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EEA/ACC/18/002-ETC/CCA Action plan 1 Version 1.0

Annex I

EEA/ACC/18/002-ETC/CCA

Work programme 2020

Action Plan 1

Version 1.0

Date: 08.11.2019


Table of contents

Introduction ................................................................................................................................ 3

SA1.4 Climate Change Impacts, Vulnerability and Adaptation ..................................................... 8

1.4.1.1 Preparatory work for an EEA report on climate change impacts and adaptation .......... 9

1.4.1.2 European climate change and impact indicators .......................................................... 12

1.4.1.3 Review and development of climate hazard indicators for Europe ............................. 16

1.4.2.1 Monitoring and evaluation of national adaptation strategies and plans ..................... 21

1.4.2.2 Urban and social aspects of adaptation ........................................................................ 26

1.4.2.3 Climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction ............................................... 33

1.4.2.4 Climate change impacts and adaptation in agriculture ................................................ 39

1.4.3.1 Climate-ADAPT .............................................................................................................. 42

1.4.5.1 Eionet workshop and networking ................................................................................. 53

1.4.6.1 ETC/CCA management and coordination ..................................................................... 55

List of Tables

Table 1: Overall budget overview 2020 per ETC Partner (€) .................................................................. 4

Table 2: Overall budget overview 2020 per EEA Project (€) ................................................................... 4

Table 3: Overall budget overview 2020 per ETC Task (€) ....................................................................... 5

Table 4: Overview of sub-contracts (€) ................................................................................................... 5

Table 5: List of key deliverables (sorted by date) ................................................................................... 6


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Introduction

The European Topic Centre on Climate Change impacts, vulnerability and Adaptation (ETC/CCA) is a

Consortium of European institutions contracted by the European Environment Agency (EEA) to

supply thematic expertise and carry out specific tasks identified in the EEA Multi-Annual Work

Programme (MAWP) and specified in the EEA Annual Work Programmes (AWPs) in the area of

climate change impacts, vulnerability and adaptation across Europe.

The ETC/CCA is a part of and supports the European environment information and observation

network (Eionet). The Eionet is a partnership network of the EEA and its member and cooperating

countries. It consists of the EEA itself, seven European Topic Centres (ETCs) and a network of experts

from 39 member and collaborating countries in national environment agencies and other bodies

dealing with environmental information.

The ETC/CCA assists the EEA in supporting EU policy development on climate change impacts,

vulnerability and adaptation and disaster risk prevention by providing relevant information and

contributing to the harmonisation, quality assessment and exchange of data and/or information.

This encompasses knowledge base, data and indicators on climate change and its impacts across

sectors and regions, assessment of climate change vulnerabilities and natural hazard risks to society

and ecosystems and current or planned adaptation strategies and actions. Supporting capacity

building in EEA member countries is a component of the ETC activities as well.

In particular, the ETC/CCA supports the implementation and the review of the 2013 EU Strategy on

Climate Change Adaptation, by assisting the EEA in supporting and evaluating the European Climate

Adaptation Platform (Climate-ADAPT) and preparing updated or new indicators and contributions to

assessment reports. The ETC/CCA is also increasingly assisting policy evaluation related work

following up the work initiated in 2015 on monitoring, reporting and evaluation of climate change

adaptation at national level.

The work of the ETC/CCA also follows and feeds into the cycle of large assessments every 5 years:

European State of the Environment and Outlook Report - SOER (2015 being the most recent; 2020

being the upcoming one).

In performing its activities under the overall leadership, steer and supervision of the EEA, the

ETC/CCA cooperates with the other ETCs on cross-cutting projects, where needed and appropriate,

which is explained in more detail in the descriptions of the relevant Tasks.


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Table 1: Overall budget overview 2020 per ETC Partner (€)

N.A.

Table 2: Overall budget overview 2020 per EEA Project (€)

N.A.


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Table 3: Overall budget overview 2020 per ETC Task (€)

N.A.

Table 4: Overview of sub-contracts (€)

N.A.


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Table 5: List of key deliverables (sorted by date)

January-June

Due date Task number

Title ETC TM [Task Manager]

EEA Responsible

Mid-February 2020

1.4.2.2KD4 Contribution to the 2020 Urban Sustainability Assessment and reflection on specific areas of work on urban sustainability to be developed from 2021 onwards 1) Review of draft ESIC report during consultation period (general review with emphasis on the areas of responsibility as organised in 2019)

Margaretha Breil Aleksandra Kazmierczak

21/02/2020 1.4.1.2 KD2 1) Update of CSI042 on Economic losses from climate-related extremes with 2018 data, b) final

Jaroslav Mysiak Wouter Vanneuville

28/02/2020 1.4.2.2KD1 Urban Adaptation in Europe report 1) Report ready for Eionet consultation

Lea Kleinenkuhnen Aleksandra Kazmierczak

15/03/2020 1.4.1.2 KD1 1) Provision of the data for maps and graphs for CSI012 update Paul van der Linden Blaz Kurnik

30/04/2020 1.4.1.2 KD1 2) Update of the assessment CSI012 on Global and European temperatures – split into 2 indicators

Paul van der Linden Blaz Kurnik

30/04/2020 1.4.2.1KD1 Contribution to preparation of publishable EEA report on MRE and national CC adaptation policies 2) Reply to all comments and prepare final report

Markus Leitner Wouter Vanneuville

30/04/2020 1.4.2.2KD1 Urban Adaptation in Europe report 2) Relevant Eionet comments addressed


30/04/2020 1.4.6.1KD4 First Quarterly Progress Report (QPR1/2020) Silvia Medri André Jol

May / June 2020 T.B.C.

1.4.2.2KD3 Support the EEA in the organisation of the European Urban Resilience Forum


Week 09 - 12/06/2020 (T.B.C.)

1.4.1.3KD3 Support to organization and documentation of Expert workshop on national climate hazards indicators

Marc Zebisch Hans-Martin Füssel


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July-December

Due date Task number

Title ETC TM [Task Manager]

EEA Responsible

30/07/2020 1.4.6.1KD5 Second Quarterly Progress Report (QPR2/2020) Silvia Medri André Jol

31/07/2020 1.4.1.3KD4 Final draft working paper, including operational recommendations on the development of European climate hazard indicators

Alice Crespi Hans-Martin Füssel

30/09/2020 1.4.2.2KD1 Urban Adaptation in Europe report 3) Urban adaptation report published


30/09/2020 1.4.2.3KD2 1) Provide meta-data and underpinning data for all figures and maps. Task Manager T.B.D. Sergio Castellari

30/09/2020 1.4.2.3KD2 2) Provide and support inclusion of references to Zotero reference system.

Task Manager T.B.D. Sergio Castellari

30/10/2020 1.4.2.3KD1 Preparation of Report 4) Final version (key deliverable)

Task Manager T.B.D. Sergio Castellari

30/10/2020 1.4.6.1KD6 Third Quarterly Progress Report (QPR3/2020) Silvia Medri André Jol

31/10/2020 1.4.1.1KD1 Final draft scoping paper (considering EEA feedback and further policy development)

Silvia Cocuccioni Hans-Martin Füssel

31/10/2020 1.4.1.2 KD3

Update of CSI047 on Global and European sea level - split into 2 indicators: 1. Global and European time-mean sea level 2. Extreme sea level and coastal flooding risk in Europe

Paul van der Linden Hans-Martin Füssel

31/10/2020 1.4.1.2 KD4

Update of CSI053 on Arctic and Baltic sea ice Stefan Fronzek Hans-Martin Füssel

08/11/2020 1.4.6.1KD8 2021 Draft Action Plan Silvia Medri André Jol

16/11/2020 1.4.1.2 KD2

3) Update of CSI042 on Economic losses from climate-related extremes with 2019 data (in the new indicator format) b) final

Jaroslav Mysiak Wouter Vanneuville

30/11/2020 1.4.1.3KD5 Draft EEA report on climate hazards in Europe Marc Zebisch Hans-Martin Füssel

01/03/2021 1.4.6.1KD7 Fourth Quarterly Progress Report (QPR4/2020) Silvia Medri André Jol


SA1.4 Climate Change Impacts, Vulnerability and Adaptation

EEA Strategic objective

To support and inform policy development and implementation in the area of climate change

impacts, vulnerability and adaptation by means of data, information, indicators and assessments.

Specific ETC objectives

To support the EEA in:

updating and improving the European Climate Adaptation Platform (Climate-ADAPT), by

implementing the mid-term Climate-ADAPT Strategy 2019-2021;

finalizing an EEA 2020 assessment report on urban adaptation in Europe and an EEA 2020

assessment report on monitoring, reporting and evaluation of climate change adaptation

policies in Europe, and participate in relevant dissemination events;

developing an EEA Report on ecosystem-based approaches to climate change adaptation

(CCA) and disaster risk reduction (DRR), to be published in early 2021;

drafting an EEA assessment report on climate hazards in Europe, to be published in 2021;

updating the EEA climate change and impacts indicators;

further developing methodological work on a 2022 EEA report on climate change impacts

and adaptation and on key types of adaptation measures (KTM);

contributing to the EEA 2020 Urban Sustainability Assessment report, the EEA 2021 ‘Just

transition’ Assessment report, and to the EEA ongoing work on water and agriculture;

organizing an EEA Expert workshop on climate hazard indicators in Europe, the European

Urban Resilience Forum, and the annual Eionet Workshop on climate change impacts,

vulnerability and adaptation (CCIVA).


EEA project 1.4.1 Climate change and hazard indicators

1.4.1.1 Preparatory work for an EEA report on climate change impacts and

adaptation

Main managers

ETC task manager: Marc Zebisch

ETC task deputy manager: Silvia Cocuccioni

EEA project manager: Hans-Martin Füssel, Blaz Kurnik

Expected main output

Scoping paper contributing to the work plan for a 2022 EEA report on climate change impacts and

adaptation

Context

EEA has published comprehensive reports on climate change and its impacts in Europe in 2004,

2008, 2012 and 2016/17. These reports have informed the development and evaluation of the

2013 EU Adaptation Strategy as well as adaptation mainstreaming in relevant sectoral policies. DG

CLIMA has announced its intention to revise the EEA Adaptation Strategy by end-2020, informed by

its evaluation published in November 2018. The revised strategy will raise information needs

regarding climate change impacts and adaptation at the EU and national levels.

In 2019, the ETC/CCA has developed a scoping paper1 outlining various options for future EEA work

on this topic. EEA plans to publish an assessment report (and/or another product type; TBD) on

climate change impacts and adaptation in Europe by late 2022. The scope of this report will depend

on EEA-internal discussions (informed by the 2019 ETC scoping paper) and policy development

during 2020 (in particular draft versions of the revised EU Adaptation Strategy).

This ETC task aims to support EEA in developing a work plan for a 2022 climate change impacts and

adaptation report (and/or other product types) that corresponds to foreseen information needs by

the EEA target audience. This report will bring together relevant information from

Planned 2020 EEA climate hazards report and related EEA indicators

Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S)

IPCC Sixth Assessment Report

Selected European research projects (e.g. H2020 projects and JRC PESETA-x)

Country reporting on adaptation progress under EU Regulation 2018/1999 (Governance of

the Energy Union and climate action)

Other relevant information sources

1 https://forum.eionet.europa.eu/etc-cca-consortium/library/etc-cca-2019-2021/etc-cca-2019/project-1.4.1-climate-change-and-hazard-indicators/task-1.4.1.1-scoping-paper-report-climate-change-impacts-europe/final-scoping-paper

https://forum.eionet.europa.eu/etc-cca-consortium/library/etc-cca-2019-2021/etc-cca-2019/project-1.4.1-climate-change-and-hazard-indicators/task-1.4.1.1-scoping-paper-report-climate-change-impacts-europe/final-scoping-paper

https://forum.eionet.europa.eu/etc-cca-consortium/library/etc-cca-2019-2021/etc-cca-2019/project-1.4.1-climate-change-and-hazard-indicators/task-1.4.1.1-scoping-paper-report-climate-change-impacts-europe/final-scoping-paper


Detailed description of tasks

Develop a scoping paper with suggestions for the content, structure and development process of a

2022 EEA climate change impacts and adaptation report, corresponding to foreseen information

needs, in close dialogue with EEA.

Links

Linkages with other Tasks of the ETC/CCA AP2020: 1.4.1.2 (European climate change and

impact indicators) and 1.4.1.3 (Review and development of climate hazard indicators for

Europe)

Deliverable(s)

No Description ETC

(Sub)task

manager

Team EEA

responsible

Date

1.4.1.1D1 Draft scoping paper

with suggestions for

the content,

structure and

development

process of a 2022

EEA climate change

impacts and

adaptation report

Silvia

Cocuccioni

Marc Zebisch,

Silvia

Cocuccioni,

Mikael Hilden

Hans-Martin

Füssel

31/07/2020

1.4.1.1KD1 Final draft scoping

paper (considering

EEA feedback and

further policy

development)

Silvia

Cocuccioni

Marc Zebisch,

Silvia

Cocuccioni,

Mikael Hilden

Hans-Martin

Füssel

31/10/2020

List of planned meetings

Date Venue Title ETC/CCA

participant(s)

January

2020

Copenhagen

(Denmark)

ETC/CCA 2020 Kick-Off meeting

(2 half days; 1 night)

Marc Zebisch,

Silvia Cocuccioni

September

2020

Copenhagen

(Denmark)

ETC/CCA 2020 2nd Management Committee

Meeting & 2021 Planning meeting

(2 half days; 1 night)

Marc Zebisch2,

Silvia Cocuccioni

2 Travel costs covered by Task 1.4.1.3.


Resources

Staff (hours)

Partner Name No of hours

EURAC Research Marc Zebisch 64

Silvia Cocuccioni 56

SYKE Mikael Hilden 80

Total 200

Other specific costs (€)

N.A.


1.4.1.2 European climate change and impact indicators

Main managers

ETC task manager: Paul van der Linden

ETC task deputy manager: John Caesar

EEA project managers: Hans-Martin Füssel, Wouter Vanneuville, Blaz Kurnik

Expected main outputs

Update the following indicators with the most recent data and scientific information:

CSI012 (Global and European temperature)

CSI042 (Economic losses from climate-related extremes)

CSI047 (Global and European sea level)

CSI053 (Arctic and Baltic Sea ice).

Context

The EEA is currently revising all its indicators. In this context, the number of adaptation-related

indicators will be reduced from 34 to around 6. The remaining indicators will typically be shorter

than the current ones, and they will be updated on an annual or biannual basis. The year 2020 is a

transition phase from the current to the new indicator set. However, any indicator update in 2020

should already be aligned with the new format.

The indicator on Global and European temperature (CSI012; annual update) presents past trends in

annual and decadal average near-surface temperature for the globe and for a region covering

Europe with the respect to the pre-industrial period based on 4 different datasets (HadCRUT4,

GISTEMP, NOAA global temp, ERA5 and includes the E-OBS for European temperatures). The

projected temperature and temperature extremes are based on the recent EURO-CORDEX

projections and in line with the IPCC Special Report on 1.5 C of climate change. This indicator will

be split into two3.

The indicator on Economic losses from climate-related extremes (CSI042; annual update) describes

the trend in economic losses from climate extremes based on the Munich Re dataset available to

EEA under institutional agreement, with data since 1980 for all 33 EEA member countries. The

indicator provides information per country, per year and per hazard category. The indicator is part

of the set of European indicators to measure the implementation of SDG13 Climate Action. 4 In

2019 the EEA, supported by the ETC/CCA, organized an Expert Meeting on the future of such

indicator (‘Losses from climate-related extremes in Europe’)5. The 2019 annual update could not be

3 Timetable and further details to be discussed with Blaz Kurnik.

4 It should be noted that only the results of the indicator update (summarized information) can be uploaded on the Eionet Forum. The database with all data handling scripts will be transferred to EEA by email because of confidentiality of the raw data.

5 https://forum.eionet.europa.eu/etc-cca-consortium/library/etc-cca-2019-2021/etc-cca-2019/project-1.4.1-climate-change-and-hazard-indicators/task-1.4.1.2-european-climate-change-and-impact-indicators/kd2-economic-losses-

https://www.eea.europa.eu/ds_resolveuid/IND-4-en




https://forum.eionet.europa.eu/etc-cca-consortium/library/etc-cca-2019-2021/etc-cca-2019/project-1.4.1-climate-change-and-hazard-indicators/task-1.4.1.2-european-climate-change-and-impact-indicators/kd2-economic-losses-climate-related-extremes-csi042/kd2-2-expert-meeting-future-csi042-background-material/presentations-etccca-workshop-1



made because of lack of data from Munich Re, therefore in 2020 two updates are planned6: one

with the 2018 data and one with 2019 data.

The indicator on Global and regional sea level (CSI047) currently presents time series of past and

projected changes in global sea level, patterns of past and projected changes of sea level in Europe,

and past and projected changes in extreme sea level in Europe, based on a variety of data sources.

In order to correspond with the new format and length requirements, this indicator will be split

into two: one on global and European time-mean sea level and another one on extreme sea level

and coastal flooding risk in Europe.

The indicator on Arctic and Baltic Sea ice (CSI053) presents time series of sea ice extent in the Arctic

Sea and the Baltic Sea, based on two data sources. It may be extended (in 2020 or possibly already

in the ongoing 2019 update) to include sea ice volume if quality-controlled data becomes available

(e.g. through CMEMS or C3S).


1. Preparing an updated assessment of CSI012 (Global and European temperature) with most

recent data and underlying assessments (like IPCC SR1.5), and publishing the indicator on

the EEA website. This indicator will be split into two7.

2. Preparing two updated assessments of CSI042 (Economic losses from climate-related

extremes) with most recent data, one for 2018 and one for 2019, and publishing the

indicator on the EEA website.

3. As a follow-up of the 2019 EEA-ETC/CCA Expert Meeting on ‘Losses from climate-related

extremes in Europe’), preparing a Briefing Note on the use of alternative and combined

data sources (the combination of empirical and modelled data) for total economic losses

estimate and the recent developments on data availability (e.g. Copernicus). This

document (4-6 pages) will not be an EEA publication, but a note that can be shared with

the 2019 meeting participants and interested stakeholders.

4. Preparing an updated assessment of CSI047 (Global and European sea level) with most

recent data and scientific information.

5. Preparing an updated assessment of CSI053 (Arctic and Baltic Sea ice) with most recent

data and scientific information.

Links

Linkages with other Tasks of the ETC/CCA AP2020: 1.4.1.1 (Preparatory work for an EEA

report on climate change impacts and adaptation) and 1.4.1.3 (Review and development of

climate hazard indicators for Europe).

climate-related-extremes-csi042/kd2-2-expert-meeting-future-csi042-background-material/presentations-etccca-workshop-1

6 The data availability depends on the relevant agreement between the EEA and Munich Re.

7 Timetable and further details to be discussed with Blaz Kurnik.




Deliverable(s)

No Description ETC

(Sub)task

manager

Team EEA

responsible

Date

1.4.1.2 KD1 1) Provision of the

data for maps and

graphs for CSI012

update

2) Update of the

assessment CSI012

on Global and

European

temperatures – split

into 2 indicators

Paul van

der

Linden

Robert

Dunn, John

Kennedy

Blaz Kurnik 1) 15/03/2020

2) 30/04/2020

1.4.1.2 KD2 1) Update of CSI042

on Economic losses

from climate-related

extremes with 2018

data

a) draft

b) final (key

deliverable)

Jaroslav

Mysiak

Jaroslav

Mysiak,

James

Daniell,

Hans Visser

(reviewer)

Wouter

Vanneuville

1a) 31/01/2020

1b) 21/02/2020

2) Briefing Note on

the use of alternative

and combined data

sources in the

estimation of total

economic losses

a) annotated outline

b) 1st draft

c) final draft

Jaroslav

Mysiak

Jaroslav

Mysiak,

James

Daniell,

Hans Visser

Wouter

Vanneuville

2a) 31/03/2020

2b) 31/07/2020

2c) 16/10/2020

3) Update of CSI042

on Economic losses

from climate-related

extremes with 2019

data (in the new

indicator format)

a) draft

b) final (key

deliverable)

Jaroslav

Mysiak

Jaroslav

Mysiak,

James

Daniell,

Hans Visser

(reviewer)

Wouter

Vanneuville

3a) 30/09/2020

3b) 16/11/2020


1.4.1.2 KD3 Update of CSI047 on

Global and European

sea level - split into 2

indicators:

1. Global and

European time-

mean sea level

2. Extreme sea level

and coastal

flooding risk in

Europe

Paul van

der

Linden

John Caesar,

Hans Visser

(reviewer)

Hans-

Martin

Füssel

31/10/2020

1.4.1.2 KD4 Update of CSI053 on

Arctic and Baltic sea

ice

Stefan

Fronzek

Stefan

Fronzek

Hans-

Martin

Füssel

31/10/2020


Date Venue Title ETC/CCA participant(s)

January 2020 Copenhagen (Denmark)

ETC/CCA 2020 Kick-Off meeting (2 half days, 1 night)

Paul van der Linden

September 2020 Copenhagen (Denmark)

ETC/CCA 2020 2nd Management Committee Meeting & 2021 Planning meeting (2 half days; 1 night)

Paul van der Linden

Resources

Staff (hours)


CMCC Jaroslav Mysiak 80

James Daniell 80

Met Office Paul van der Linden 96

Robert Dunn 64

John Kennedy 64

John Caesar 96

PBL Hans Visser 32

SYKE Stefan Fronzek 40

Total 552


N.A.


1.4.1.3 Review and development of climate hazard indicators for Europe

Main managers

ETC task manager: Marc Zebisch

ETC task deputy manager: Alice Crespi

EEA project manager: Hans-Martin Füssel, Blaz Kurnik


• Expert workshop on climate hazard indicators in Europe

• Draft EEA report on climate hazards in Europe

• Review of draft EEA Briefing on climate hazards in Europe

Context

In September 2019, the EC presented a proposal for an Implementing Act on Adaptation Reporting

under the Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 on the Governance of the Energy Union. This proposal

includes a list of climate hazards on which countries are required to report. (This list may still

change in the coming weeks/months.) In 2020 DG CLIMA plans to start the process for developing a

new EU strategy on adaptation to climate change to be finalised in late 2020 or 2021. The structure

of the strategy is still not defined, but the strategy might include a description of several climate

related hazards which have caused significant economic losses in Europe.

The EEA intends to develop an EEA report and a Climate-ADAPT web atlas on climate hazards in

Europe by end-2020, jointly with the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S). The structure of

these products shall be closely aligned with the list of climate hazards indicators in the final

Implementing Act mentioned above. This ETC activity is intended to support the development of

this EEA report and the related web atlas.

In addition, the EEA will develop a Briefing on selected climate hazards in Europe summarizing

existing information in various recent assessments and indicators published by EEA. The briefing

will be primarily used for informing policy makers on observed and projected climate hazards and

will be based on qualitative information.


• For each of the climate hazards mentioned in the Implementing Act, review which specific

indicators (if any) related to them have been used on national adaptation platforms, in

national risk assessments and by national weather and climate services, for past changes as

well as future projections. A particularly relevant information source is the ERA4CS Indecis

project8, which has already identified 136 such indicators.

8 http://www.indecis.eu/wp4.php

http://www.indecis.eu/wp4.php


• Organisation of an expert workshop on climate hazard indicators. Participants should have

close knowledge of climate hazard indicators, and they should represent countries from

different European regions/climate zones.

• Develop recommendations for the operationalisation (if possible) of each climate hazard in

the Implementing Act through one or more specific indicators (including proxy indicators

where relevant). These recommendations should consider:

the use of these indicators in national contexts across Europe, based on the review

above;

applicability and relevance in different climatic regions across Europe (also from a

user’s / impact and adaptation perspective);

consistency with essential climate variables as defined by WMO and other

international or European indicator sets;

availability of European-wide data from observations, reanalysis and model

projections, in particular through C3S or current EEA indicators.

The recommendations need to be specific enough (e.g. in terms of underlying variables,

spatial and temporal aggregation, and uncertainty representation) to be used as the basis

for the development of computational codes for the C3S Climate Data Store. The

development of the code itself is not part of this task; it will be done by C3S or consultants

working for C3S. This task requires regular interaction with EEA and with C3S or contractors

working for C3S.

Write a draft EEA report on climate hazards in Europe, including text and graphical

illustrations, in close collaboration with the EEA. This report would summarize the

development of key climate hazards across Europe and include links to more detailed

information available on Climate-ADAPT.

To review a briefing which will include summarized information on climate hazards in

Europe. The briefing will be prepared internally in the EEA using already existing

information from various EEA climate change assessments and indicators. The aim of the

briefing is to present summarized information on observed and projected climate hazards.

It will be published in mid-2020 in order to potentially support the process of preparing a

new version of the EU strategy on adaptation to climate change.

Links

Linkages with other Tasks of the ETC/CCA AP2020: 1.4.1.1 (Preparatory work for an EEA

report on climate change impacts and adaptation), 1.4.1.2 (European climate change and

impact indicators) and 1.4.3.1 (Climate-ADAPT).


Deliverable(s)

No Description ETC

(Sub)task

manager9

Team EEA

responsible

Date

1.4.1.3D1 First draft working

paper, with a review

of national climate

hazard indicators in

Europe

Stefano

Terzi

Marc Zebisch,

Silvia

Cocuccioni,

Alice Crespi,

Stefano Terzi,

Paul van der

Linden, Stefan

Fronzek,

Andreas Marx,

Julie Berckmans,

Silvia Torresan

Hans-

Martin

Füssel

15/04/2020

1.4.1.3D2 Review of draft EEA

briefing on climate

hazards

Marc

Zebisch

Marc Zebisch,

Stefan Fronzek,

Andreas Marx,

Mikael Hilden

Blaz Kurnik 30/04/2020

1.4.1.3KD3 Support to

organization and

documentation of

Expert workshop on

national climate

hazards indicators

Marc

Zebisch

Marc Zebisch or

Silvia

Cocuccioni,

Alice Crespi,

Stefano Terzi,

Paul van der

Linden, Stefan

Fronzek,

Andreas Marx,

Julie Berckmans,

Silvia Torresan

Hans-

Martin

Füssel

Week 09 -

12/06/2020

(T.B.C.)

1.4.1.3KD4 Final draft working

paper, including

operational

recommendations on

the development of

European climate

hazard indicators

Alice

Crespi

Marc Zebisch,

Silvia

Cocuccioni,

Alice Crespi,

Stefano Terzi,

Paul van der

Linden, Stefan

Fronzek,

Andreas Marx,

Julie Berckmans,

Silvia Torresan

Hans-

Martin

Füssel

31/07/2020

9 Overall cross-coordination of deliverables will be ensured by EURAC Research.


1.4.1.3KD5 Draft EEA report on

climate hazards in

Europe

Marc

Zebisch

Marc Zebisch,

Silvia

Cocuccioni,

Alice Crespi,

Stefano Terzi,

Paul van der

Linden, Stefan

Fronzek,

Andreas Marx,

Silvia Torresan,

Julie Berckmans

Hans-

Martin

Füssel

30/11/2020



January 2020 Copenhagen

(Denmark)

ETC/CCA 2020 Kick-

Off meeting

(2 half days; 1

night)

Marc Zebisch10, Alice Crespi

Week 09-12/06/2020 (T.B.C.)

(back-to-back with Eionet

workshop on CCIVA)

Copenhagen

(Denmark)

Expert workshop on

national climate

hazards indicators

(2 half days; 1

night)

Marc Zebisch or Silvia

Cocuccioni, Alice Crespi,

Stefano Terzi, Paul van der

Linden, Stefan Fronzek,

Andreas Marx, Silvia

Torresan, Julie Berckmans

September 2020

(back-to-back with ETC/CCA

2020 2nd Management

Committee Meeting)

Copenhagen

(Denmark)

Author meeting for

EEA report on

climate hazards in

Europe

(2 half days; 1

night)

Marc Zebisch, Alice Crespi,

Andreas Marx, Stefano

Terzi, Julie Berckmans,

Silvia Cocuccioni11, Stefan

Fronzek

September 2020 Copenhagen

(Denmark)

ETC/CCA 2020 2nd

Management

Committee Meeting

& 2021 Planning

meeting

(2 half days; 1

night)

Marc Zebisch, Alice Crespi,

Andreas Marx




Resources

Staff (hours)


CMCC Silvia Torresan 64

EURAC Research Marc Zebisch 176

Silvia Cocuccioni 104

Alice Crespi 240

Stefano Terzi 320

Met Office Paul van der Linden 80

SYKE Stefan Fronzek 96

Mikael Hilden 16

UFZ Andreas Marx 120

VITO Julie Berckmans 80

Total 1296


N.A.


EEA project 1.4.2 Climate change adaptation and disaster risk

reduction assessments

1.4.2.1 Monitoring and evaluation of national adaptation strategies and

plans

Main managers

ETC task manager: Markus Leitner

ETC task deputy manager: Andrew Deacon

EEA project manager: Wouter Vanneuville

Expected main output(s)

Contribution to finalization and publication of an EEA report on monitoring, reporting and

evaluation of climate change adaptation policies.

Further development of a methodological framework for key type measures, targets and

outcomes from a monitoring, reporting and evaluation perspective

Context

There is growing interest in Monitoring, Reporting and Evaluation (MRE) systems for climate

change adaptation at national level. An increasing number of countries are developing and

implementing such systems and many are planning to do so in the future. This is driven by National

Adaptation Strategies and Plans (NASs/NAPs), and increasingly also by international developments

and key global agreements of 2015 (Sendai framework for disaster risk reduction, SFDRR;

sustainable development goals, SDG, and the UNFCCC climate change Paris agreement), as well as

EU policies (the 2017/2018 evaluation of the EU climate change adaptation strategy, the Regulation

on the Governance of the Energy Union and Climate Action).

The 2014 EEA report on National adaptation policy processes in European countries provided a

Europe-wide state of play for adaptation policy processes. Since then, the situation in many

member countries has evolved, including the adoption of NASs/NAPs and the development of

monitoring and evaluation frameworks for national adaptation policies and measures.

The 2015 EEA Technical Report on ‘National monitoring, reporting and evaluation of climate

change adaptation in Europe’ demonstrated the importance and interest of countries in sharing

experiences and approaches. The report specifically highlighted the importance and interest of

countries in further understanding the methods that can be used to monitor and evaluate

adaptation policies.

In 2016 ETC/CCA produced a technical paper on ‘Evaluation of climate change adaptation at

national level in a learning context’, which summarised lessons that may be learnt from evaluation

activities in other thematic areas with somewhat similar characteristics, including adaptation in the

context of international development cooperation, national sustainable development and

biodiversity policies.

https://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/national-adaptation-policy-processes

https://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/national-monitoring-reporting-and-evaluation

https://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/national-monitoring-reporting-and-evaluation

https://cca.eionet.europa.eu/reports/WP_1-2017

https://cca.eionet.europa.eu/reports/WP_1-2017


In 2017 and 2018, ETC/CCA expanded the work on adaptation indicators by developing an ETC/CCA

Technical Report on ‘Indicators to monitor adaptation to climate change’. Besides information on

national level adaptation indicator sets, the activity took into account progress at global level,

regarding information and indicators to be reported (e.g. SFDRR and SDG), as well as EU level.

Indicator sets from 5 countries (12) with detailed information on national level adaptation indicators

(including metadata) were systematically collected and used for a first assessment of the

similarities and differences of the approaches employed by the four aforementioned countries. The

Commission SWD on the Evaluation of the EU Strategy on adaptation to climate change refers to

this activity in several sections.

In 2018-2019, ETC/CCA prepared draft report that brings together the working areas since the 2014

report and will be structured along the lines of 1) national adaptation policies and planning, 2) the

implementation of adaptation actions and 3) understanding progress and effects of adaptation (13).

At the 13th Eionet workshop on CCIVA, held in June 2019, participants re-expressed a great interest

in learning from each other regarding monitoring, reporting and evaluation for adaptation and the

use of adaptation indicators. In 2020, the report will undergo Eionet consultation and will be

finalised for publication.

In 2019, methodological developments of Key Type Measures (KTM) for adaptation was drafted in

a scoping paper. These Key Type Measures for adaptation and options will be further developed

into sets of adaptation KTM at European level and made available on Climate-ADAPT.

Detailed description of sub-tasks

Report on MRE and national climate change adaptation policies

In 2020, an EEA report will be published based on the draft prepared in 2019 and the results of the

extended Eionet consultation in Q1 2020.

The deliverable will consist of a final draft report incorporating the feedback from the extended

Eionet review and ready for editing, layout and publication, including all chapters, draft figures,

references and copyright permissions.

Key Type of Measure (KTM) classification for Adaptation, targets and outcomes

In analogy to work done for other environmental policy domains (like water, with the WFD)

different options to group individual adaptation measures are explored in a scoping paper in 2019.

Idea is to develop Key Type Measures that can be applied on all measures in NAPs (or other

adaptation plans at sectoral or spatial level). The sound link to adaptation options developed in

Task 1.4.3.1 will be ensured.

12 From Austria, Finland, Germany, Scotland, and the United Kingdom and England. The Netherlands’ indicator set has also been included in the Database, but as it is not adopted nationally, it has not been recognised in the Technical Paper analysis.

13 Draft report version October 2018 can be found at https://forum.eionet.europa.eu/etc-cca-consortium/library/etc-cca-2014-2018/etc-cca-2017-1/project-1.4.2-climate-change-adaptation-and-disaster-risk-reduction-assessments/task-1.4.2.1-monitoring-and-evaluation-national-adaptation-strategies-and-plans/d3-dummy%20report-on-MRE-and-national-CC-adaptation-policies/draft-report-v2-discussion-9-oct/edit_html?lang=en

https://forum.eionet.europa.eu/nrc-climate-change-adaptation/library/eea-products-climate-change-adaptation-review/mre-indicators-climate-change-adaptation

https://forum.eionet.europa.eu/nrc-climate-change-adaptation/library/eea-products-climate-change-adaptation-review/mre-indicators-climate-change-adaptation


In addition to measures, short notes (max 2) on targets and outcomes will be prepared with a focus

on monitoring, reporting and evaluation and to further improve step 6 of the Adaptation Support

Tool (AST).

Links

Linkages with other Tasks of the ETC/CCA AP2020: 1.4.3.1 (Climate-ADAPT).


Deliverable(s)

No Description ETC (Sub) task

manager

Team EEA

responsible

Date

1.4.2.1KD1 Contribution to preparation of publishable EEA report on MRE

and national CC adaptation policies:

1) Prepare for Eionet consultation

2) Reply to all comments and prepare final report

(key deliverable)

Markus

Leitner

Andrew Deacon,

Suvi Vikström,

Mikael Hildén,

Markus Leitner,

Andrea Prutsch,

Willem Ligtvoet,

Jaroslav Mysiak,

Silvia Torresan

Wouter

Vanneuville

1) 31/01/2020

2) 30/04/2020

1.4.2.1D2 KTMs, targets and outcomes

1) different scenarios for KTMs finalised (after review by EEA)

2) Selected KTM framework applied – depending on Scoping

paper outcomes – in reporting framework for Art. 19 of the

Regulation on the Governance of the Energy Union and Climate

Action

3) draft notes on targets and outcomes from an MRE perspective

for EEA review

4) KTMs, targets and outcomes available in step 6 of the AST on

Climate-ADAPT

Markus

Leitner

Thomas Dworak,

Markus Leitner,

Andrew Deacon,

Tiago Capela

Lourenço

Wouter

Vanneuville

1) 31/03/2020

2) 15/09/2020

3) 15/10/2020

4) 30/11/2020



Date Venue Title ETC/CCA

participant(s)

January

2020

Copenhagen

(Denmark)


(2 half days, 1 night)

Markus Leitner

September

2020

Copenhagen

(Denmark)

ETC/CCA 2020 2nd Management Committee

Meeting & 2021 Planning meeting


Markus Leitner

Q3/Q4 2020 T.B.D. Relevant conference/meeting (T.B. D.) to

promote the report

Markus Leitner

Resources

Staff (hours)

Partner Name No of Hours


Silvia Torresan 16

Climate Alliance Andrew Deacon 160

EAA Markus Leitner 280

Andrea Prutsch 24

Wolfgang Lexer 40

FC.ID Tiago Capela Lourenço 80

FT Thomas Dworak 96

PBL Willem Ligtvoet 16

SYKE Suvi Vikström 24

Total 752


N.A.


1.4.2.2 Urban and social aspects of adaptation

Main managers

ETC task manager: Lea Kleinenkuhnen

ETC task deputy manager: Margaretha Breil

EEA project manager: Aleksandra Kazmierczak


Publication of the EEA 2020 report ‘Urban adaptation in Europe’

Contribution to the organisation of the European Urban Resilience Forum

Contribution to the Urban Sustainability Assessment 2020

Contribution to the ‘Just transition’ assessment report 2021

Continuous management and improvement of the structure and content of the urban

sections of Climate-ADAPT (incl. Urban Vulnerability Map Book; Urban Adaptation Support

Tool; case studies; “urban” pages)

Context

The work planned for 2020 is largely a continuation of the work carried out in 2019. The main task

is the finalisation of the ‘Urban adaptation to climate change in Europe’ report. The tasks on

improvement of the ‘urban’ content of Climate-ADAPT and support to the European Urban

Resilience Forum are largely the same as in 2019. Also, the cross-cutting work on the Urban

Sustainability Assessment 2020, will continue.

Recognising the focus on de-carbonisation and social justice in the new European Commission, a

potential new task is the contribution of Climate Alliance to the Just Transition report, through

their close knowledge of the Covenant of Mayors community.

Detailed description of subtasks14

Subtask 1 - Finalisation of the assessment report ‘Urban Adaptation to Climate Change in Europe

2020’ (working title)

1) Finalisation of the content of the report after its internal review (Q1), including e.g.

development of additional text boxes with case studies, re-writing of text sections,

provision of additional evidence and illustrative material; and preparation of the report for

the Eionet review.

2) Support to the project manager in addressing the comments from the Eionet consultation

and expert review (Q2)

3) Ad-hoc support to the project manager in the publishing process (e.g. management of

references, provision of metadata) (Q2)

14 There is a considerable overlap between these sub-tasks, which should be considered in planning of the resources.


4) Support in the communication of the report findings and advertising the report (e.g.

presentations at relevant events) (Q3 and Q4)

Subtask 2 – Update and development of content of Climate-ADAPT

The urban sector updates of Climate ADAPT (Database and Webpages) – Task 1.4.3.1; subtasks c),

d) and e); deliverables 1.4.3.1D1(1), 1.4.3.1D2(1), 1.4.3.1D2(2) and 1.4.3.1D3(1) – are addressed

and included (also in terms budget) within this Task 1.4.2.2. Therefore, the Climate ADAPT thematic

expert for the urban sector will perform all the relevant activities as part of the urban Task, but will

also take part in Climate-ADAPT meetings and follow all the procedures (including monitoring)

under Climate ADAPT (see Task 1.4.3.1).

a) Manage and update the content of the Urban Adaptation Map Viewer

Identifying and obtaining data for updates of existing layers: participation in initiatives,

projects, Eurostat layers on socio-economic characteristics;

Working with colleagues from the EEA geospatial group and ETC/ULS to update the maps;

Potential development of new data layers and associated narrative

b) Bi-annual review and updating the Urban Adaptation Support Tool

The work includes any necessary revisions of and additions to the contents of the Urban

Adaptation Support Tool (in collaboration with the Covenant of Mayors).

c) Maintenance of urban sector Climate-ADAPT Database (DB) Content- deliverable

1.4.3.1D1(1)

The thematic expert will support the updating of the DB consistency and content quality

assurance by means of:

a) Update all the categories of Climate-ADAPT DB items under the urban sector, according

to the identified gaps.

b) Support DB submissions by external providers.

c) Implement the procedure for updating, archiving and deleting DB items.

d) Check and improve the internal consistency of DB items: re-tagging DB items, including

transnational regions geographic characterization.

d) Enhancement of Climate-ADAPT case studies and adaptation options

Case studies

Systematically update the Climate-ADAPT DB case studies on the urban sector

published before 2015.

Develop new case studies in the urban sector

Support and edit submissions of case studies by external providers.

Adaptation options

Refine and review the adaptation options available in Climate-ADAPT on the urban

sector. In particular cross check case studies and adaptation option items to assure


that all the options that are described in the cases are included in Climate-ADAPT

DB.

Provide support to external providers.

e) Ad-hoc support to development of other ‘urban’ Climate-ADAPT content

Implement the mechanism for a regular and systematic content update of Climate-ADAPT

web pages (as an element of the Climate-ADAPT Strategy 2019-2021), for the following

pages: Covenant of Mayors, Urban Sector, UAST, UAMV.

Subtask 3 - Support the EEA in organising the European Urban Resilience Forum 2020

The primary aim of EEA and ETC/CCA participating in this event is to a) gather materials for the

urban contents of Climate-ADAPT, with a focus on development of new case studies; and b) to

promote the urban adaptation work of the EEA. ETC contributions will involve: detailing the

programme and developing short background documents for participants, speakers and

moderators; finding appropriate stakeholders; supporting the organisation during the day in the

form of moderating, observing, session set up and/or general support.

Subtask 4 - Contribution to the 2020 Urban Sustainability Assessment, including assessment of

several thematic nexus relating to urban adaptation

Background

On Q3 2020 the EEA will be launching the 2020 Environmental Sustainability in Cities report (2020

ESIC Report). This report will culminate the work being done since 2017, with support by a

Framework Contract (Led by Collingwood environment Planning - CEP). The ETC/CCA have been

participating in the preparation of this report first since 2019 and by the end of 2019 a draft report

will be prepared (based on discussions with urban stakeholders meeting on 19-20 November 2019

in Copenhagen at the invitation of EEA).

A consultation period will follow and a final draft report is expected by 15 March 2020. Then the

production/publication phase will start, together with preparation of communication,

dissemination and launching materials.

A reflection on the work done until and in 2020 – having in due account a critical evaluation of the

urban priority cross cutting project – should support the selection, integration and coherent

implementation of specific lines of work on urban sustainability from 2021 onwards, including the

ETCs collaboration.


A - Support the finalisation of the 2020 ESIC report

A.1. Review of draft ESIC report during consultation period (general review with emphasis on

the areas of responsibility as organised in 2019)

A.2. Support to relevant cross referencing and preparation for publication

A.3. Support to preparation of main messages - linking to other key ETC outputs and expertise –

in view of communication, dissemination and launch


B - Reflection on specific areas of work on urban sustainability to be developed from 2021

onwards and implications for ETCs and ETC management

B.1. Participation in the 2020 urban stakeholders meeting (First half of June 2020)

B.2. Definition of Urban Sustainability tasks to be integrated in the ETC-AP from 2021 onwards

Subtask 5 - Support to the Just Transition report planned for 2021

Climate Alliance would support EEA in obtaining information about Covenant of Mayors for Climate

and Energy signatories’ location and activities in coal-dependent regions; supporting identification

of good practice case studies in socially-just transition to low-carbon economy.

Links

Links with other Tasks of the ETC/CCA AP2020: 1.4.3.1 (Climate-ADAPT) and 1.4.2.3 (Climate

change adaptation and disaster risk reduction)

Links with other ETCs: ETC/ULS Task 1.4.2.1 (support to adaptation) and ETC/CME (on the

2021 Just Transitions report).


Deliverable(s)

No Description ETC (Sub)task

manager

Team EEA responsible Date

1.4.2.2KD1 Urban Adaptation in Europe report

1) Report ready for Eionet consultation

2) Relevant Eionet comments addressed

3) Urban adaptation report published

Lea

Kleinenkuhnen

Margaretha

Breil, Helle

Ørsted

Nielsen,

Marianne

Zandersen,

Dirk Lauwaet,

Ingrid Coninx,

Tereza

Kochova, Katie

Johnson,

Andrew

Deacon

(reviewer)

Aleksandra

Kazmierczak

1) 28/02/2020

2) 30/04/2020

3) 31/09/2020

1.4.2.2D2 Support the EEA in the management and updating of urban

contents of Climate-ADAPT

1) Update of current layers of UAMV

2) Development of new layers UAMV

3) Revision of UAST text and resources

4) Maintenance and update of Climate-ADAPT DB content

5) Enhancement of Climate-ADAPT case studies and

adaptation options

6) Ad-hoc support to development of other ‘urban’

Climate-ADAPT content

Lea

Kleinenkuhnen

Katrin Jurisch,

Dirk Lauwaet,

Katie Johnson,

Margaretha

Breil

Aleksandra

Kazmierczak

1) 30/06/2020

2) 30/06/2020

3) 30/06/2020 &

31/12/2020

4) On-going activity




1.4.2.2KD3 Support the EEA in the organisation of the European Urban

Resilience Forum

Lea

Kleinenkuhnen

Margaretha

Breil

Aleksandra

Kazmierczak

May / June 2020

T.B.C.

1.4.2.2KD4 Contribution to the 2020 Urban Sustainability Assessment

and reflection on specific areas of work on urban

sustainability to be developed from 2021 onwards

1) Review of draft ESIC report during consultation period

(general review with emphasis on the areas of

responsibility as organised in 2019) (Key deliverable)

2) Support to relevant cross referencing, other editing

and preparation for publication

3) Support to preparation of main messages - linking to

other key ETC outputs and expertise – in view of

communication, dissemination and launch

4) Participation in the 2020 urban stakeholders meeting

5) Definition of Urban Sustainability tasks to be

integrated in the ETC-AP from 2021 onwards

Margaretha

Breil

Margaretha

Breil

Ivone Pereira

Martins,

Aleksandra

Kazmierczak

1) Mid- February

2020

2) Q1 2020

3) Q2 2020

4) June 2020

5) Q3 2020

1.4.2.2D5 Contribution to the Just Transitions report Lea

Kleinenkuhnen

Lea

Kleinenkuhnen

Aleksandra

Kazmierczak

On-going activity




January 2020 Copenhagen (Denmark)

ETC/CCA 2020 Kick-Off meeting (2 half days, 1 night)

Lea Kleinenkuhnen

First half of June 2020 Copenhagen (Denmark)

Stakeholders meeting Urban

Sustainability Assessment

Margaretha Breil

May/June 2020 Bonn (Germany) T.B.C.

European Urban Resilience Forum

Lea Kleinenkuhnen, Margaretha Breil

September 2020 Copenhagen (Denmark)

ETC/CCA 2020 2nd Management Committee Meeting & 2021 Planning meeting (2 half days, 1 night)

Lea Kleinenkuhnen

September 2020 (date T.B.D. taking into account the timing for 2021 planning)

Copenhagen (Denmark)

ETC/CCA Climate-ADAPT Thematic Expert Meeting (2 half days, 1 night)

Katrin Jurisch

Q3/Q4 2020 T.B.D. relevant conference/meeting to promote the Urban adaptation report

Lea Kleinenkuhnen

Q3/Q4 2020 T.B.D. relevant conference/meeting to promote the Urban adaptation report

Lea Kleinenkuhnen

Resources

Staff (hours)


CMCC Margaretha Breil 320

Katie Johnson 96

CENIA Tereza Kochova 40

Climate Alliance Andrew Deacon 24

Katrin Jurisch 192

Lea Kleinenkuhnen 448

DCE-AU Helle Ørsted Nielsen 40

Marianne Zandersen 64

VITO Dirk Lauwaet 104

WENR Ingrid Coninx 80

TOTAL 1408


N.A


1.4.2.3 Climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction

Main managers

ETC Task manager: Task Manager T.B.D.15

ETC Task deputy manager: Marie Vandewalle

EEA project manager: Sergio Castellari


• To prepare an EEA Report on ecosystem-based approaches to climate change adaptation

(CCA) and disaster risk reduction (DRR), to be published in early 2021.

Context

At global and European level, climate change and natural hazards (e.g. heat waves, heavy

precipitation) have large impacts on European economy, ecosystems and human health. Most of

these events are projected to increase in frequency and severity in the coming decades across

Europe, based on the climate projections (see EEA reports published in 201716).

In order to mitigate to the climate change impacts and natural hazards, the use of ‘ecosystem-based

approaches (EbA) for climate change adaptation (CCA) and disaster risk reduction (DRR)’ have

emerged within global multilateral frameworks such as the international UN Framework Convention

on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (UNCBD), the Sendai

Framework for Disaster Risk reduction (SFDRR) and the New Urban Agenda, and adopted as specific

and effective practices for CCA and DRR. All these EbA for CCA and DRR have become relevant as

well for the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

At EU level it is worth to mention the some key initiatives relevant for this work such as:

the EU Biodiversity Strategy to 202017 (2012)

the ‘EU Strategy on Adaptation to Climate Change’ (2013)

the EU Strategy on Green Infrastructure18 (2013)

the EU forest strategy 2014-20219 (2013)

the mid-term review of the EU Biodiversity Strategy to 202020 (2015)

15 A Change Request or Amendent will be issued as soon as the Task Manager will be identified.

16 EEA, 2017, Climate change, impacts and vulnerability in Europe — An indicator-based report, EEA Report 1/2017 and EEA, 2017, Climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction in Europe - Enhancing coherence of the coherence of the knowledge base, policies and practices. Report 15/2017.

17 http://ec.europa.eu/environment/nature/biodiversity/strategy/index_en.htm

18 http://ec.europa.eu/environment/nature/ecosystems/strategy/index_en.htm

19 https://eur-lex.europa.eu/resource.html?uri=cellar:21b27c38-21fb-11e3-8d1c-01aa75ed71a1.0022.01/DOC_1&format=PDF

20 https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:52015DC0478

http://ec.europa.eu/environment/nature/biodiversity/strategy/index_en.htm

http://ec.europa.eu/environment/nature/ecosystems/strategy/index_en.htm

https://eur-lex.europa.eu/resource.html?uri=cellar:21b27c38-21fb-11e3-8d1c-01aa75ed71a1.0022.01/DOC_1&format=PDF

https://eur-lex.europa.eu/resource.html?uri=cellar:21b27c38-21fb-11e3-8d1c-01aa75ed71a1.0022.01/DOC_1&format=PDF

https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:52015DC0478


the EU Guidance document on a strategic framework for further supporting the deployment

of EU-level green and blue infrastructure21 (2019)

the EU Guidance document on integrating ecosystems and their services in decision-

making22 (2019).

Furthermore, many research projects supported by the EU programmes (e.g. FP7, H2020, Interreg

programmes) have enhanced knowledge on biodiversity vulnerability, CCA for biodiversity and CCA-

DRR integration. Several H2020 projects started aimed to conduct innovative research on different

aspects of EbA.

Current established web-based knowledge portals and multi-stakeholders coordination platforms on

CCA, DRR, biodiversity and water are also relevant to communicate consistent knowledge and to

increase access to tools and resources and foster the exchange of experiences, lessons learned and

good practices on policy, data, research and case studies of EbA at EU level.

In 2019 the EEA with the key support of ETC/CCA produced a Scoping Paper23 on ecosystem-based

approaches for climate change adaptation (CCA) and disaster risk reduction (DRR) aimed to define

the contents of a new EEA report and as well an Annotated Outline24 of this EEA report.

An EEA expert meeting (13 – 14 March 2019) was organized at EEA that involved experts from

European Commission (EC) and European and international scientific institutions working on the

topics of CCA and DRR. The scope of the meeting was to share knowledge, experiences and insights

about different aspects of ecosystem-based approaches for CCA and DRR and to review a proposed

1st draft outline for the Scoping Paper. Building up on this, the development of the EEA Scoping Paper

involved also an ad hoc established Advisory Group including experts from EC, scientific institutions

and from the European Topic Centre on Biological Diversity (ETC/BD) and the European Topic Centre

on Urban, Land and Soil systems (ETC/ULS). The Scoping Paper was developed through a 1st and a 2nd

draft reviewed from the Advisory Group and proved the relevance of an EEA report in addressing

them.

21 https://ec.europa.eu/environment/nature/ecosystems/pdf/SWD_2019_193_F1_STAFF_WORKING_PAPER_EN_V4_P1_1024680.PDF

22

https://ec.europa.eu/environment/nature/ecosystems/pdf/SWD_2019_305_F1_STAFF_WORKING_PAPER_EN_V2_P1_1042629.PDF (part 1); https://ec.europa.eu/environment/nature/ecosystems/pdf/SWD_2019_305_F1_STAFF_WORKING_PAPER_EN_V2_P2_1042629.PDF (part 2) https://ec.europa.eu/environment/nature/ecosystems/pdf/SWD_2019_305_F1_STAFF_WORKING_PAPER_EN_V2_P3_1042629.PDF (part 3)

23 https://forum.eionet.europa.eu/etc-cca-consortium/library/etc-cca-2019-2021/etc-cca-2019/project-1.4.2-climate-change-adaptation-and-disaster-risk-reduction-assessments/task-1.4.2.3-climate-change-adaptation-and-disaster-risk-reduction/1.4.2.3kd1-preparation-scoping-paper/sept.-2019-scoping-paper-review-comments/eea-scoping-paper_july24_2019linenumber_ch5-and-7_comments-included

24 https://forum.eionet.europa.eu/etc-cca-consortium/library/etc-cca-2019-2021/etc-cca-2019/project-1.4.2-climate-change-adaptation-and-disaster-risk-reduction-assessments/task-1.4.2.3-climate-change-adaptation-and-disaster-risk-reduction/1.4.2.3k3-annotated-outline-eea-report

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The following specific activities are carried out in 2020 to prepare an EEA report on ecosystem-based

approaches for climate change adaptation (CCA) and disaster risk reduction (DRR) based on the 2019

work. Activities will include:

• preparing the 1st draft and 2nd draft of the report, using the results of the 2019 work as basis

(the Scoping Paper and the Annotated Outline of the report).

• addressing the comments from the review of the final draft by the Advisory Group and the Eionet

• developing the final version of the report (including final list of references included in the

reference system)

• providing the underpinning data for the maps and graphs

• supporting the preparation of and participating in relevant meeting (including advisory group

and authors team meetings), which will be organized also by electronic means (e.g. Skype,

WebEx).

• assisting in management of the authors team of the report

• supporting the preparation of a draft version of an article in a peer-review journal describing the

process and main findings to be submitted in 2021

The outcome of the expert meeting and the defined annotated outline of the EEA report will be input

for the 2020 EEA report. This assessment aims to facilitate a better awareness and communication

among decision-makers, policy and science experts and practitioners of CCA and DRR on differences

and potential synergies between both areas regarding the knowledge base, policy developments and

implementation of ecosystem-based approaches for preventing and preparing to the climate risk.

The report could serve as well as an input to the potential EC process of updating the EU Adaptation

Strategy in the coming years. The target audience of this EEA report include EC experts, policy-makers

and stakeholders of EIONET member countries. (This report will most likely published in January 2021

and will involve a Launch Event).

The first draft of the assessment will be sent to the Advisory Group (formed in 2019), and then the

second draft will undergo an EIONET and Advisory Group review. These of the comments will be

analysed and addressed into the subsequent stages of the report.

Links

Linkages with other Tasks of the ETC/CCA AP2020: Task 1.4.3.1: Climate-ADAPT (section on

GI and EbA)

Linkages with other ETCs: ETC/BD (Task 1.7.5.3) and ETC/ULS


Deliverable(s)

No Description ETC task manager Team EEA responsible Date

1.4.2.3KD1 Preparation of Report

1) 1st draft EEA report

2) 2nd draft EEA report

3) Review of 2nd draft by

Advisory Group and Eionet

4) Final version (key

deliverable)

Task Manager T.B.D. Task Manager T.B.D., Jelle van

Minnen, Clara Veerkamp, Marie

Vandewalle, Johannes Förster,

Marianne Zandersen, Mika

Marttunen, Jaroslav Mysiak,

Claire Jacobs, Silvia Torresan

Sergio Castellari

1) 03/04/2020

2) 30/06/2020

3) 10/07-23/08/2020

4) 30/10/2020

1.4.2.3KD2 1) Provide meta-data and

underpinning data for all

figures and maps.

2) Provide and support

inclusion of references to

Zotero reference system.

Task Manager T.B.D. Task Manager T.B.D., Jelle van

Minnen, Clara Veerkamp, Marie

Vandewalle, Johannes Förster,


Marttunen, Jaroslav Mysiak,

Claire Jacobs, Silvia Torresan

Sergio Castellari 1) 30/09/2020

2) 30/09/2020





(Denmark)



Task Manager T.B.D.,

Marianne Zandersen

January 2020

(back to back

with ETC/CCA

2020 KoM)

Copenhagen

(Denmark)

Task Organizational meeting


Task Manager T.B.D., Clara

Veerkamp, Marie Vandewalle,

Johannes Förster, Marianne

Zandersen, Mika Marttunen

June 2020 Copenhagen

(Denmark)

Writing team meeting

(1 day meeting, 1 night)

Task Manager T.B.D., Clara

Veerkamp, Marie Vandewalle,


Marttunen

September

2020

Copenhagen

(Denmark)

ETC/CCA 2020 2nd Management

Committee meeting & 2021

Planning meeting (2 half days, 1

night) + (< 0.5 day) Task side

meeting

[OVERALL 1 night]

Task Manager T.B.D.,

Marianne Zandersen

Responsibilities of ETC/CCA experts in EEA report25

Task Manager T.B.D. Task Management

Marie Vandewalle Support to Task Management; Chap. 1 (Introduction); Chap. 6 (Opportunities)

Marianne Zandersen Chap. 1 (Introduction); Chap. 4 (Practices); URBAN sector, including health issues (extreme temperatures, heat waves, urban flooding)

Jelle van Minnen Co-Coord. Chap. 3 (Knowledge base); contribution to other section T.B.D.

Clara Veerkamp Chap. 3 (Knowledge base); other chapters and/or sections T.B.D.

Johannes Förster Chap. 3 (Knowledge base); possible support to Chap. 2 (Policy), lead by Mckenna Davis (ETC/BD) and Sergio Castellari; other chapters and/or sections T.B.D.

Mika Marttunen Chap. 4 (Practices); support to WATER sector

Silvia Medri Chap. 5 Web portals, with José Ramón Picatoste (EEA)

Claire Jacobs AGRICULTURE sector

Jaroslav Mysiak ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL sector

Silvia Torresan WATER MANAGEMENT sector (e.g. water resources, drought; hydropower production) and COASTAL AREAS sector (coasts and harbours)

Silvia Medri Chap. 5 Web portals, with José Ramón Picatoste (EEA)

25 With reference to the report Annotated Outline developed in 2019.


Resources

Staff (hours)



Silvia Torresan 72

Silvia Medri 40

DCE-AU Marianne Zandersen 192

PBL Jelle van Minnen 40

Clara Veerkamp 120

SYKE Mika Marttunen 144

UFZ Marie Vandewalle 160

Johannes Förster 120

WENR Claire Jacobs 40

Partner T.B.D.26 Task Manager 80

Total 1048


N.A.

26 Resources temporarily allocated to CMCC and to be shifted to relevant Partner when the new Task Manager is identified.


1.4.2.4 Climate change impacts and adaptation in agriculture

Main managers

ETC task manager: Thomas Dworak

EEA project manager: Trine Christiansen

Expected main output

Fully developed case studies that support linking the pressure analysis with policy analysis.

Context

In the context of European policies and the global sustainable development goals, Europe has

committed itself to a path of sustainable development. None the less, it is widely recognized that in

regards to water and agriculture Europe is currently not on track to meet this objective. This impact

of agricultural production on water has increased throughout the 20th century with increased

intensification of agricultural production, a production, which has provided tremendous benefits

for Europe, including food security and the generation of income and employment in rural areas,

but which unfortunately is pushing the boundaries of environmental sustainability.

Agriculture covers roughly 40% of the area of Europe, hence the production methods applied by

the sector has widespread impact on the natural environment. Recent data on the decline of

biodiversity, the loss of soils and the status of water supports this observation. This development

has taken place in spite of Europe having numerous policy objectives to alter this trajectory, and

although some improvements have taken place, they have not been enough to change the

development.

As climate change projections suggests large changes in water availability across Europe it is

becoming increasingly important to understand mechanisms governing water quality and quantity,

both in terms of the direct drivers at farm level, and wider indirect socio-economic and climatic

drivers.

The approach followed in this study is novel in that it combines the indirect and direct drivers with

the analysis of how the CAP, WFD and ND influences the impact of agriculture on water, with focus

on the influence of farm level management. The analysis will be based on existing data and

information, and builds on a large body of work, including the ongoing evaluation of the impact of

the CAP on water led by DG Agri.

It is our hope that the work could eventually lend support to the mainstreaming needs of the CAP

and water policies. Such results could support the further development of river basin management

plans and their programs of measures. They could also support improved implementation of the

water and agricultural policies on national and regional level, in this way providing a contribution

towards the science-policy interface.


In this context, this report strives to address:

The extent of the problem: The nature and geographical spread of the dominant pressures

stemming from agriculture: diffuse pollution (nutrients and pesticides), agricultural water

use, and hydro-morphological pressures, including outlooks on potential future climate

change impacts.

Factors that influence the ability of farmers to take up technical recommendations to

reduce environmental pressures and impacts, including knowledge, financial capacity, cost

and availability of labour, market access and technological innovation.

The indirect drivers that exist outside the control of the agricultural community, such as

consumer choices, market conditions, population changes, rural exodus, land use changes,

and climate change.

The ways in which the current agricultural and water policy frameworks are addressing

these issues raised above, and including potential gaps and limitations. Because we are in

the transition from one CAP period to another, the starting point will be the existing CAP,

but the work will also take the new CAP into account as possible. Publication and analysis

of the new CAP will depend on the timeline of the adoption process.

In addition to existing data and information, a key element of the report will be a collection of case

studies, developed specifically for this report. This will demonstrate Member States’ and farm

production level experience with the implementation of the existing water and agriculture policy

framework, and the solutions they found to the challenges experienced. At present, an overview of

the anticipated studies is being compiled and a process for selecting them has been established.

Detailed description of subtasks

Case study development

In 2019, a collection of case studies will be selected with the aim of supporting key points made in

the report. These cases will be developed in 2020 following an agreed template. Case studies will

be delivered in separate report, and need to be integrated into 2nd draft of report. Fresh Thoughts

should develop two Case studies.

Contribution to finalising 2nd and final draft of the report for Eionet consultation

Develop the chapter on climate change according to agreements made based on first draft

(Dec 2019).

Uptake of relevant results from DG-Agri ‘impacts of CAP on water’ report (end 2019)

Follow-up on consultation outcomes.

Links

Linkages with other ETCs: ETC/ICM Task 1.5.1f (on water and agriculture).


Deliverable(s)

No Description ETC

(Sub)task

manager

Team EEA

responsible

Date

1.4.2.4D1 Development of 2

case studies for

the case study

report

Thomas

Dworak

Magdalena

Rogger,

Thomas

Dworak

Trine

Christiansen

01/04/2020

1.4.2.4D2 Input to the 2nd

draft report

Thomas

Dworak

Thomas

Dworak

Trine

Christiansen

31/05/2020


Optional participation (not with ETC/CCA funds) in Project meeting on development of case studies

in Q1 2020 (Date T.B.D.) in Berlin (Germany).

Resources

Staff (hours)


FT Thomas Dworak 48

Magdalena Rogger 48

Total 96

Other specific costs

N.A.


EEA project 1.4.3 Information systems (Climate-ADAPT)

1.4.3.1 Climate-ADAPT

Main managers

ETC task co-managers: Valentina Giannini, Katie Johnson

EEA project manager: José Ramón Picatoste Ruggeroni, with support of Sergio Castellari and Blaz

Kurnik


Support the EEA in implementing the Climate-ADAPT Strategy 2019-202127, with focus on:

improving the content of the Climate-ADAPT DB in a timely and structured way;

regularly and systematically updating the content of all Climate-ADAPT webpages;

implementing the Climate-ADAPT Dissemination Strategy;

improving and updating specific sections and components of Climate-ADAPT (AST, search

engine) and developing new elements (climate service interface for C3S, interconnections

with other platforms).

Context

Climate-ADAPT aims at supporting decision-makers in Europe, with the following three objectives:

a) to facilitate the collection, sharing and use of information on climate change impacts,

vulnerability and adaptation, and build a consistent and updated knowledge base;

b) to assist an effective uptake of the relevant knowledge by international, EU, national,

regional, local or sectoral decision makers;

c) to contribute to a greater level of coordination among sectors and institutional levels.

Climate-ADAPT is steered and managed jointly by DG CLIMA and EEA. In addition, there is an

Advisory Group, led by EEA and DG CLIMA and involving all relevant DGs of the European

Commission, ensuring linkages and synergies across Commission/EEA activities on various

platforms and networks.

After the 2018 Climate-ADAPT evaluation and the deployment of the new platform in early 2019,

the EEA, supported by the ETC/CCA, has focused its work during 2019 mainly on assuring fully

operation of the platform, a regular updating and maintenance of all its sections and a regular

activity to disseminate and outreach the platform.

The activities in this Task are implementation actions linked to the priorities identified in the 2019-

2021Climate-ADAPT Strategy, assuring the consistency between the strategic planning level and

the implementation level.

27 https://climate-adapt.eea.europa.eu/about/c-a-strategy-2019-2021-final-jan-2019-docx.pdf

https://climate-adapt.eea.europa.eu/about/c-a-strategy-2019-2021-final-jan-2019-docx.pdf


Detailed description of subtasks

Subtasks

D1 Maintenance of Climate-ADAPT Database contents

D2 Enhancement of Climate-ADAPT case studies and adaptation options

D3 Further development of Climate-ADAPT web content

D4 Implement the Climate-ADAPT Dissemination Strategy

D5 Climate-ADAPT management & Monitoring, Reporting and Evaluation

D6 IT related support

D7 Reporting all activities undertaken by ETC/CCA

ETC/CCA will provide support to the EEA in carrying out these subtasks, considering the resource

availability, prioritization and the flexibility needed when managing a complex information system

such as Climate-ADAPT.

(Note: All urban content, including the database, the Urban sectoral webpage, the UAST and the

UVMB, will be updated and developed under Task 1.4.2.2.)

D1 ‒ Maintenance of Climate-ADAPT Database (DB) Content

Update all the categories of Climate-ADAPT DB items, according to the identified gaps.

Support the DB submissions by external providers.

Implement the procedure for updating, archiving and deleting DB items.

Screen LIFE projects and identify the relevant ones to be included in the DB.

Check and improve the internal consistency of DB items: re-tagging DB items, including

transnational regions geographic characterization.

Quality assurance (by content review).

D2 ‒ Enhancement of Climate-ADAPT case studies and adaptation options

Case studies

Systematically update the Climate-ADAPT DB case studies published before 2015

Develop new case studies based on the identified key gaps (e.g. Marine and fisheries)

in the 2019 annual analysis in terms of sectors, impacts and geographic coverage.

Support and edit submissions of case studies by external providers.

Update in Q4 the annual case studies coverage analysis, identifying possible gaps.

Adaptation options

Refine and review the adaptation options available in Climate-ADAPT. In particular

cross check case studies and adaptation option items to assure that all the options that

are described in the cases are included in Climate-ADAPT DB.

Provide support to external providers.

Update the existing matrix of adaptation options per case study with the identification

of the links between the two and ensure appropriate cross-linkages between case

studies and adaptation options.

Update in Q4 the annual adaptation options coverage analysis, identifying possible

gaps.


D3 ‒ Further development of Climate-ADAPT Web Content

ETC/CCA will implement the mechanism for a regular and systematic update of the content of the

Climate-ADAPT web pages, as an element of the Climate-ADAPT Strategy 2019-2021.

Specific support will be provided to the development of the following Climate-ADAPT sections.

Homepage, About page, Help page

Homepage – Manage and update the rotating banner and the other elements of the

“Homepage”

About page – Update the elements of the “About” webpage to integrate the new

developments of the platform, including the Climate-ADAPT profile

Help page – Update the elements of the “Help” section, including the guidance to the

search function.

EU Policy – Update the EU policy pages according to the potential changes related to the

new EU Adaptation Strategy and the Multiannual Financial Framework 2021-2027.

Knowledge section

Climate Services interface in Climate-ADAPT – Contribute to the development and

testing of the Copernicus Climate Change Service interface in Climate-ADAPT.

AST - Analyse and implement the recommendations of the 2019 revision28 under the

option defined ‘incremental update’: update text, content, knowledge items, cross-link

to diverse other portals on different scales, add more substance in step 2.

Research projects – Update the presentation of main relevant H2020 projects including

the submission of project results as DB items.

D4 ‒ Implement the Climate-ADAPT Dissemination Strategy

As an element of the Climate-ADAPT Strategy 2019-2021, the Climate-ADAPT Dissemination

Strategy, aims at: improving the use of the platform by all potential users and providers; promoting

the exchange of information; enhancing the uptake of the relevant knowledge; and increasing the

coordination among sectors and institutional levels.

The ETC/CCA will support the EEA in implementing it, by developing and carrying out dissemination

activities that ensure the appropriate coverage, integration, coherence and consistency in

achieving the above stated aims.

According to the results of the Climate-ADAPT evaluation, some specific user groups have not yet

been sufficiently reached out, namely: sectoral experts and users from eastern and central

European countries. Therefore, to address this need, the 2020 dissemination and communication

activities will include targeted actions for these specific groups.

28 Scoping Paper ‘Summary of recommendations for the Adaptation Support Tool (AST) revision’, https://forum.eionet.europa.eu/etc-cca-consortium/library/etc-cca-2019-2021/etc-cca-2019/project-1.4.3-information-systems-climate-adapt/task-1.4.3.1-climate-adapt/d3-further-development-climate-adapt-web-content/ast_review_20190402/index_html

https://forum.eionet.europa.eu/etc-cca-consortium/library/etc-cca-2019-2021/etc-cca-2019/project-1.4.3-information-systems-climate-adapt/task-1.4.3.1-climate-adapt/d3-further-development-climate-adapt-web-content/ast_review_20190402/index_html




ETC/CCA will provide support to the EEA in implementing the actions reported in the following table, as per the Climate-ADAPT Dissemination Strategy.

29 (May, Riga) Fokke de Jong is participating (with funds form SINCERE/JPI Climate); Markus Leitner is also participating (with other funds).

30 (March, Venue T.B.D.) Markus Leitner is participating (with other funds).

31 (22 October, the Netherlands) https://climateadaptationsummit.gca.org/

32 (27-30 October, Austria) https://www.europarc.org/europarc-conference/. Sonja Voller intends participating (with other funds).

2020 DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES

Line of activities Action Target audience

General

Produce general and specific dissemination material

Update the specific register on Climate-ADAPT in Wikipedia All audiences

Develop a Climate-ADAPT infographic All audiences

Participate in relevant climate change adaptation events at EU level

Develop a list of all relevant events at EU level and promote EEA/ETC participation presenting Climate-ADAPT

All audiences

Participate and present Climate-ADAPT in an EU relevant conference(s) (T.B.D.) – Options: C3S Copernicus, Climate Europe Festival29, Placard final & Outlook event30, Climate Adaptation Summit31, Europarc conference32

Sectoral users

Sharing information

Produce regular dissemination products Publication of news and events All audiences

Quarterly Newsletter All audiences

Organization of webinars

Webinar on Climate-ADAPT adaptation options focussed on Central and Eastern Europe

National, subnational, local

Webinar on transnational use cases of Climate-ADAPT (e.g. Baltic or Carpathians)

National, subnational, local

Uptake of the relevant knowledge

Develop regular (6-month frequency) products that summarise the C-A database contents and recent updating

Fact sheet with summary of statistics All audiences

Coordination among sectors and levels

Coordination meetings EIONET workshop on CCIVA National and transnational

https://climateadaptationsummit.gca.org/

https://www.europarc.org/europarc-conference/


D5 ‒ Climate-ADAPT Management and Monitoring, Reporting and Evaluation

Management – Regular management of Climate-ADAPT activities, pursuant to the agreed

internal procedures (including the use of the EEA Taskman management system and the

Eionet Forum) that are kept up-to-date (in the Wiki section of Taskman).

Climate-ADAPT Monitoring, Reporting and Evaluation (MRE) scheme – Regular

implementation of the Climate-ADAPT MRE scheme, as described in the Climate-ADAPT

2019-2021 Strategy.

Thematic expert meeting – Organization and contribution to one annual thematic expert

meeting, aimed at discussing the on-going and future work.

D6 ‒ IT related support

Systematic correction of broken links.

Support the EEA in testing the new or updated IT components of the platform, including

the interface for climate services, the interconnections with other platforms and the

improvement of the search engine.

D7 ‒ Reporting all activities undertaken by ETC/CCA

Reporting on all activities undertaken (with statistics from deliverables D1 and D2 only in the final

draft), consistently with the Climate-ADAPT MRE scheme (referred to in deliverable D5).

Links

● Linkages with other Tasks of the ETC/CCA AP2020: all. (Specifically in 2020 there is the need to

organize a structured cross link with Task 1.4.2.2, for all the Climate-ADAPT activities related to

the urban sector).

● Potential linkages with other ETCs: ETC/ICM (on WISE); ETC/BD (on BISE); ETC/ULS.


Responsibilities and roles of ETC/CCA thematic experts per SubTask, Sector policies and

Webpages

ETC/CCA THEMATIC EXPERTS PER SUBTASKS

Subtask Expert D1 Maintenance of Climate-

ADAPT DB contents Coordination of work: Katie Johnson (leader) and Valentina

Giannini

Contributors: all the Thematic Experts

D2 Enhancement of Climate-ADAPT case studies and adaptation options

Coordination of work: Emiliano Ramieri

Contributors: all the Thematic Experts

D3 Further development of Climate-ADAPT web content

Coordination of work: Valentina Giannini (leader) and Katie Johnson

Contributors: all the experts listed in table ‘ETC/CCA experts per webpages’

D4 Implement the Climate-ADAPT Dissemination Strategy

Coordination of work: Selvaggia Santin and Fokke de Jong

Contributors: Valentina Giannini, Katie Johnson, Emiliano Ramieri, possible support of some other experts (T.B.D.)

D5 Climate-ADAPT management & Monitoring, Reporting and Evaluation

Coordination of the work: Valentina Giannini and Katie Johnson

Contributors: Silvia Medri, Emiliano Ramieri, Selvaggia Santin, Fokke de Jong, possible support of some other experts (T.B.D.)

D6 IT related support Coordination of the work: Valentina Giannini and Katie Johnson

Contributors: Emiliano Ramieri, possible support of some other experts (T.B.D.)

D7 Reporting all activities undertaken by ETC/CCA

Coordination of the work: Valentina Giannini, Katie Johnson and Emiliano Ramieri

OVERALL COORDINATION Climate-ADAPT ETC/CCA Task Managers Valentina Giannini and Katie Johnson

Content Reviewer Coordinators Valentina Giannini and Katie Johnson

ETC/CCA THEMATIC EXPERTS PER SECTOR POLICIES

Sector policy Thematic Expert Health Markus Leitner

Biodiversity Sonja Völler

Ecosystem-based approaches DB by all experts; webpage by Disaster risk reduction expert

Forestry Serena Marras

Agriculture Valentina Mereu

Coastal areas Chiara Castellani

Marine and fisheries Chiara Castellani

Disaster risk reduction Silvia Cocuccioni

Financial Thomas Dworak

Water management Magdalena Rogger

Infrastructure - Energy Andrea Bigano

(Infrastructure – Buildings DB by Energy and Urban experts; webpage by Energy expert

Infrastructure – Transport Jan Mertl

Urban sector Katrin Jurish (in Task 1.4.2.2)


ETC/CCA EXPERTS PER WEBPAGE

Web Page Expert Homepage Selvaggia Santin

About Valentina Giannini

C-A Database Valentina Giannini

EU policy

EU Adaptation policy

EU Adaptation Strategy Katie Johnson

EU Adaptation Reporting (MMR) Markus Leitner and Katie Johnson

EU Covenant of Mayors Katrin Jurish (under Task 1.4.2.2)

EU funding of Adaptation Thomas Dworak

EU sector policies (all the sectors)

Introduction page Valentina Giannini

Agriculture Valentina Mereu

Biodiversity Sonja Völler

Coastal areas Chiara Castellani

Forestry Serena Marras

Water management Magdalena Rogger

Marine and fisheries Chiara Castellani

Ecosystem-based approaches (GI) Silvia Cocuccioni

Disaster risk reduction Silvia Cocuccioni

Financial Thomas Dworak

Buildings Andrea Bigano

Energy Andrea Bigano

Transport Jan Mertl

Health Markus Leitner

Urban Katrin Jurish (in Task 1.4.2.2)

Other EU policy EU Regional policy Emiliano Ramieri and Serena Marras

Countries, transnational regions, cities

Countries, transnational regions, cities: Intro Valentina Giannini

Transnational regions Emiliano Ramieri and Serena Marras

Cities and towns Katrin Jurish (in Task 1.4.2.2)

Country profiles Markus Leitner and Katie Johnson

Knowledge

Knowledge: intro Katie Johnson

Topics

Impacts, Risks and Vulnerabilities Silvia Cocuccioni

Adaptation options Emiliano Ramieri

Uncertainty guidance N.A. (no update planned in 2020)

MRE Markus Leitner

EU vulnerability to outside Europe climate impacts Valentina Mereu

Data & Indicators Climate Services - C3S Valentina Giannini

C-A Indicators Silvia Cocuccioni

Research projects Katie Johnson

Tools

AST Markus Leitner, Thomas Dworak, Wolfgang Lexer and Silvia Cocuccioni (as link with Tasks 1.4.1.1 and 1.4.1.3)

Urban AST Updated in Task 1.4.2.2

Urban Adaptation Map Viewer Updated in Task 1.4.2.2

Economic tools Thomas Dworak

Practice

Case study (with search tool) Emiliano Ramieri

LIFE projects Katie Johnson

INTERREG projects Katie Johnson

Network – Organizations Selvaggia Santin

Help

Intro Valentina Giannini

Glossary Valentina Giannini

FAQ users Valentina Giannini

FAQ providers - Share your info Valentina Giannini

Guidance to search function Katie Johnson/Valentina Giannini

Guidance for different types of users Fokke de Jong

C-A use cases Chiara Castellani

News and Events Fokke de Jong

Newsletter Fokke de Jong

http://climate-adapt.eea.europa.eu/knowledge/adaptation-information/climate-services

http://climate-adapt.eea.europa.eu/about

http://climate-adapt.eea.europa.eu/data-and-downloads#b_start=0

http://climate-adapt.eea.europa.eu/eu-adaptation-policy/sector-policies

http://climate-adapt.eea.europa.eu/eu-adaptation-policy/sector-policies

http://climate-adapt.eea.europa.eu/countries-regions

http://climate-adapt.eea.europa.eu/countries-regions/transnational-regions

http://climate-adapt.eea.europa.eu/countries-regions/cities

http://climate-adapt.eea.europa.eu/countries-regions/countries

http://climate-adapt.eea.europa.eu/knowledge/adaptation-information/climate-services

http://climate-adapt.eea.europa.eu/knowledge/adaptation-information/adaptation-measures

http://climate-adapt.eea.europa.eu/knowledge/adaptation-information/research-projects

http://climate-adapt.eea.europa.eu/knowledge/tools/urban-ast/step-0-0

http://climate-adapt.eea.europa.eu/knowledge/tools/urban-adaptation/introduction

http://climate-adapt.eea.europa.eu/knowledge/tools/sat

http://climate-adapt.eea.europa.eu/help/glossary

http://climate-adapt.eea.europa.eu/help/faq

http://climate-adapt.eea.europa.eu/help/share-your-info

http://climate-adapt.eea.europa.eu/help/guidance


Deliverable(s)

No Description ETC (Sub)task manager

Team EEA responsible

Date

1.4.3.1D1 Maintenance of Climate-ADAPT DB content 1) DB content

update and improvement

2) Annual statistics of DB coverage, as part of D7

Valentina Giannini, Katie Johnson

Valentina Giannini, Katie Johnson, all the thematic experts (table ‘ETC/CCA thematic experts per sector policies’)

José Ramón Picatoste

1) On-going activity 2) Q4

1.4.3.1D2 Enhancement of Climate-ADAPT case studies and adaptation options 1) Case studies 2) Adaptation

options 3) Annual report on

the coverage and gap analysis, as part of D7

Emiliano Ramieri

Emiliano Ramieri, all the thematic experts (table ‘ETC/CCA thematic experts per sector policies’)


1) On-going activity 2) On-going activity 3) Q4

1.4.3.1D3 Systematic update and further development of Climate-ADAPT web content 1) Systematic

update of web content according to updating mechanism

2) AST revision 3) C3S


Valentina Giannini, Katie Johnson, all the experts listed in table ‘ETC/CCA experts per webpages’

José Ramón Picatoste, Sergio Castellari, Wouter Vanneuville

1) On-going

activity 2) Q3 3) Q433

1.4.3.1D4 Implementation of the Climate-ADAPT Dissemination Strategy 1) update

Wikipedia webpage

2) develop infographic

Selvaggia Santin, Fokke de Jong

Selvaggia Santin, Fokke de Jong, Valentina Giannini, Katie Johnson, Emiliano Ramieri, graphic


1) Q4 2) Q3

33 Timing dependent on C3S tender time schedule (currently unknown).




Date

3) participate in relevant conference(s) (T.B.D.)

4) Publication of News, Event and Newsletter

5) Webinar on Climate-ADAPT adaptation options

6) Webinar on transnational use cases of Climate-ADAPT

7) Fact sheets with summary of activities

designer (T.B.D.)

3) T.B.D. 4) On-going

activity 5) Q2

6) Q3

7) 15/01/2020; 15/07/2020

1.4.3.1D5 Climate-ADAPT management & Monitoring, Reporting and Evaluation 1) Management of

Climate-ADAPT 2) Implementation

of MR scheme


Valentina Giannini, Katie Johnson, Selvaggia Santin, Fokke de Jong, Emiliano Ramieri



2) Frequency as per Climate-ADAPT Strategy

1.4.3.1D6 IT related support Systematic correction of broken links


Valentina Giannini, Katie Johnson, Markus Leitner, Chiara Castellani


Once per quarter

1.4.3.1D7 Reporting all activities undertaken by ETC/CCA ETC/CCA Working Paper reporting all activities undertaken (also as part of D1, D2, D5) 1) 1st draft 2) final draft

Valentina Giannini, Katie Johnson Emiliano Ramieri

Valentina Giannini, Katie Johnson, Emiliano Ramieri


1) 30/06/2020 2) 15/12/2020





(Denmark)

ETC/CCA 2020 Kick-off meeting

(1 day, 1 night)

Valentina Giannini

8-9/6/2020 Copenhagen

(Denmark)

Climate-ADAPT session on AST

at the annual Eionet WS on

CCIVA


Markus Leitner

September 2020 Copenhagen

(Denmark)

ETC/CCA 2020 2nd Management

Committee meeting & 2021

planning meeting


Valentina Giannini

September 2020

(date T.B.D. taking

into account the

timing for 2021

planning)

Copenhagen

(Denmark)

ETC/CCA Climate-ADAPT

Thematic Expert Meeting


Valentina Giannini, Katie

Johnson, Emiliano

Ramieri or Chiara

Castellani, Selvaggia

Santin, Fokke de Jong,

Markus Leitner, Sonja

Völler, Serena Marras or

Valentina Mereu,

Thomas Dworak or

Magdalena Rogger,

Andrea Bigano, Jan

Mertl, Silvia Cocuccioni,

Katrine Jurish34

T.B.D. T.B.D. EU Conference(s)35 relevant for

Climate-ADAPT (T.B.D.) where

participation by ETC expert(s) is

planned within and funded by

other projects/initiatives

T.B.D.

34 Travel &Subsistence budget allocated under Task 1.4.2.2.

35 See Table ‘2020 Dissemination activities’.


Resources

Staff (hours)

Partner Experts name No of hours

CMCC Andrea Bigano 144

Katie Johnson 680

Selvaggia Santin 240

Serena Marras 144

Silvia Medri 80

Valentina Giannini 680

Valentina Mereu 144

CENIA Jan Mertl 104

EAA Markus Leitner 200

Sonja Voller 144

Wolfgang Lexer 96

EURAC Research Silvia Cocuccioni 192

FT Thomas Dworak 184

Magdalena Rogger 144

THETIS Emiliano Ramieri 288

Chiara Castellani 264

WENR Fokke de Jong 360

Partner T.B.D.36 Graphic designer T.B.D. 40

TOTAL 4128


N.A.

36 Resources temporarily allocated to CMCC and to be shifted to relevant Partner when the new expert is identified.


EEA project 1.4.5 Network and coordination

1.4.5.1 Eionet workshop and networking

Main managers

ETC task manager: Silvia Medri

EEA project manager: André Jol


Contribute to and participate in the 14th annual Eionet Workshop on climate change impacts,

vulnerability and adaptation (CCIVA)

Participate in the three annual NFP/Eionet meetings

Context

EEA organises one annual Eionet workshop on CCIVA and three NFP/Eionet meetings.

In 2020 the 14th Eionet workshop on CCIVA will be organised by the EEA (in June), with the purpose

of discussing on-going and planned work on CCIVA by the: EEA, European Commission, international

organisations and EEA Member Countries. In 2020 the EEA will organize also three annual

NFP/Eionet meetings (in February, May and October).


The ETC/CCA will participate and contribute to the 2020 Eionet workshop on CCIVA, including by

contributing to the preparation of the minutes of the workshop and follow-up report.

The ETC/CCA will participate in the 2020 three annual NFP/Eionet meetings (and attached regular

EEA/ETC coordination meetings), including by preparing related ETC documents upon EEA request.

Links

Potential linkages with other Tasks of the ETC/CCA AP2020: all Tasks.

Potential linkages with other ETCs: all ETCs.


Deliverable(s)



Date

1.4.5.1D1 Participation in the 14th Eionet Workshop on CCIVA, including support in preparing minutes and final meeting report

Silvia Medri

Silvia Medri

André Jol 08-09/06/2020

1.4.5.1D2 Participation in the three NFP/Eionet meetings: 1) 1st NFP/Eionet Meeting 2) 2nd NFP/Eionet Meeting 3) 3rd NFP/Eionet Meeting

Silvia Medri

Silvia Medri

André Jol 1) 04-05/02/2020 2) 26-27/05/2020 3) 06-07/10/2020



04-05/02/2020 Copenhagen (Denmark)

1st NFP/Eionet Meeting Silvia Medri


2nd NFP/Eionet Meeting Silvia Medri


14th Eionet Workshop on CCIVA Silvia Medri

06-07/10/2020 Venue T.B.D. (e.g. Prague)

3rd NFP/Eionet Meeting Silvia Medri

Resources

Staff (hours)


CMCC Silvia Medri 144

Total 144


N.A.


EEA project 1.4.6 ETC management

1.4.6.1 ETC/CCA management and coordination

Main managers

ETC task manager: Silvia Medri

ETC task deputy managers: Valentina Giannini, Lorella Reda

EEA project manager: André Jol


Coordinate and manage efficiently the ETC/CCA Consortium

• Validate the deliveries and contributions of the ETC/CCA, according to the Action Plan

• Maintain links to the Eionet (consultations of draft papers and reports)

• Review the ETC/CCA capacities and expertise in connection with the EEA Management Plan

• Secure resources and capacities to support the activities

• Prepare progress reports periodically and implement changes in the ETC/CCA work if needed.


The ETC/CCA Consortium Coordinating Team based at CMCC – composed of the Manager and

Scientific Coordinator Silvia Medri, the Scientific/Technical Deputy Manager Valentina Giannini and

the Administrative/Financial Deputy Manager Lorella Reda – will regularly coordinate

administrative/financial and technical/scientific work for the efficient running of the ETC/CCA.

Furthermore, the Coordinating Team will be responsible for the following activities.

(In relation to deliverables 1.4.6.1KD4-7) Coordination of the preparation of the three Quarterly

Progress Reports (QPRs) and the final report describing the progress of activities and budget use

by the ETC/CCA (with the contribution of all Partner Leaders37); coordination of the preparation

of the Consortium’s biannual financial reporting Financial Cost Statement (FCS) (with the

contribution of all Partner Leaders).

(In relation to deliverable 1.4.6.1D2) Organisation and preparation of and participation in the

annual ETC/CCA Kick-Off Meeting (during the first quarter of the year), involving Task Managers

as well as the responsible EEA staff (Partner Leaders can be requested to follow the meeting

virtually. Possibly some key experts might be asked to also participate in the meeting). This

meeting aims at launching the 2020 activities, supporting the continuity of work from one year

37 The “Partners Leaders” are the main contact persons for each Partner Institution in the ETC/CCA Consortium. They are entrusted with the responsibility to regularly network with and supply support to the Coordinating Team, e.g. by:

• efficiently coordinating and managing the team from their Organization within the ETC/CCA Consortium, on both the technical/scientific and administrative/financial sides;

• ensuring the quality and timing of deliveries and contributions by their team, according to the Action Plan (AP); • reviewing their team capacities and expertise according to relevant advise by the Coordinating Team; • securing from their side the proper use of the resources and capacities to support annual activities pursuant to

the AP, including to its possible changes and amendments as appropriate; • periodically contributing to the preparation of QPRs and FCSs.


to the subsequent one, assessing the main expected outcomes in the year for the various Tasks

and supporting the work planning.

(In relation to deliverable 1.4.6.1D3) Organisation, preparation of and participation in two

ETC/CCA Management Committee Meetings in the second and third quarter of the year

respectively. Participation is usually by videoconference in the first meeting and by physical

presence at the EEA premises in the second meeting. Additional similar meetings with Partner

Leaders, Task Managers and (possibly) Task Deputy Managers as well as the EEA staff might be

organized by electronic means depending on the needs emerging in the course of the year.

These meetings aim at assessing the work progress and the budget use in the various Tasks,

planning future steps and addressing any problems that might emerge.

In order to reduce travel costs and CO2 emissions and to effectively use experts’ time, these

meetings will be organized as much as possible back-to-back with other planned EEA meetings (such

as the NFP/Eionet meetings or the Eionet workshops) or by using information and communication

technologies (ICTs) (e.g. phone- or Web- conferencing).

Links

Linkages with other Tasks of the ETC/CCA AP2020: all Tasks

Potential linkages with other ETCs: all ETCs (on ETCs management issues).


Deliverable(s)

No Description ETC

(Sub)task

manager

Team EEA

responsible

Date

1.4.6.1D1 Coordination and

management of the

ETC/CCA

Silvia

Medri

Coordinating

Team and

Partner Leaders

André Jol On-going

activity

1.4.6.1D2 Organization of and

participation in the

ETC/CCA 2020 Kick-

Off meeting

(physical)

Silvia

Medri

Coordinating

Team, Partner

Leaders and Task

Managers

André Jol January 2020

1.4.6.1D3 Organization of and

participation in the:

1) ETC/CCA 1st

Management

Committee meeting

(virtual)

2) ETC/CCA 2020 2nd

Management

Committee meeting

& 2021 planning

meeting (physical)

Silvia

Medri

Coordinating

Team, Partner

Leaders and Task

Managers

André Jol

1) May 2020

2) September

2020

1.4.6.1KD4 First Quarterly

Progress Report

(QPR1/2020)

Silvia

Medri

Coordinating

Team, Partner

Leaders and Task

Managers

André Jol 30/04/2020

1.4.6.1KD5 Second Quarterly

Progress Report

(QPR2/2020)

Silvia

Medri

Coordinating

Team, Partner

Leaders and Task

Managers


1.4.6.1KD6 Third Quarterly

Progress Report

(QPR3/2020)

Silvia

Medri

Coordinating

Team, Partner

Leaders and Task

Managers


1.4.6.1KD8 2021 Draft Action

Plan

Silvia

Medri

Coordinating

Team, Partner

Leaders and Task

Managers


1.4.6.1KD7 Fourth Quarterly

Progress Report

(QPR4/2020)

Silvia

Medri

Coordinating

Team, Partner

Leaders and

Task Managers





January

2020

Copenhagen

(Denmark)

ETC/CCA 2020 Kick-Off

meeting (1 day, 1 night)

Coordinating Team, Partner Leaders38

and Task Managers39

September

2020

Copenhagen

(Denmark)

ETC/CCA 2020 2nd

Management Committee

meeting & 2021 planning

meeting


Coordinating Team, Partner Leaders

and Task Managers40

38 Partner Leaders that are not Task Managers will attend only 1 meeting of the 2 (Kick-Off meeting; 2nd Management Committee meeting & 2021 planning meeting). The selection of who will participate in which of the two meetings will be made later according to both work needs and expert availability.

39 Travel & Subsistence and Staff budget for Task Managers allocated under respective Tasks.

40 Travel & Subsistence and Staff budget for Task Managers allocated under respective Tasks.


Resources

Staff (hours)

Partner (Partner Leaders) Name No of hours

CMCC Lorella Reda 864

Silvia Medri 1428

Valentina Giannini 240

CENIA Tereza Kochová 24

Climate Alliance Lea Kleinenkuhnen 16

DCE-AU Marianne Zandersen41 16

EAA Markus Leitner42 16

EURAC Research Marc Zebisch43 16

FC.ID Tiago Capela Lourenço 24

FT Thomas Dworak 24

Met Office Paul van der Linden44 16

PBL Jelle van Minnen 24

SYKE Mikael Hildén 24

THETIS Emiliano Ramieri 24

UFZ Andreas Marx45 24

VITO Filip Lefebre 24

WENR Fokke de Jong 24

Total 2828


500 € (for IT devices for the ETC Coordinating Team)

41 Travel & Subsistence and Staff budget for Kick-Off meeting and 2nd Management Committee meeting & 2021 planning meeting allocated in Task 1.4.2.3

42 Travel & Subsistence and Staff budget for Kick-Off meeting and 2nd Management Committee meeting & 2021 planning meeting allocated in Task 1.4.2.1

43 Travel & Subsistence and Staff budget for Kick-Off meeting allocated in Task 1.4.1.1 and for 2nd Management Committee meeting & 2021 planning meeting allocated in Task 1.4.1.3.

44 Travel & Subsistence and Staff budget for Kick-Off meeting and 2nd Management Committee meeting & 2021 planning meeting allocated in Task 1.4.1.2.

45 Travel & Subsistence and Staff budget for 2nd Management Committee meeting & 2021 planning meeting allocated in Task 1.4.1.3.

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