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A Europe–South America network for climate change assessment and impact studies

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The goal of the CLARIS project was to build an integrated European–South American network dedicated to promote common research strategies to observe and predict climate changes and their consequent socio-economic impacts taking into account the climate and societal peculiarities of South America. Reaching that goal placed the present network as a privileged advisor to contribute to the design of adaptation strategies in a region strongly affected by and dependent on climate variability (e.g. agriculture, health, hydro-electricity). Building the CLARIS network required fulfilling the following three objectives: (1) The first objective of CLARIS was to set up and favour the technical transfer and expertise in earth system and regional climate modelling between Europe and South America together with the providing of a list of climate data (observed and simulated) required for model validations; (2) The second objective of CLARIS was to facilitate the exchange of observed and simulated climate data between the climate research groups and to create a South American high-quality climate database for studies in extreme events and long-term climate trends; (3) Finally, the third objective of CLARIS was to strengthen the communication between climate researchers and stakeholders, and to demonstrate the feasibility of using climate information in the decision-making process.

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  1. LOCEAN, UMR CNRS/IRD/UPMC, Tour 45-55/Etage 4/Case 100, UPMC, 4 Place Jussieu, Paris Cedex 05, 75252, France

    Jean-Philippe Boulanger & Nicolas Degallier

  2. National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), Earth and Sun Systems Laboratory (ESSL), P.O. Box 3000, Boulder, CO, 80307, USA

    G. Brasseur

  3. CONICET, CIMA.Pabellón 2, Piso 2, Ciudad Universitaria, (1428), Buenos Aires, Argentina

    Andrea Fabiana Carril, Claudio Guillermo Menendez, Mario Nestor Nuñez & Alfredo Luis Rolla

  4. Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Avda. Carlos III, 21., 45071, Toledo, Spain

    Manuel de Castro

  5. Depto Ciencias de la Atmósfera y los Océanos-UBA, Intendente Guiraldes 2160, Pab II, Ciudad Universitaria, C1428EGA, Buenos Aires, Argentina

    Carlos Ereño, Olga C. Penalba & Matilde Rusticucci

  6. Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique, Institut-Pierre-Simon-Laplace et Ecole Doctorale “Sciences de l’Environnement en Ile de France”, Paris, France

    H. Le Treut

  7. Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais INPE, Rodovia Dutra Km 40, 12630 000, Cachoeira Paulista, Sao Paulo, Brasil

    Jose Antonio Marengo

  8. IMFIA, Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad de la República, Julio Herrera y Reissig 565, Montevideo, Uruguay

    Rafael Terra

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Boulanger, JP., Brasseur, G., Carril, A.F. et al. A Europe–South America network for climate change assessment and impact studies. Climatic Change 98, 307–329 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-009-9734-8

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