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| Area of CBC activity | Education and Training |
| Sector of CBC activity | Cross-border institutions |
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The Top-level Research Initiative (TRI) is a project on the part of the Nordic countries to find solutions to global climate challenges. The Top-level Research Initiative is supported by national institutions and agencies, in particular those financing research and innovation. They have set up a common funding source for projects under the initiative. Three Nordic institutions – NordForsk, Nordic Innovation Centre and Nordic Energy Research – act as secretariat for the initiative, contributing their combined competencies in the fields of research, innovation, technology and energy. The three institutions are all under the auspices of the Nordic Council of Ministers. The TRI is comprised of six sub-programmes encompassing the entire solution chain from research on climate change and its impact on society, to innovation and the development of solutions within environmental technology, energy efficiency and new forms of energy. TRI aims to develop reliable climate models to predict future climate change, while at the same time better preparing society to deal with the impacts of climate change. The projects that are funded by the sub-programmes are still in early stages and it is thus not possible to report on concrete results yet. |
| Border areas (states involved) | Nordic Council member States (Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland and Iceland) |
| Institution | Ministry of the Interior and Health |
| Contact details | Jesper Lorenz Gradert,Head of Section,
Ministry of the Interior and Health, phone: +45 7228 2524, e-mail: jlg@im.dk |
| Year of record | 2012 |
