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EUROPEAN COMMISSION - Research DG - December 2006FP7 /1

Building a Europe of

Knowledge

Towards the Seventh Framework Programme2007-2013

Marta Moren Abat,

Environment – Climate Unit,

With contribution from Christos Fragakis, Management of Natural Resources Unit, and Avelino Gonzalez, Environmental Technologies Unit

DG RTD

Stakeholders Forum on Water Scarcity and Droughts –RESEARCH CONTRIBUTION

Building up research – policy interface

Brussels, 29 January 2006


Addressing Drought and water scarcity issues Addressing Drought and water scarcity issues Research-Policy EU ContextResearch-Policy EU Context

Role of research within the development agenda Fast change of vulnerable environment Climate change affecting water models and water management Regional differences Natural hazards:

Floods

Droughts


Who we are in DG RTD

Directorate I: ENVIRONMENT

Unit I3 Environmental Technologies: Prevention of pollution

Unit I4: Management of natural resources Unit I5: Environment – Climate (including Natural Hazards)


Example of ongoing Research projects Example of ongoing Research projects 6th Framework Programme (2002-2006)6th Framework Programme (2002-2006)

WATCHWATCH

DurationDuration: (starting 1st February 2007) 4 year project

EU-ContributionEU-Contribution: approx. €9.98 million

CoordinatorCoordinator: Centre for Ecology and Hydrology NERC-CEH (UK) / Wageningen University (NL)

Consortium PartnersConsortium Partners: (25)UK, NL, DK, FR, DE, IT, PL, GR, NO, ES, AT, PT, CZ

Evaluation of the response of global water cycle to climate change. Assessment of the future vulnerability of water as a resource.

The aim is to bring together the hydrological, water resources and climate communities to analyse, quantify and predict the components of the current and future global water cycles and related water resources states, to evaluate their uncertainties and clarify the overall vulnerability of global water resources related to the main societal and economic sectors, present and future trends. Therefore, analyse and describe especially causal chains leading to observable changes in extremes (floods and droughts).



TEMPQSIMTEMPQSIM

DurationDuration: 3.5 year project started in November 2002

EU-ContributionEU-Contribution: approx. €3 million

CoordinatorCoordinator:

Consortium PartnersConsortium Partners:

Evaluation of water quality models for application to temporary water in Mediterranean catchments

TeMPQSIM ha provided advanced tools to improve the efficiency of integrated water management in the Mediterranean and semiarid river catchments. It has focussed on existing water quality models in the Mediterranean during periods without runoff and the extreme first flush effects.

Guidelines have been prepared for the operational use of improved river models in management plans



EURO-LIMPACTSEURO-LIMPACTS

DurationDuration: 5 year project started in February 2004




Evaluate the Impacts of global change on European Freshwater ecosystems

EURO-LIMPACTS focuses on the key drivers of aquatic ecosystem change and examines their interaction with global, especially climate change.

It will develop toolkit for integrated catchment analysis and modelling , a unified system of ecological indicators.



WADEWADE

DurationDuration: 3 year project started in July 2004




Floodwater recharge of alluvial aquifers in dry land environments

Assess water resources in semiarid river basins by determining long term transmission losses from floods and quantify floodwater recharge into alluvial aquifers.


FP6 – Water scarcity related projects

AQUASTRESS: The AQUASTRESS project adopts a 'case study stakeholder driven'

approach involving proactively the acting community in the different stages of the decision-making process in view to analyse, select and validate different options for mitigating water stress (technological, institutional, managerial ...).


Water Supply and Sanitation TPFive areas of research have been

identified to meet the major challenges the water sector faces

• Balancing demand and supply

• Ensuring appropriate quality and security

• Reducing negative environmental impacts

• Novel approaches to the design, construction and operation of water infrastructure assets

• Establishment of an enabling framework

Six pilot theme programmes have been identified to address the four major challenges for sustainable water management for Europe.

Pilot 1: Mitigation of water stress in coastal zones

Pilot 2: Sustainable water management inside and around large urban areas

Pilot 3: Sustainable water management for agriculture

Pilot 4: Sustainable water management for industry

Pilot 5: Reclamation of degraded water zones (surface water and groundwater)

Pilot 6: Proactive and corrective management of extreme hydro-climatic events


Climate Change and Natural Hazards Research in the 7th Framework Programme


Pressures on Environment and Climate

Natural Hazards (droughts and floods)

Earth observation systems and monitoring methods for the environment and sustainable development

Environmental Technologies

7FP ENVIRONMENT (including climate change and droughts)


Climate Change, pollution and risks

Pressures on environment and climate -

area 5: Climate Change Natural and Socio-economic Impacts - Climate change impacts and adaptation strategies in water policies

area 6. Response strategies: Adaptation, Mitigation and Policies- Effectiveness of adaptation and mitigation measures related to changes of the hydrological cycle and its extremes



Natural hazards

area 2: Vulnerability assessment and societal impacts

Frame for better vulnerability assessment

area 3: Risk assessment and management Investigating risk from droughts



Earth Observation and Assessment tools -

area 4: Developing capacity building activities in the domain of earth observation in developing countriesClimate - Improving observing systems for water resource management



Environmental technologies -

Environmental technologies for observation, simulation, prevention, mitigation, adaptation, remediation and restoration of the natural and man-made enviornment

area ‘Water’: - Innovative technologies and services for sustainable water use in industries


Future proposals

Impacts of current and future climate conditions including extreme hydrometeorological events on regional water budgets, ecosystems, agricultural and industrial systems and land use in Europe – Cross sectorial assessment of the implications

Environmental, social and economical assessment of drought risks approaches: present and future scenarios for EU and non EU countries.

Public perception, behaviour and response to risks


Future proposals

Restoration of degraded water resrouces

Groundwater rpotection and remediation

Models for integrated management of water resoruces.

Assessing behaviour of river basins

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