Transcript Sub-activity 6.1.1 Pressures on environment and

EC Research in the field of climate change
2nd EIONET workshop on climate change vulnerability
impacts and adaptation
EEA, Copenhagen, 9-10 October 2008
Wolfram Schrimpf
Climate Change & Environmental Risks Unit
Research Directorate General
European Commission
[email protected]
European Research
• Contribution to understand Earth system functioning, the
origin and impacts of climate change and to predict its
future evolution
• Guidance and support to EU’s international
commitments and EU policies
• Basis for effective mitigation and adaptation measures
Climate change research is needed at EU level in order to:
• Support EU International commitments and initiatives such as:
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Kyoto and Montreal Protocols, and post-Kyoto Climate Initiatives
UN Conventions (Desertification, Biological diversity,..)
International Strategy for Disaster Reduction
World Summit on Sustainable Development
• Contribute to:
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Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS)
International Programmes (e.g. IGBP, WCRP)
• Contribute to EU policies such as:
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Communication to limit global warming to less than 2°C beyond pre-industrial times
6th Environmental Action Plan and associated Thematic Strategies
European Climate Change Programme (ECCP)
Action Plans on Environmental Technologies and Environment and Health
Water Framework Directive
Communication on droughts and water scarcity
EU Flood Action Programme
Working Groups under the CIS (´climate change impacts on water)
FP6 (2002-2006)
Sustainable development, global change and ecosystems
Thematic sub-priority: Global change and ecosystems
IMPACT AND MECHANISMS OF GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS AND
ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTANTS ON CLIMATE, OZONE DEPLETION AND
CARBON SINKS
– Carbon and Nitrogen Cycles: Sources and Sinks
– Atmospheric Pollutants and their Regional Impacts
– Climate dynamics and variability
DYNAMITE, ENHANCE, EPICA-MIS, MILLENIUM
– Stratospheric ozone and climate interactions
– Prediction of climatic change and its impacts
AMMA, CECILIA, CIRCE, CLARIS, CLAVIER, ENSEMBLES, WATCH, FLOODSITE
– Adaptation and mitigation strategies
ADAM, SERPEC-CC, TETRIS, TOCSIN
Understanding the Dynamics of the Coupled Climate System
Dynamite Project
• The project is aiming at further develop the understanding of the
fundamental modes of the climate system, in particular the coupled
ocean-atmosphere system which is essential to improve the
detection, attribution and prediction of global and regional climate
change
• Duration: 2005 - 2007
• http://dynamite.nersc.no
Climate Change and Variability: the Mediterranean Environment
CIRCE Project
• The project will predict and quantify physical impacts of climate
change and evaluate the consequences of climate change for the
society and the economy of the populations located in the
Mediterranean area. Adaptation and mitigation strategies will be
identified in collaboration with regional stakeholders.
• Duration: 2007 - 2010
• http://www.circeproject.eu
Adaptation and Mitigation Strategies:
Supporting European Climate Policy
ADAM Project
• The project will lead to a better understanding of the synergies,
trade-offs and conflicts that exist between adaptation and mitigation
policies at multiple scales. ADAM will support EU policy
development in the next stage of the development of the Kyoto
Protocol, in particular negotiations around a post-2012 global
climate policy regime, and will inform the emergence of new
adaptation strategies for Europe.
• Duration: 2006 - 2009
• http://www.adamproject.eu
More Information on
FP6 Climate Change
Research Projects ….
The 7th Research Framework
Programme (2007-2013)
Climate-relevant research in FP7 :
a cross cutting issue
Budget
I. Cooperation
1. Health
2. Food, agriculture and biotechnology
3. Information and communication technologies
4. Nanotechnologies, materials and
production
5. Energy
6. Environment including Climate change
7. Transport
8. Socio-economic research
9. Security and space
Total
* Not including non nuclear activities of the Joint Research Centre
(€ million,
current prices)
5
1
9
3
984
935
110
467
2 265
1 886
4 180
607
2 858
32 292 *
FP7 1st Call
Theme 6 Environment (including Climate Change)
Activity 6.1 Climate Change, pollution and risks
Selected projects (under final negotiation)
Sub-activity 6.1.1 Pressures on environment and climate
CCTAME (Impacts & Feedback of climate policies on land-use and ecosystems
in Europe
Key-words: land-use, adaptation, CO2 mitigation, carbon sink, climate change
Co-ordinator: IIASA, Austria
EPOCA (European Project on Ocean Acidification)
Key-words: ocean acidification, carbon cycle, food chain, climate, carbon dioxide,
biogeochemical cycles
Co-ordinator: CNRS, France
ACQWA (Assessment of climate change and impacts on the quantity and
quality of water
Key words: Climate change, water resources, mountain regions, modeling, impacts,
hazards, adaptation policy
Co-ordinator: University of Geneva, Switzerland
Sub-activity 6.1.1 Pressures on environment and climate (cont‘d)
CLARIS LPB (A Europe-South America Network for Climate Change
Assessment and Impact Studies in the La Plata Basin
Key-words: climate change, socio-economic impacts, land-use, hydrology, ensemble
scenarios, adaptation strategies, La Plata basin
Co-ordinator: Institut Pierre Simon Laplace, Sweden
ClimateCost (Full Costs of Climate Change)
Key Words: Adaptation, mitigation, abatement, costs of inaction, economics
Co-ordinator: Stockholm Environment Institute – Oxford, United Kingdom
ClimateWater (Bridging the gap between adaptation strategies of climate
change impacts and European water policies
Key words: climate changes, impacts on water cycle, adaptation strategies
Co-ordinator: VITUKI, Hungary
Sub-activity 6.1.1 Pressures on environment and climate (cont‘d)
CITYZEN (magaCITY – zoom for the Environment)
Key words: megacities, air quality, climate change, observations
Co-ordinator: Norwegian Meteorological Institute
MEGAPOLI (Megacities: Emissions, urban, regional and global atmospheric
pollution and climate effects, and integrated tools for assessment and
mitigation
Key words: urban, regional and global atmospheric pollution; megacities; hot spots;
climate effects, integrated models and tools; assessment; mitigation
Co-ordinator: Danish Meteorological Institute
FP7 2nd Call
Theme 6 Environment (including Climate Change)
Activity 6.1 Climate Change, pollution and risks
Selected projects (under negotiation)
Sub-activity 6.1.1 Pressures on environment and climate
REDD-Alert (Reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation through
alternative land uses in rainforests of the Tropics)
Key words: deforestation, greenhouse gas emissions, climate change, abatement,
forests, policy-making
Co-ordinator: Integarted Land Use Systems Group, United Kingdom
HighNoon (Adaptation to changing water resources, hydrology, agricultural
economy, socio-economic development)
Key words: Climate change, water resources, hydrology, agricultural economy, socioeconomic development
Co-ordinator: Alterra, The Netherlands
COMBINE (Comprehensive modelling of the Earth system for better climate
prediction
Key words: climate predictions, climate impacts, modelling
Co-ordinator: Max-Planck Institute, Germany
Sub-activity 6.1.1 Pressures on environment and climate (cont‘d)
POEM (Policy options to engage emerging Asian economies in a post-Kyoto
regime)
Key words: climate policies, policy modeling, economic and energy policies
Co-ordinator: Chalmers University, Sweden
ATP (Arctic Tipping Points)
Key words: climate change, Arctic marine ecosystems, time series, ecological
thresholds, regime shifts, early-warning indicators, socio-economic impacts, EU
policy, integrated management
Co-ordinator: University of Tromsoe, Norway
FP7 2nd Call
Theme 6 Environment (including Climate Change)
Activity 6.2 Environment and Health
Selected projects (under negotiation)
Sub-activity 6.1.2 Environment and Health
ArcRisk (Arctic Health Risks: Impacts on health in the Arctic and Europe owing
to climate-induced changes in contaminant cycling)
Key words: Climate change, persistent pollutants, health risk, arctic populations,
contaminant transfer, human exposure
Co-ordinator: Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme Secretariat
CLEAR (Climate change, environmental contaminants and reproductive health)
Key words: climate change, global warming, contaminants, reproductive health
fertility, child development
Co-ordinator: Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark
FP7 1st Call
Theme 6 Environment (including Climate Change)
Activity 6.3 Natural Hazards
Selected projects (under final negotiation)
Sub-activity 6.1.3 Natural Hazards
MOVE (Methods for the improvement of vulnerability assessment in Europe)
Key words: natural hazards, vulnerability, European environments, organizational
vulnerability, resilience, stakeholders, interdisciplinary, participatory, policy,
governance
Co-ordinator: University of Florence, Italy
MICORE (Morphological impacts and coastal risks induced by extreme storm
events)
Key words: Marine storms, databases, morphological monitoring, numerical
modelling, coastal hazard, interaction, warning systems
Co-ordinator: Consorzio Ferrara Ricerche, Italy
FP7 2nd Call
Theme 6 Environment (including Climate Change)
Activity 6.3 Natural Hazards
Selected projects (under negotiation)
Sub-activity 6.1.3 Natural Hazards
SafeLand (Living with landslide risk in Europe: assessment, effects of global
chnage, and risk managements strategies)
Key words: Landslides, climate change, remote sensing, early warning, landslide
hotspots, risk management
Co-ordinator: Norges Geotekniske Institutt, Norway
CapHazNet (Social capacity building for natural hazards: towards more
resilient societies
Key words: risk perception, social vulnerability, risk communication, education,
preparedness, risk governance
Co-ordinator: Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung, Germany
IMPRINTS (Improving preparedness and risk management for flash floods and
debris flow events
Key words: Flash floods, flood forecasting, debris flows, rainfall forecasting
hydrological forecasting, probabilistic forecasting, early warning system, operational
tools, flash flood risk, climate change impacts
Co-ordinator: Polytechnic University of Catalunya, Spain
Work Programme 2009
Theme 6 Environment (including Climate Change)
Activity 6.1 Climate Change, pollution and risks
Sub-activity 6.1.1 Pressures on environment and climate
Sub-activity 6.1.2 Environment and health
Sub-activity 6.1.3 Natural hazards
Sub-activity 6.1.1 Pressures on environment and climate
In 2009, support will be given to integrated actions for understanding,
analysing and predicting climate change and its impacts, with emphasis
on abrupt changes and extreme events. Interactions between climate
change, ecosystems and greenhouse gases budgets and changes in
extreme hydrological events in Europe, advanced climate and earth
System modelling, climate impacts and public perception, links between
climate and water security will be addressed in line with results of the
4th IPCC assessment report. Adaptation to climate change and its
impacts in Europe and Africa, and actions supporting the 'Bali Roadmap'
and related post-2012 climate policy initiatives will receive particular
attention.
Sub-activity 6.1.1:Pressures on environment and climate
ENV.1.1.1.1 Climate dynamics and abrupt changes – analysis of the
palaeorecord
Funding scheme: Collaborative Project (large scale integrating project)
ENV.2009.1.1.3.1 Quantification and attribution of annual-to-decadal
changes of carbon and GHG budgets in European terrestrial
ecosystems to human and natural drivers and associated climatecarbon feedbacks
Funding scheme: Collaborative Project (large scale integrating project)
ENV.2009.1.1.4.1 Process-oriented evaluation of Earth System Models
with emphasis on climate feedbacks
Funding scheme: Collaborative Project (small or medium-scale focused research project)
Sub-activity 6.1.1:Pressures on environment and climate (cont‘d)
ENV.2009.1.1.5.1 Climate change predictions in Sub-Saharan Africa
(east to west), quantification of impacts and assessment of adequate
adaptation measures
Funding scheme: Collaborative Project (small- or medium scale focused research project) for
specific cooperation actions (SICA) dedicated to international cooperation partner countries
ENV.2009.1.1.5.2 Climate induced changes in water resources in
southern Europe and neighbouring countries as a threat to security
(Coordinated topic with Theme '8. Socio-Economic Sciences and
Humanities')
Funding scheme: Collaborative project (small or medium-scale focused research
project) for specific cooperation actions (SICA) dedicated to international cooperation
partner countries, targeted to North Africa and Mediterranean partner countries, and/
or Middle East
Sub-activity 6.1.1:Pressures on environment and climate (cont‘d)
ENV.2009.1.1.6.1 Integrated methodology providing a common
platform for an improved assessment of climate change impacts,
vulnerability and related cost effective adaptation measures
Funding scheme: Collaborative Project (small- or medium scale focused research project)
ENV.2009.1.1.6.2 Options for response strategies integrating sectoral
and cross-sectoral measures in view of post-2012 climate initiatives
Funding scheme: Collaborative Project (small or medium-scale focused research project)
ENV.2009.1.1.6.3 Climate change impacts on the marine environment:
research results and public perception
Funding scheme: Coordination and Support Action (supporting action)
Sub-activity 6.1.2 Environment and Health
In 2009, increased attention will be paid to research on the health
effects of climate change in Europe as well as globally, in particular
in low income countries. Research on health effects of environmental
stressors other than climate change will continue to be supported,
With particular attention paid to those of continued (ambient air
pollution) or increasing importance (electromagnetic fields). Attention
will continue to be paid to environmental health risk analysis and policy
development in particular in the context of Environment and
Health Action Plan.
Sub-activity 6.1.2: Environment and Health
ENV.2009.1.2.1.1 Climate change and water related health issues in
Europe
Funding scheme: Collaborative Project (small- or medium scale focused research
project)
ENV.2009.1.2.1.2 Methods to quantify the impacts of climate and
weather on health in developing low income countries
Funding scheme: Collaborative Project (small- or medium scale focused research
project) for specific cooperation actions (SICA) dedicated to international cooperation
partner countries
Sub-activity 6.1.3 Natural Hazards
Work programme 2009 will emphasise research on climate/ meteorological
related hazards, such as wild fires and drought in a changing climate and
urban floods as an emerging policy need to support the Flood Directive.
Seismic vulnerability of buildings will be studied in the context of European
construction Technology Platform. Societal impacts and economic costs
of climate/meteorological related hazards and disasters will be addressed
to enable better diagnostics and effective design of future prevention
strategies.
ENV.1.3.1.1 Forest fires in the context of climate and social changes
Funding scheme: Collaborative Project (large scale integrating project)
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