Priority research and equipment programme for climate:
Transforming climate modelling for climate services
Led by
Funded by
Operated by
The Climate – TRACCS PEPR
The TRACCS research programme – TRAnsforming Climate modelling for Climate Services – aims to accelerate the development of climate models to meet society’s expectations in terms of mitigation and adaptation to climate impacts and risks. Its activities range from improving the reliability of climate models and developing downscaling and bias correction methods, to developing prototype climate services co-constructed with the stakeholders concerned. TRACCS also explores technological and scientific advances (in particular new computing architectures and artificial intelligence techniques) that open up new perspectives for climate science. This approach is helping to train the next generation of climate experts in all areas of modelling and the development, provision, and use of climate services.
A total budget of €51m over 8 years, including €10m in calls for projects
An unprecedented effort in climate science research
A PEPR connected to Research Infrastructures (CLIMERI-France, DataTerra) and to other PEPR (OneWater, FairCarboN, IRiMa, NumPEx, Solu-BioD, Agroécologie Numérique …)
An opportunity to expand the scientific community and prepare for its renewal
TRACCS is one of the winners of the second wave of the call for projects for exploratory Priority Research and Equipment Programmes (PEPR) aimed at consolidating key scientific areas for the technological, economic, social or environmental transformations underway. Led jointly by CNRS and Météo-France, the Climate – TRACCS research programme is receiving €51m in funding over the period 2023-2030 as part of the France 2030 investment plan and under the aegis of the French National Research Agency (ANR). This programme brings together a number of French research bodies and establishments in targeted, priority projects (including the French Atomic Energy and Alternative Energies Commission (CEA), the French Institute for Development Research (IRD), Grenoble Alpes University and Sorbonne University), and will enable participation in the programme’s objectives to be extended to the entire national scientific community through open calls for projects.