Princeton University High Meadows Environmental Institute and Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change Announce Partnership
Joining forces at the forefront of climate research
Today the Princeton University High Meadows Environmental Institute (HMEI) and the Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change (CMCC) announced a collaboration that will help propel scientific excellence in the fields of climate change, earth science, environmental research, and the use of high-performance computing infrastructure. The partnership will improve scientific understanding of the climate system on a global and local scale, provide the most up-to-date and detailed information on the impacts of climate change, and contribute to improved strategies and decision-making processes addressing climate and environmental policymaking.
Formalized today, this partnership unites two of the most cutting-edge research institutes in the realm of climate science, and will produce joint efforts towards assessing the possible impacts of a changing climate on ecosystems and human societies. CMCC and HMEI are each committed to further developing and applying cyberinfrastructure capabilities, leveraging computer science, computational science, machine learning and artificial intelligence, and applied mathematics and numerical methods, and will collaborate on their shared vision for developing measurement and modeling tools to support improved understanding and prediction of climate change, as well as devising environmental and climate protection policies that are both effective and socially just. The collaboration will also focus on advancing earth system change research, which encompasses regional and global earth system modeling, investigation and assessment of climate change impacts, and climate and environmental policy evaluation.
Continued excellence in climate science requires developing the next generation of scholars, researchers and experts. For this reason the two institutes are also dedicated to fostering education, outreach, and professional development. This will include shared support for graduate students and postdoctoral researchers and exchange visits involving students and professional staff.
“At CMCC, we believe that genuine scientific progress arises from collaboration and the exchange of knowledge. This agreement presents a significant opportunity for advancements in climate modeling, hurricane research, and many other important fields. As a graduate school alumnus, Princeton holds a special place for me, which makes embarking on this journey all the more gratifying.” said CMCC President Antonio Navarra, when speaking at the HMEI-CMCC Kickoff meeting.
“We are delighted to launch this formal partnership with CMCC,” said Dr. Gabriel Vecchi, the Knox Taylor Professor of Geosciences and the High Meadows Environmental Institute Director. “We look forward to working with their team to drive understanding of—and solutions for—our changing climate.”
The Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change (CMCC) is a multidisciplinary, advanced research center focused on understanding the interaction between climate change and socioeconomic systems. With its three research institutes and four strategic research programs, CMCC develops transversal and multidisciplinary competencies that combine first-class climate modeling with climate change impact modeling and environmental economics.
The CMCC’s High Performance Computing Centre is among the most advanced computational facilities in Europe and the most powerful in Italy fully dedicated to climate research on the interaction between climate and socio-economic systems.
The High Meadows Environmental Institute (HMEI) at Princeton University advances understanding of the Earth as a complex system influenced by human activities, and informs solutions to local and global challenges by conducting groundbreaking research across disciplines and by preparing future leaders in diverse fields to impact a world increasingly shaped by climate change. Founded in 1994 as the Princeton Environmental Institute, HMEI functions as a vibrant central resource for faculty, postdocs, students, alumni, and others with an interest in environmental topics and research. More than 140 members of the Princeton faculty, representing 30 academic disciplines, are active with HMEI and contribute to the teaching of scientific, technical, policy, and human dimensions of environmental issues.