sebi 2010 expert group on indicators of climate change impacts on biodiversity
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SEBI 2010 expert group on Indicators of climate change impacts on biodiversity. What happened since last meeting? Dominique Richard SEBI WG2 coordinator, ETC/BD Snorri Baldursson SEBI WG2 Chair. Selection of indicators. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
SEBI 2010 expert group onIndicators of climate change impacts
on biodiversity
What happened since last meeting?Dominique Richard SEBI WG2 coordinator, ETC/BD
Snorri Baldursson SEBI WG2 Chair
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Selection of indicators
Following the meeting of the SEBI WG2, 16-17 October 2008, two indicators were proposed for consideration by the SEBI CT :
- Bird indicator - Alpine plant indicator
A specific objective was to decide which indicator to include in the SEBI report to be published in May 2009
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Feedback from SEBI Coordination Team 30-31 October 2008, Copenhagen
Members of the SEBI CT:
EEA: G. Mc Innes (EEA Deputy director, Chair of the CT), F. Schutyser
(Indicator officer), I. Pereira Martins (Head of Biodiversity group)
Chairs and coordinators of each 3 Expert groups:
Interlinkage: B.T. Brink, MNP & S. Condé, MNHN-ETC/BD;
Communication: J. Williams, JNCC-ETC/BD & L. Jones, ECNC-ETC/BD;
CC and biodiversity: S. Baldursson, IINH & D. Richard, MNHN-ETC/BD)
EC DGEnv: A. Teller
UNEP-PEBLDS: Ivonne Higuero
UNEP-WCMC: M. Walpole, D. Stanwell-Smith
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Feedback from SEBI Coordination Team 30-31 October 2008, Copenhagen
Bird indicator: a lot of discussion on the relevance of the “one graph” indicator (CC Impact Indicator). The “2 graphs” indicator was considered by several members of the group as more easy to interpret
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Increasing climatic impact on bird populations
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Decreasing climatic impact on bird populations
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(A) Weighted population trend of species predicted to lose range in response to climatic change (92 species)
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(B) Weighted population trend of species predicted to gain range in response to climatic change (30 species)
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Feedback from SEBI Coordination Team 30-31 October 2008, Copenhagen
Alpine indicator: considered by members of the SEBI CT to be very promising. Expecting results from the on-going survey
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Feedback from SEBI Coordination Team 30-31 October 2008, Copenhagen
As a follow-up, several e-mail exchanges within the EG and with R. Gregory to refine the presentation and documentation of the indicator in the
EEA Indicator-based assessment report
Progress towards the European 2010 biodiversity target.
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Feedback from SEBI Coordination Team19-20 March 2009
One more meeting decided for each of three expert groups:
Interlinkage group: To finalise a report on an integrated approach to the set of 26 SEBI indicators
Communication group: Support to the EEA for finalisation of the SEBI report as well as different communication products, including a SEBI logo
CC and biodiversity group: Further document, consolidate the proposed indicators. Possible contribution to a side-event together with ETC/Air and Climate Change during COP CC in Copenhagen?
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Several members of the SEBI CT mentioned the need to support a message on how ecosystems can help climate change mitigation.
It was reminded that the group was assigned to work only on impacts indicators and not on mitigation indicators.
At this stage, recommendations on mitigation can rely on case studies but not on indicators (see discussion later on “10 messages for biodiversity).
Feedback from SEBI Coordination Team19-20 March 2009
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Feedback from SEBI Coordination Team19-20 March 2009
The current set of SEBI indicators (26 +) will need to be improved/ or updated as far as possible according to data availability
This means a limited new (sub) indicators to be proposed in a later phase.
Need to wait for the political agreement on post 2010 targets
Likely that an indicator on biodiversity and climate change adaptation will be needed
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Feedback from SEBI Coordination Team19-20 March 2009
The SEBI CoordinationTeam will remain active as a joint platform for several organisations (EEA, DGEnv, UNEP) to ensure a follow up of the process, in line with the policy agenda
This will help formalising the SEBI process to ensure regular production of the indicators and will help getting funds from EC
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Feedback from SEBI Coordination Team19-20 March 2009
The current expert groups will “close” after their last meeting (this meeting for our group)
But wish to keep experts and organisations involved in the SEBI process
A letter will be sent to each expert to thank them and keep them engaged by e-mail exchanges etc…
Idea to have a SEBI 2010 newsletter
The EIONET-NRC seminar in September will be largely dedicated to feedback on SEBI. Non-EIONET countries will be
invited.
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Thank you for your attention!