1. JPI Connecting Climate Knowledge for Europe (JPI Climate)
Towards collaborative practice-oriented climate research in Europe
Petra Manderscheid
JPI Climate Central Secretariat

2. What is Joint Programming Initiative (JPI)?
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The joint programming concept was introduced by the European Commission in July 2008 to support implementation of the European Research Area.

3. The role of JPIs in the European Research Area
The objective of the joint programming concept 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’
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4. JPI Climate: Point of Departure and Motivation
Climate Research in Europe
Predominantly natural-science based
Weak link between knowledge production and application (science
and decision-makers) 4 4

5. JPI Climate
is a structured and flexible collaboration process on a voluntary basis and in a partnership approach to coordinate climate research and fund new transnational research initiatives .
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6. JPI Climate
aims to respond to the knowledge needs of policy and the European society at large to address climate change
provides a platform to align national research priorities according to a jointly agreed Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda (SRIA)
facilitates the coordination, collaboration and exploitation of synergies in climate change research
connects different disciplinary approaches in natural and social sciences; top researchers and research groups from different European countries; and scientific insights with the demands of policy makers, decision makers and other stakeholders

7. The added value of JPI Climate
Enhanced societal relevance
Higher scientific quality
Long-term continuity
High level commitment
Stronger global position
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8. JPI Climate partners 12 Member Countries 5 Associated Members
Finnland
5 Associated Members
Norway
Russia
Sweden
Estonia
ERA4CS partners
Latvia
+ European Commission
+ Partner Institutions
(EEA, ECRA, ESA,
NordForsk)
Denmark
Lithuania
Ireland
Belarus
Great Britain
Nether- lands
Poland
Germany
Belgium
Ukraine
Czech
Republic
Luxembourg
Slovakia
Moldova
France
Switzer/ land
Austria
Hungary
Romania
Slovenia
Croatia
Bosnia/
Herze- govina
Serbia
Bulgaria
Monte- negro
Portugal
Italy
Mace-
donia
Turkey
Spain
Albania
Greece
Malta

9. JPI Climate SRIA: 3 challenges + Strategic Mechanism
Challenge 1: Understanding the processes and consequences of climate change
Challenge 2: Improving knowledge on climate-related decision-making processes and measures
Challenge 3: Researching sustainable societal transformation in the context of climate change
Strategic Mechanism: Connecting people, problems and solutions in a systemic approach

10. JPI Climate Governance structure (to be adopted)
GOVERNING BOARD (GB)
ExCom
1 Chair &
4 Members
Co-leaders of Action Groups
Transdisciplinary Advisory Board (TAB)
ACTION GROUPS (AG)
Informal Group of AG Speakers
CENTRAL SECRETARIAT (CS)
SRIA
SCOPING
FORUM
DRAFT
JPI Climate Governance structure (to be adopted)

11. Activities: Fast Track Activities
Some examples:
Towards a European strategy for climate modelling: coordination and next generation of climate models
Greenhouse gas verification
Mapping climate services users’ requirements: What do we know and what not?
Mapping climate services providers in Europe
Scoping, reviewing and facilitating social science contributions to climate change research
Effectiveness of knowledge transfer at the occasion of the publication of the IPCC AR5

12. Activities: Joint calls
2013 Transnational Collaborative Research Projects, approx. 10MEuro: all projects running
Societal Transformation in the Face of Climate Change
Russian Arctic & Boreal Systems
2015 Call for Climate Services Collaborative Research action on Climate Predictability and Inter-regional Linkages (with Belmont Forum) approx. 15MEuro: all projects running
Drivers and mechanisms linking Poles & Monsoons for societal usefulness of climate services
2016 ERA-NET COFUND “European Research Area for Climate Services” (ERA4CS)
Joint transnational co-funded call, with 16 countries and up to 75MEuro:
a “cash” topic, supported by 12 RFOs, on co-development for user needs and action-oriented projects
an “in-kind” topic, supported by 28 RPOs, on institutional integration of the research components of national CS

13. Current and Future Opportunities
2016/2017
Development of a new JPI Climate Liaison Strategy: focus on widening participation
stakeholder engagement
ERA-NET COFUND on Climate Services Roadmap: Cross-sector impact assessments
(evaluation, comparison and integration) (2017)
CSA on Widening international cooperation activities on climate adaptation and
mitigation (2017)

14. Thank you Petra Manderscheid
Thank you