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Wednesday 16/12: Did the Climate Conference in Paris meet the expectations? Tore Furevik, UiB.

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Tore Furevik, Professor of physical oceanography at the Geophysical Institute, University of Bergen, has attended the Climate Conference in Paris this December. Has the conference met the expectations of the researchers on the climate field?  In addition to his position as Professor at UiB, Furevik is also director of Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research and the Centre for Climate Dynamics.  His research focus is on climate modeling, large-scale variability in the atmosphere and ocean, air-sea-ice interactions and teleconnections.  He also coordinates the Norwegian research school in climate dynamics (2009-2016), is in the steering board for the national climate program klimaforsk, and is representing Norway in JPI-Climate.