Partnership-based research focusing on adapting French regions to climate change.
Innovation to improve living conditions, housing and mobility, to protect fragile environments and natural resources, to renew and maintain infrastructures, to develop a local circular economy approach when using resources… For Institut Carnot Clim’adapt, these challenges have to be tackled together by public and private sector entities to deliver relevant innovative solutions, and help the regions of France and their inhabitants.
Institut Carnot Clim’adapt offers economic players its expertise in the infrastructure field, to meet the current and future needs of French regions, enabling them to transition to a resource-efficient, carbon-free and environment-friendly economy.
Thanks to its multi-disciplinary expertise – mobility, infrastructures, buildings, ecosystems, resilience, circular economy, urban areas …–, Clim’adapt develops an approach linked to new life styles engendered by digital transition and adaptation to climate change.
To foster innovation, it makes available Cerema’s R&D, its technological resources and skills in observation, instrumentation, measurement, analysis and modelling, to understand and anticipate the functioning of new products and services designed to provide solutions enabling French regions to adapt to climate change, and to assess their impact.
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Why work with us?
Institut Carnot Clim’adapt supports all the players involved
in designing and building infrastructures at the heart of land-use planning: local authorities and businesses.
It fulfils a mission consisting of 3 pillars:
Transfer Cerema’s R&D to businesses in order to support them with their ecological transition and their adaptation to climate change.
Help businesses to overcome technological obstacles so that they can develop innovative and suitable solutions, characterise them in controlled conditions and try them out in the field (via collaborative research projects, joint laboratories, industrial chairs, etc.).
Support local authorities to identify and implement solutions that match their needs via partnership research.
Why choose us for your research projects?
Because we make highly qualified material and human resources available to companies and local authorities
The Carnot Institutes offer their customers the skills of experts and researchers, together with the use of specialized technological platforms to meet the needs of the socio-economic world. Through its research contracts, Clim'adapt promotes the skills of its project teams, its technological platforms and associated experts.
Because we are particularly sensitive to the demands of the socio-economic world, and cultivate the habit of working with companies.
Clim'adapt is convinced that it is sometimes difficult for companies and local authorities to find the ideal partner for their research projects. It respects strict quality requirements, and stands out because of its professionalism and attention to the economic development issues involved.
Because we offer a unified, simplified contractual framework
We provide our customers with simple, proven contracts, with clear rules concerning costs, confidentiality and intellectual property, saving time and effort.
Because we guarantee flexibility and risk management
Comme les autres structures proposant des services de R&D externalisée, Clim'adapt offre des risques maîtrisés : vous bénéficiez de l’ensemble des ressources humaines et matérielles utiles (BDD, technologies, laboratoires, plateformes…). Cela vous permet d’éviter recrutements et investissements lourds.
Because you are guaranteed dual recognition
The Carnot label is a nationally and internationally recognized guarantee of scientific excellence. As for Cerema, it is unanimously recognized for its expertise. So Clim'adapt, certified by Carnot, benefits from this dual recognition.
Successful partnership stories...
Predict Services
Developing the ExZEco method as part of the COSPARIN project, and applying it in the Indian Ocean
Colas
Development and testing of the Flowell device, a new, dynamic light-emitting signage solution
Lhoist
The use of chalk treated with lime in hydraulic works
Geocorail
Design of a 2D and 3D digital model to describe the Geocorail process, and a sizing tool
ATMB
Assessment of car-sharing measurement sensors at the Thônex-Vallard French-Swiss customs area
APRR
A new solution for the diagnosis of external prestressing cables, i.e. sensitive components of large bridges made from prestressed concrete
Engie Green
Development of a process for automatic estimation of noise emergence of a wind farm
Lhoist
Use of lime slurry to prevent road pavement bleeding during heat waves
Transdev
Delivery of a demand-responsive transport service via autonomous and connected vehicles that guarantee user safety
Groupe Salins
Scientific sponsorship agreement on environmental and engineering sciences applied to adaptation of low-lying coastal areas to global change
ADAPT TO THE EFFECTS
OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND
MITIGATE ITS CAUSES
TOWARDS A MORE
RESOURCE-EFFICIENT, CARBON-FREE
AND ENVIRONMENT-FRIENDLY ECONOMY
The resources to develop our partnerships
From prototype design to its technological platforms, Cerema mobilises 200 research personnel including 20 doctoral students on its 26 sites with expertise in Regional expertise and engineering, Building, Mobility, Transport infrastructure, Environment and risk, Sea and coast.
Strong regional anchoring
Cerema has strong knowledge of the local players and contexts, as well as the public policies deployed by the State.
It is neutral and impartial, proposing pragmatic technical solutions that are frugal with public money and deliver innovation.
A cross-sectoral approach
Cerema possesses multi-disciplinary cross-sectoral expertise covering all the challenges for businesses and regions. From the beginning to the end of your projects, we intervene on themes linked to the principal societal challenges.
An innovation in technology
Cerema is looking to develop future collaborations with project leaders, companies and other organisations. We put our innovative technologies at your disposal in our strategic areas of activity.
Why call on Cerema’s mobility research teams ?
Through this brochure, discover our mobility research teams: experts with an excellent understanding of public policies, dedicated to serving businesses and local authorities.
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Do you have a question, a need, a scientific barrier to overcome?
Don’t hesitate to contact us via this form or write to us at climadapt@cerema.fr.
Thierry Braine-Bonnaire
Director of Institut Carnot Clim’adapt
+33 (0)7 62 84 99 94
thierry.braine-bonnaire@cerema.fr
Chiara Denis
Marketing and Communication Officer
+33 (0)6 60 70 32 66
chiara.denis@cerema.fr