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Overview of water related EC funded projects Overview of water related EC funded projects
Info Day, 9 July 2004, BrusselsInfo Day, 9 July 2004, Brussels
Panagiotis BalabanisDG Research - Directorate I
Water Cycle and Soil-related aspects
panagiotis.balabanis@cec.eu.int
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Three decades of EU water researchThree decades of EU water research
Water research was a major component of successive EU environmental research programmes
EU funded research in the field of water covered a wide number of areas (e.g. hydrological and biogeochemical aspects, aquatic ecosystems functioning, etc.)
Earlier programmes were focussed on the development of scientific knowledge to support environmental quality standards and objectives
In FP5 and FP6 emphasis is given on integrated approaches for sustainable water management, support to water policies and global change impact assessment
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Water and Global Change research in Water and Global Change research in the context of FP5the context of FP5
Key Action “Sustainable Management and Quality of Water” emphasis on integrated management at catchment scale,
ecological quality, treatment and reuse, pollution prevention, monitoring and forecasting, arid and semi-arid region, standardisation
Key Action “Global Change, Climate and Biodiversity” emphasis on climate change, ozone depletion, biodiversity
loss or loss of habitats and fertile land
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Water Key Action Water Key Action The CATCHMOD clusterThe CATCHMOD cluster
Development and validation of various mathematical and IT tools describing and monitoring the status of the water system, identifying pressures and impacts and providing integrated assessments (EUROHARP, EUROCAT, INCA, DANUBS, MULINO, GOUVERNe, etc.)
Development of benchmarking criteria helping stakeholders selecting appropriate modeling tools in a consistent way (BMW)
Development of a general methodological framework for River Basin Management Planning (HARMONICA)
Establishment of various networks of experimental river basins, including 6 river basins (Shannon, Odense, Jucar, Pinios, Guadiana and Somos)which are part of the PRBs exercise (HARMONIRIB, EUROHARP, EUROCAT)
Development of an architecture of an open modelling interface that allows both new and existing specific domaine and catchment based models to be linked together (HARMONIT)
Development of methodologies for including the human dimension aspects of water resources management, especially public participation, in integrated assessment modelling tools (FIRMA, HARMONICOP)
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SoilSoil
RiverRiver
EstuaryEstuary
CoastCoast
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Coastal Response
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Socio-Economic Drivers
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Environmental Pressures.
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Policy Response &Management
OptionsEnvironmental ‘State’ Changes:Environmental ‘State’ Changes:
ImpactsCoastalResponse
ImpactsCoastalResponse
StakeholdersGains/losses
Biophysicalpropertiesbasin-coast
The River-Coast as a Continuum in Combination with DPSIR
The EUROCAT project
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CLIMECLIMEClimate and Lake Impacts in EuropeClimate and Lake Impacts in Europe
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SWURVE - ObjectivesSWURVE - ObjectivesStudy of the impacts of climate variability and change on the
sustainable use of water and its related activities in Europe Assessment of risks to hydrologic and hydraulic systems posed by
climate variability and change Assessment of vulnerability in terms of operation as well as economic,
ecological and social costs Research into methods of mitigating possible effects of climate change
on system vulnerability Account for uncertainty due to natural variability and error due to
incomplete knowledge of future conditions
SWURVE - Sustainable Water: Uncertainty, Risks andVulnerability in Europe
Study of the impacts of climate variability and changeon the sustainable use of water and its relatedactivities in Europe Assessment of risks to hydrologic and hydraulic systems
posed by climate variability and change
Assessment of vulnerability in terms of operation as well aseconomic, ecological and social costs
Research into methods of mitigating possible effects ofclimate change on system vulnerability
Account for uncertainty due to natural variability and errordue to incomplete knowledge of future conditions
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D A U F I ND a t a a s s i m i l a t i o n w i t h i n a u n i f y i n gm o d e l i n g f r a m e w o r k f o r i m p r o v e d r i v e rb a s i n w a t e r r e s o u r c e s m a n a g e m e n t
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Evaluation of alternative techniques for Evaluation of alternative techniques for determination of water budget components in determination of water budget components in water-limited, heterogeneous land-use systems water-limited, heterogeneous land-use systems
(WATERUSE)(WATERUSE) developing high-resolution geophysical and physiological
(e.g. sap flow) techniques for the study of water in soils, roots and trees;
evaluating methods for studying evapotranspiration at a single tree scale and for scaling up to communities and catchments, including the use of satellite remote-sensing;
using large-scale multi-user field experiments to compare the techniques
developing a model framework for integrating these results for hydrological - water management - purposes.
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Global Change, Climate and Biodiversity Global Change, Climate and Biodiversity Key Action – Examples of related projectsKey Action – Examples of related projects
Predictability and variability of monsoons, and the agricultural and hydrological impacts of climate change (PROMISE)
Development of a European Multi-model Ensemble for Seasonal to Interannual Prediction (DEMETER)
Statistical and Regional Downscaling of Extremes for European Regions (STARDEX)
Modelling the Impact of Climate Extremes (MICE) Prediction of Regional scenarios and Uncertainties for
Defining European Climate change risks and Effects (PRUDENCE)
European Land Data Assimilation System (ELDAS)
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Ongoing FP5 flood research projectsOngoing FP5 flood research projects
ACTIF: Achieving Technology Innovation in Flood Forecasting Consortium partners from UK, NO, IT, NL, DKhttp://www.hrwallingford.co.uk/projects/ACTIF
EFFS: A European Flood Forecasting System Consortium partners from NL, DK, DE, IT, UK, SE, SI, RO, BG, SK, LT, HU, PLhttp://effs.wldelft.nl
FLOODMAN: Near real-time flood forecasting, warning and management system based on sat ellite radar images, hydrological and hydraulic models and in-situ data. Consortium partners from NO, FI, IT, NL, DEhttp://www.itek.norut.no/projects/floodman/Index.htm
FLOODRELIEF: REaL-tImE Flood Decision Support System Integrating Hydrological, Meteoro logical and Remote Sensing TechnologiesConsortium partners from DK, UK, DE, PLhttp://projects.dhi.dk/floodrelief
MUSIC: Multi-sensor precipitation measurements integration, calibration and flood forecastingConsortium partners from IT, UK, DE, DK, PLhttp://www.geomin.unibo.it/orgv/hydro/music
CARPE DIEM: Critical assessment of Available Radar Precipitation Estimation techniques and Devel op ment of Innovative approaches for Environmental Management Consortium partners from ES, IT, DE, SE, FI, UK, IEhttp://carpediem.am.ub.es/home
EURAINSAT: European satellite rainfall analysis and monitoring at the geostationary scaleConsortium partners from IT, IL, DE, UKhttp://www.isac.cnr.it/~eurainsat/
MANTISSA: Microwave Attenuation as a New Tool for Improving Stormwater Supervision Administra tionConsortium partners from UK, DE, IT, DKhttp://prswww.essex.ac.uk/mantissa
VOLTAIRE: Validation of multisensors precipitation fields and numerical modelling in Mediterra nean test sitesConsortium partners from DE, IT, ES, CH, CY, SI, UShttp://www.voltaireproject.org
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Ongoing FP5 flood research projects Ongoing FP5 flood research projects (cont.)(cont.)
ADC-RBM: Advanced Study Course in River Basin Modelling for Flood Risk Mitigation Study course organised by UK http://www.bham.ac.uk/CivEng/rbm/index.htm
ECOFLOOD: Towards Natural Flood Reduction Strategies Consortium partners from NL, PL, DK, UKhttp://levis.sggw.waw.pl/ecoflood
MITCH: Mitigation of Climate Induced HazardsConsortium partners from UK, DE, ES, IT, NL, DK, ILhttp://www.mitch-ec.net
PHEFRA: Palaeoflood and Historical Evidence in Flood Risk AssessmentWorkshop organised by EShttp://www.ccma.csic.es/dpts/suelos/hidro/phefra
IMPACT: Investigation of Extreme Flood Processes and UncertaintyConsortium partners from UK, DE, BE, FR, IT, ES, NO, PT, CZ, HUhttp://www.samui.co.uk/impact-project/
SPHERE: Systematic, Palaeoflood and Historical data for the improvement of flood Risk Esti mationConsortium partners from ES, IL, FR, DE, CAhttp://www.ccma.csic.es/dpts/suelos/hidro/sphere/index.html
SWURVE: Sustainable Water, Uncertainty, Risk and Vulnerability in Europe Consortium partners from UK, NL, CH, PThttp://www.ncl.ac.uk/swurve
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FP6 - Global Change and EcosystemsFP6 - Global Change and Ecosystems
Research Priorities Impact and mechanisms of greenhouse gas emissions and atmospheric
pollutants on climate, ozone depletion and carbon sinks (oceans, forests and soil)
Water cycle, including soil-related aspects Biodiversity and ecosystems Desertification and natural disasters Strategies for sustainable land management, including coastal zones,
agricultural land and forests Operational forecasting and modelling, including global climate change
observation systems Complementary research on advanced methods for risk assessment and
quality appraisal
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FP6 – Water and global environmental FP6 – Water and global environmental change related IPschange related IPs
First call (April 2003): Ecological impact of global change on freshwater
ecosystems (EUROLIMPACS), River-soil-groundwater interactions (AQUATERRA), Twinning river basins from EU/Africa/NIS (EUWI) (4
projects selected), ENSEMBLE-based Predictions of Climate Changes and
their Impacts (ENSEMBLES), Integrated Flood Risk Analysis and Management
Methodologies (FLOODSITE)
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FP6 – Water and global environmental FP6 – Water and global environmental change related IPschange related IPs
Second call (October 2003):
New Approaches to Adaptive Water Management under Uncertainty (NEWATER),
Mitigation of Water Stress through new Approaches to Integrating Management, Technical, Economic and Institutional Instruments (AQUASTRESS),
African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis (AMMA)
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ENSEMBLE-based Predictions of ENSEMBLE-based Predictions of Climate Changes and their ImpactsClimate Changes and their Impacts
Develop a common ensemble climate forecast system for useacross a range of timescales (seasonal, decadal and longer) and spatial scales (global, regional and local) and provide a basis for quantitative risk assessment of climate change and climate variability, with emphasis on changes in extremes, including changes in storminess and precipitation and the severity and frequency of drought, and the effects of “surprises”, such as the shutdown of the thermohaline circulation
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Integrated Project to Evaluate the Impacts Integrated Project to Evaluate the Impacts of Global Change on European Freshwater of Global Change on European Freshwater
Ecosystems (EUROLIMPACS)Ecosystems (EUROLIMPACS)
To improve understanding of how global change, especiallyclimate change in its interaction with other drivers (land-usechange, nutrient loading, acid deposition, toxic pollution) has changed, is changing and will change the structure and functioning of European freshwater ecosystems and to encapsulate this understanding in the form of predictive, testable models
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EUROPE: Spain (Guadalentin River Basin) , UK (Thames), Sweden (Norrstrom), Germany (Neckar), Austria (Mur) and various RBOs in France, Netherlands, Italy, Poland, Hungary
AFRICA: Namibia (Kuiseb Catchment), South Africa (Western Namaqualand), Botswana (Okavango), Benin (Queme), RBOs in Niger and Senegal
MEDITERRANEAN COUNTRIES: RBOs in Algeria, Morocco, Israel (Nahal Zin Catchment - Negev Desert)
EECCA Countries:
Uzbekistan
(Chirchik/Upper Syrdaria), Kazakhstan (Nura)
LATIN AMERICA: Chile (Bio Bio) and RBOs from Mexico and Brasil
SE ASIA: RBOs in Indonesia
A recent example….A recent example….River Basins and Organisations (RBOs) in River Basins and Organisations (RBOs) in
river ‘t-winning’ research co-operationriver ‘t-winning’ research co-operation
RIVERTWIN: A regional model for Integrated Water Management in Twinned River Basins
TWINBAS: Twinning European and third countries river basins for development of integrated water resources management methods
WADE: Floodwater Recharge of Alluvial Aquifers in Dryland Environments
TWINBASINXN: Promoting Twinning of River Basins for Developing Integrated Water Resources Management Practices
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New Approaches to Adaptive Water New Approaches to Adaptive Water Management under Uncertainty Management under Uncertainty
(NEWATER)(NEWATER)
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ConclusionsConclusions Past and ongoing EC funded RTD projects provide a huge patrimony of
knowledge and expertise, which should be capitalized in proposals expected in the 3rd call
EU water and global change activities: focus on both process understanding at various scales, pay particular attention to the human dimension aspects of water resources management call for integrative, interdisciplinary and comprehensive approaches
Closer links between various research communities working in different thematic areas is of paramount importance emphasis should not be given only to linking atmospheric sciences with land surface studies
but linking also the natural, social and economic system recent technological advances and opportunities offered by recent observation and
monitoring initiatives should be taken more into consideration A more concerted activity is needed to make EU research in the field of water
more visible and raise its profile into the international global water cycle research intecomparison at various scales, synthesis, added value