Nanjing team joins climate change fight

European and Chinese scientists have joined forces to combat climate change in a partnership that has committed an initial 2.1 million pounds ($2.7 million) in research funding for low-emissions innovations.

The five-year collaboration will form a "research bridge" between labs in the United Kingdom, China and Germany, which together will develop technologies in power storage, renewable energy and biofuels.

Partners include the University of Birmingham in the UK, the Jiangsu Industrial Technology Research Institute, or JITRI, in Nanjing, and the Fraunhofer Institute for Environmental Safety and Energy Technology, or UMSICHT, in Germany.