Project Summary

EnTeC aims to enhance the R&D potential of the Institute of Nuclear & Radiological Sciences & Technology, Energy & Safety (INRaSTES) of NCSRD, Greece, by establishing a research infrastructure for Environmental Technology and Climate Research in the field of atmospheric pollution and climate change assessment of the Southeast European region.

 

The project consists of a set of coherent activities, which arise from the implementation of the INRaSTES Action Plan, directly aiming at strengthening the research capacity of INRaSTES for advancing its participation in environmental/climate related research activities at European, National and Regional level.

 

Currently, there is a marked uncertainty in the long term effects of air pollution and establishment of global climate change effects in regional scales, mainly due to the lack of high-resolution and long-term climate data records. Southeast Europe and particularly the Mediterranean are already marked as areas where regional climate change effects may be more intense and diverse than elsewhere in Europe. The foreseen research activities of INRaSTES aim at combining complementary expertise in areas such as field measurements (Remote/Background monitoring and sampling of key climatic active species and parameters), analytical laboratory techniques (sample processing and analysis), advanced multiscale modelling tools for climate research (both for greenhouse gases and aerosols) and specific cross-cutting issues of mitigation and adaptation to climate change impacts.

 

It should be stressed that EnTeC will have a strong impact on a Regional and National basis since INRaSTES knowledge, research outputs and infrastructure provide long term support to relevant national authorities such as the Ministry of Environment, Energy & Climate Change and the Greek Atomic Energy Commission.