Climate Change

Climate change is a worldwide concern and climate change studies are among the priorities in European and Indian research programs. Providing reliable climate change information at the regional to local scale is one of the most challenging issues within the global change debate, both from the points of view of application and research.  In particular climate change is one of the flagship activities within the NKN program. EU-IndiaGrid aims at supporting climate change modelling studies on European and Indian e-Infrastructures thanks to the involvement of premier research groups with leading international reputation and solid collaboration basis enhanced and strengthened in the course of the EU-IndiaGrid.

Working with India to tackle Climate Change

Climate change is one of the greatest challenges of the world today. The consequences of the decisions we take in the next few months will be mainly borne by future generations and inaction will be very costly." - Lars-Olof Lindgren, Ambassador of Sweden to India, Representing the Presidency of the Council of the European Union

The European Union stands ready to step up its cooperation with India on environment and climate/energy related policies and programmes. - Danièle Smadja, Ambassador and Head of the Delegation of the European Union to India

Find out more about how the EC is working with India to address climate change issues in this special report. - DOWNLOAD

TEIN3 Case Study - High-speed networking: saving lives by typhoon forecasting

Typhoons are major natural killers. High winds and extreme rainfall damage property, while collapsing buildings, flood waters and disruption to food supply, sanitation and communications cause injury and death. Nothing can be done about the weather, but a great deal can be accomplished if local authorities have the precious advantage of time to prepare. Effective disaster warning systems rely on accurate storm forecasts and the speedy communication of weather alerts. In this race against time, high-speed data networks can make all the difference to typhoon-prone regions like the Philippine archipelago.

PAGASA (Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration) collaborates with its German counterpart, Deutscher Wetter Dienst (DWD) which provides it with an accurate, real-time flow of meteorological data to drive its forecasting. The collaboration rests on the power of highcapacity networks, which enable the speedy transfer of vast amounts of data from DWD to PAGASA, the local agency at the sharp end.

Typhoon Case Study - Download