Agency (EEA) in collaboration with the European Commission's Directorate-General for Climate Action (DG CLIMA). It receives support from the European Topic Centre on Climate Change Adaptation and LULUCF (ETC CA)
