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The large integrating EU-FP7 Projects ACQWA and ENVIROGRIDS, initiated and coordinated by our research team, have been officially funded by the European Commission  for a total of more than 12.5 million Euros...

 

NOBEL PRIZE: C3i is proud to be linked to the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize, awarded to the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) through our participation in IPCC activities since 1992 (Vice-chairmanship of IPCC WGII from 1992-1997 and author contributions to the 2nd, 3rd and 4th IPCC Assessment Reports)

 

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NEW/NOUVEAU: Livre de Martin Beniston en français sur le climat et ses impacts . Cliquer ici

C3i: Climatic Change and Climate Impacts Research

A member of the Institute of Environmental Sciences and the Departments of Physics and Earth Sciences at the University of Geneva

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C3i is the leading climate research group in French-speaking Switzerland and is headed by Professor Martin Beniston, who is also currently the Director of the Institute for Environmental Sciences at the University of Geneva.

The main thrust of its activities focuses on climate data analysis and on regional climate modeling (Dr. Stéphane Goyette), with a particular emphasis on extreme events and their future evolution, lake modeling, and interdisciplinary climate impacts research that links the physical, biological, economic and social sciences.

Among its major achievements, C3i is currently coordinating two major EU projects under Framework Programme 7 (FP7), namely ACQWA and ENVIROGRIDS. Further projects include partnerships with the Swiss NCCR-Climate network, the EU-FP6 ENSEMBLES project (in particular its RT8 module), and other projects funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation and other agencies. C3i also has close links with UNEP-GRID through the work of Dr. Anthony Lehmann, and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change - IPCC (from the time Martin Beniston was one of the vice-chairs of the IPCC in the 1990s and subsequently for its succesion of Assessment Reports).

C3i is represented in numerous Swiss and international scientific and funding bodies, advisory boards and editorial committees; Martin Beniston has been an elected member of the Academia Europea since 2000.

Outreach activities of C3i include the organization of scientific workshops, the editing of the Advances in Global Change Research  book series with Springer Publishers, over 50 general-public presentations each year, media contacts,advice to policy makers at the national or cantonal levels, etc.

Further in-depth information can be found by browsing through the different topics that can be accessed via the menu on the left-hand-side of this page.

To contact any  team member (listed under "Research Team" in the menu):

  • University of Geneva
    C3i/Climatic Change and Climate Impacts Research Group
    Institute for Environmental Sciences
    Site de Battelle / Bat. D
    7 route de Drize
    CH 1227 Carouge / GE, Switzerland
  • Phone: + 41 (0)22 379 07 99 - Fax: +41 (0)22 379 07 44
  • e-mail: Firstname.Lastname@unige.ch
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