Research on climate change adaption in cities, funded by ERCA

Abstract

There is growing global concern over climate change and research is being conducted to investigate the impact this phenomenon will have on the world. To support this research the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) has developed the d4PDF, the world’s largest collection of simulation data about climate change. Professor Masaru Inatsu, from Department of Earth and Planetary Science at Hokkaido University, is working alongside Associate Professor Tetsuya Takemi, from Kyoto University, and Professor Hiroyuki Kusaka, from University of Tsukuba, in collaboration with a number of research partners from other leading research groups, to use this data to enable a better understanding of the impact of extreme weather on major cities in Japan.