Transcript Increasing the use and usability of participatory assessments

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A European perspective on sustainability
Professor Jacqueline McGlade
Executive Director, European Environment Agency
Reykjavik, Iceland
19 November 2005
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SOER 2005
- Country Perspectives:
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Greenhouse gas emissions
Energy consumption
Renewable electricity
Emissions of acidifying substances
Emission of ozone precursors
Freight transport demand
Area under organic farming
Municipal waste
Use of freshwater resources
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The European Environment Outlook
concept
• Exploring sustainability of baseline projections (2020-2030),
alternative scenarios and variants (up to 2100).
• Highlight the interactions between and implications of
sectoral developments and environmental issues. Link to
past and ongoing Commission exercises when appropriate.
• Provide a coherent quantitative assessment as feasible,
supplemented by qualitative analyses where needed.
• Key messages / early warnings for policy-makers.
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The Analytical Framework
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Outlooks developed for various environmental themes
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GHG emissions and climate change
Air quality (CAFE)
Water stress
Water quality
Key driving forces (socio/technico/economic, DG TREN)
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Demography
Economy activity
Technological and sectoral developments
Consumption patterns
Energy and transport
Agriculture
Waste and material flows
Common set of assumptions for driving forces to ensure consistency and facilitate cross-cutting analysis
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Integrated quantitative assessment
'Household Consumption'
EEA Technical Report
'Environmental aspects of
enlargement'
Advisory Group
'Environment & health'
EEA Technical Report
'Halting the loss of biodiversity'
EEA Technical Report
State of the Environment and Outlook report
2005
'Sustainable use of
natural resources'
EEA Technical Report
'Climate change & sustainable
energy'
EEA Technical Report
'Europe’s Environment & the
Global Dimension'
Multimedia
'European Environment Outlook'
EEA Technical Report
Results also used as input to other Technical Reports
Climate change and air
pollution outlooks
Agriculture outlooks
Water stress and water quality
outlooks
Waste and material flows
outlooks
Models
Models
Models
Models
PRIMES (energy & transport)
POLES (energy & transport)
TIMER/FAIR (GHGs emissions)
RAINS (air pollution)
IMAGE (climate change)
Euromove (ecosystem composition)
CAPSIM (sectoral model)
WaterGAP (water use and availability),
A model on nutrients from UWWT plants
A macro-econometric waste & material
flows model
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Index (1990 = 100)
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Key messages
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The more fragmented
European society is
expected to increase some
environmental pressures
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90
1990
2000
2010
2020
EEA-31
EU-15
New-10
2030
Population development 1990-2030
Index (1990 = 100)
units
140
3.5
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3.0
120
2.5
110
2.0
100
1.5
90
1.0
1990
2000
2010
2020
2030
Number of households (EU-15)
Number of households (New-10)
Number of persons per household (EU-15)
Number of persons per household (New-10)
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Key messages
Mt CO2 eq/year
t CO2 eq/cap/year
5,000
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4,500
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4,000
3,500
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European greenhouse gas
emissions are expected to
meet short-term targets if
all additional policies and
measures planned so far
are implemented
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EU15 Kyoto
Target (-8%)
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3,000
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2,500
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2,000
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1,500
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NMS8 Kyoto
Target (-7.8%)
1,000
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1990
2000
EU-15
2010
New-10
2020
Per capita (EU-15)
2030
Per capita (New-10)
Degree Celsius
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European greenhouse gas
emissions are expected to
exceed long-term targets
set to prevent harmful
climate change
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EU long-term sustainable
target (6th EAP)
1
0
2000
2010
2020
2030
2040
Global temperature change-'Baseline'
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2050
2060
2070
2080
2090
2100
Global temperature change-'Low emission scenario'
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Key messages
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Nitrogen
(N)
Phosphate
(P)
Potassium
(K)
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The recent enlargement of
the European Union is
expected to provide both
opportunities for and
threats to the environment
Organic supply
(N, P, K)
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New-8
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EU-15
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%%
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Nitrogen
(N)
Ammonia losses
(NH3)
Phosphate
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Mt CO2 eq/year
t CO2 eq/cap/year
5,000
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4,500
Potassium
(K)
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4,000
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EU15 Kyoto
Target (-8%)
3,500
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3,000
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2,500
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2,000
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1,500
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NMS8 Kyoto
Target (-7.8%)
1,000
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Nitrous oxide
(N2O; fertilizer)
Methane
(CH4; animals)
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New-8
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EU-15
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1990
2000
EU-15
New-10
2010
2020
Per capita (EU-15)
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Per capita (New-10)
Use of fertilisers, Nutrient balances, ammonia
losses and GHG emissions (2020/2001)
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Key messages
Air pollution and its
impacts on health and
ecosystems are expected
to decline significantly
NOX
NMVOC
SO2
NH3
PM10
PM2.5
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10
MFR (2030)
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Baseline (2030)
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Baseline (2010)
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NEC ceiling (2010)
Emissions of air pollutants (Baseline and
Maximum Feasible Reduction (MFR)
scenarios, index 100 in 2000)
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100
Index
110
Year 2000
Excess of nitrogen deposition (2000 and
2030 for the MFR scenario)
Key messages
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Water use in Europe is
expected to become more
sustainable, however many
Mediterranean river basins will
continue to face water stress
Water Exploitation Index (%)
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2030
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Water stress in large European river basins,
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kg N / inh. / yr
4.5
4.0
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The Urban Waste Water
Treatment Directive is
expected to reduce
significantly the overall
discharge of nutrients from
point sources
3.5
3.0
2.5
2.0
1.5
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%
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0.5
Group 1 (EU-15)
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Group 2 (EU-15)
Group 3 (EU-15)
Percent of population
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New-5
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0.0
Group 1
(EU-15)
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Group 2
(EU-15)
Group 3
(EU-15)
New-5
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Current situation
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UWWT Directive
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10
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Current UWWT
situation Directive
Primary
Current UWWT
situation Directive
Secondary
Current UWWT
situation Directive
Tertiary
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Current UWWT
situation Directive
Without treatment
Discharges of nitrogen and phosphorous
from wastewater treatment plants
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