Welcome to the Paris Research Consortium Climate-Environment-Society Website

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For further information, you can also visit the French version, which provides a selection of recent research activities on climate change.
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About us

The French Consortium Climate-Environment-Society aims to develop, fund and coordinate interdisciplinary research into climate change and its impacts on society and the environment. It forms part of the 2006 review of the "2004-2012 climate plan" decided on by the French government in order to combate climate change. The consortium relies on the research expertise of 14 laboratories and federation in the Paris area working mainly in the elds of climatology, hydrology,ecology, health sciences, and the humanities and social sciences.

Four areas of research have been dened to directing synergetic projects between these laboratories' members:

• Global climate, energy policies and economic development
• Climate extremes and vulnerable regions
• Climate change, ecosystems, water resources and land use
• Climate change impacts on health 

Download the Climate-Environment-Society Consortium booklet (pdf)