Thursday 9 April 2015

INTASAVE wins bid for UK Newton Fund climate information service project

INTASAVE Asia-Pacific has been chosen by the UK Met Office to play a major role in a new project to examine how key sectors in China interpret and apply climate information in making decisions.

INTASAVE will partner with China's State Information Centre, as well as other leading academic institutes and governmental organizations, as a part of the two-year Development of Translational Science for Climate Service project. The start date is to be confirmed.

The Met Office said the INTASAVE bid was ranked highly and recommended for a grant award.

This project is covered by the UK Newton Fund, of which the UK Met Office has been selected as a delivery partner.  Under the Newton Fund, the UK Met Office leads a five-year programme in partnership with the Chinese Meteorological Administration and the Institute of Atmospheric Physics at the Chinese Academy of Science.

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