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Page 1: An introduction to EEA-Eionet 1 July, Fielding Johnson Building University of Leicester

An introduction to EEA-Eionet

1 July, Fielding Johnson Building University of Leicester

Page 2: An introduction to EEA-Eionet 1 July, Fielding Johnson Building University of Leicester

Agenda for the talk

• Agenda for the day

• An introduction to the EEA-Eionet

• The UK NFP team & UK Eionet

• SOER 2015 & Corine land cover

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Morning – State of Environment

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10.30 An introduction to EEA-Eionet

10.45 SOER 2015 and the future of State of Environment Reporting

o Key findings of SOER 2015o Earth observation for future SOERo UK SOERo SOER websiteo Discussion session

12.30 Scotland’s Environment (SE) web

13.00 Lunch

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Afternoon – Earth Observations

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13.50 UK Corine Land Cover Map 2012

14.20 High resolution layers

14.50 CLC from the European perspective and implementation of the EU Copernicus programme

15.30 Tea and coffee break

15.45 Eagle group

16.00 Earth Observations for Statistics

16.10 Panel discussion

16.45 Meeting Close

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European Environment Agency

European Environment Agency (EEA) and European environment information and observation network (Eionet) was initially established in the early 1990’s.

The original founding regulation (COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No. 1210/90* of 7 May 1990) has been adapted overtime most recently in 2009: No 401/2009 of 23 April 2009

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What is the EEA?

The EEA is The EEA is notan independent information provider

a regulator, implementer or enforcer

an analyst and assessor a research organisation

a builder of bridges between science and policy

a funder

there to support policy processes and inform the public

a policy maker

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EEA Structure

• Complete EEA organisational chart (as at March 2015): http://www.eea.europa.eu/about-us/who/organisational-chart

Executive Director’s Office (EDO)

Air and climate change

(ACC)

Administrative

services(ADS)

Communications(COM)

Partnerships and Networks

(PAN)

Integrated environmental assessments

(IEA)

ICT and data management

(IDM)

Natural systems and vulnerability

(NSV)

Operational services

(OSE)

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Geographical coverage

33 Member countries (EU28+5); 6 Cooperating countries (West Balkan)

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What is Eionet?

• Eionet - a network of more than 400 institutions from 39 countries represented by 1,800 experts

• ETCs - European Topic Centres (6)• NFPs - National Focal Points (33+6)• NRCs - National Reference Centres (24 topics)

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European Topic Centres I

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• Defined in EEA Regulation• Centres of thematic expertise• Work for the EEA under contract /

grant agreements to perform specific tasks identified in MAWP and AWP

• Consortium of organisations from EEA member countries with an identified lead organisation

• Potential activities include: • data • indicators • reports

• meetings • services

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The National Focal Point

• Primary link between the EEA and the countries

• Defined in the regulation that all participating countries have an NFP institution

• The NFP can be a single person or a group of people

• Usually based in the Environment Ministry or a centralised national environment agency

• tri-annual NFP meetings

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Embedding statisticians

• 2012 Defra restructured: – analysts embedded within

policy teams

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Defra

Strategy, International and Biosecurity

Eionet NFP Team (0.5*G7 + 1*HStO)

Better Regulation, EU and International

EU strategy

• Eionet team part of EU strategy:

– Initially 1 G7 statistician– Team expanded in Jan ‘13 – From Jan ’14 G7 statistician

replaced by a policy professional

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What does the NFP do?

• Co-ordination of the national network (UK Eionet)

– Organising consultations– NRC recruitment– Encouraging/managing NRC

participation (data/meetings)– Domestic meetings– Domestic contribution to SOER 2015

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• Promotion of EEA activities and products within the country • Support to UK Management Board (MB) member• Participate in NFP working groups aimed to tackle specific

issues.

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National Reference Centres (NRCs)

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• Not mentioned in EEA Regulation (referred to Article 4 on ‘Main Component elements’)

• NRCs are institutions rather than individuals

• Thematic expertise on environmental (or related) issues

• As many or few as required to cover the range of different types of expertise required for each role:

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The UK EIONET network

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3 fresh water – SEPA, Env Agency, Nat Resources Wales, NI Env Agency

Nature & Biodiversity – Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)

Energy, GHG emissions –DECC

Defra scientists and statisticians have a role in many other NRC groups such as climate change impacts, air quality noise, waste and recourse efficiency

Land cover – CEH, Univ. of Leicester

24 NRC roles - structure reviewed (March 2014) to be in line with MAWP 2014-2018

NRC profile description

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For more information on EEA-Eionet

• Eionet connectshttp://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/eionet-connects

• EEA general brochurehttp://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/eea-general-brochure

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SOER 2015

• The EEA mandated in its governing regulation to publish a State of the Environment Report every five years

• Report addresses the state of, trends in and prospects for the environment in Europe

• Latest report launched in Brussels March 2015

• Suite of products:• 2 physical reports• 87 short online briefings

eea.europa.eu/soer

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SOER 2015 – country briefings

• All countries to produce a 4 pages country briefing

– Nominally based on national State of Environment report

– No UK level SOE → need a creative solution

– Tackles 4 questions

Q1 -What main areas/sectors/themes are addressed in the national SOE report? Q2 -What were the key findings of the SOE report? Q3 -What are the main policy responses to key challenges / environmental concerns in your country? Q4 -What country specific issues in SOE would you like to highlight?

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UK contribution to “a year of dialogue”

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• The EEA publicise SOER 2015 within Europe• Countries are tasked with dissemination and outreach within

their territory.

Location ContentDefra • SOER from the European perspective – Jock Martin

• Air quality issues in Ireland - Tony Dolan (Irish NFP)• SOE reporting at the UK country level – UK Environment Agency staff

YESI • Global Mega Trends – Jock Martin• UK biodiversity indicator suite – James Williams• Late lessons from early warnings – David Gee (Brunel University)

LEC • SOER from the European perspective – Cathy Maguire• UK biodiversity indicator suite – Christine Holleran

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Corine Land Cover

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• Initiated in 1985, this 2012 land cover map is the 4th generation of the CORINE map, providing consistent European level information.

• The “Leicester team” recently mapped land cover and land use for the year 2012 using satellite data from the European Copernicus programme.

• Two year process carried out with funding by the European Union, supported by Defra and the EEA.

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Thank you

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Martin Fowell(UK Eionet National Focal Point team)

[email protected]