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European State of the Environment and
Outlook Report 2010 – Part C
Milan Chrenko, NFP/Eionet coordinator
1) What is “S” “O” “E” “R”?
“European State of the Environment and
Outlook Report 2010”
EEA flagship product
E = “Environment” Natural media (e.g. air, water, soil) Living systems
Biodiversity: species, habitats, ecosystems and services!
Human: urban/rural
1) What is “S” “O” “E” “R”?
Member countries
Cooperating countries
E = “Europe” for EEA=
32 Member Countries +
6 West Balkans (Cooperating)
1) What is “S” “O” “E” “R”?
R = “Report”
• An obligation under EEA Regulation
• Art.2 vi: “Publish a report on the state of, trends in and prospects for the environment every five years.”
• Art.2 ii: “Provide the Commission and Members States with the objective information necessary for framing and implementing sound and effective environmental policies.”
1) What is “S” “O” “E” “R”?R = Other “Report” Goals• Fulfil EEA mission: “Support sustainable development
and help achieve significant and measurable improvement in Europe’s environment by providing timely, targeted, relevant and reliable information to policy-making agents and the public”.
• More global and long-term focus• “Europe in the world”: reduce impacts on global
environment• “The world in Europe”: implications of global trends
• Link to Pan-European report and global assessments• Continuous reporting/SEIS
1) What is “S” “O” “E” “R”?
S = “State”• …of environment• DPSIR framework
• “Drivers”, “Pressures”, “Impacts” on “State” of environment• Negative (e.g. D=transport, I=pollution)• Positive (e.g. D=improved sewage treatment, I=less fish kills)
• Response/Solution• How to improve “State” in the future• E.g. policies/regulation, communications, investments
O = “Outlooks”?• What will happen to “Pressures”, “State” and “Impact” over time
• “Business as usual” or other “scenarios” for D and R
1) What is “S” “O” “E” “R”?
In summary…
The EEA will produce a “European” “report” for 2010, covering 38 countries, on the current state of the environment, how we got to that state, what that state might be by 2020, what is being done and what could be done to improve that state… plus more, as you will see.
Part C in SOER context
AExploratory
assessment
•Global drivers•Megatrends•Uncertainties•Long-term policy
implications
CCountry
specific analyses
•Diversity•Commonality•Flexibilty
BEEA+6 wide
system analysis
•Atmosphere•Freshwater•Marine•Terrestrial•Human
Synthesis Integrated Analysis (Reflecting – Reviewing – Rethinking)
Europe of concerted national environmental effort
“By using a combination of describing trends and highlighting solutions we want to show that Europe has, through the strong common environmental policy framework that distinguishes it from almost any other part of the world, worked to deliver environmental improvements for the benefit of its citizens”
Vision for Part C
Content of Part C
• Covering 38 countries
• Complementing European benchmarking in Part B with detailed country-level analyses
• Enabling countries to focus on common issues from national perspective
• Bringing out diversity of country realities
• Providing platform for communicating issues of particular national concern
• Assessments by countries, guided by EEA
• Creating process for regular, rather than ad-hoc, reporting
Part C – country-level analysesCommonality • 6 common issues (air pollution, climate change mitigation, nature
protection and biodiversity, land, freshwater, waste)• DPSIR entry point• including outlook 2020
Diversity• Country differences and uniqueness linked to key geographical,
cultural and socio-economic challenges• Socioeconomic long term outlooks, scenarios (beyond
environment)
Flexibility• Highlighting regional issues, good practice/success stories at country
level, and/or tackling global issues at national level• Open for outlooks component
Timetable
2009 Commonality Diversity/Flexibility
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun Draft Air & Water
First Draft Div
Jul
Aug EEA Review EEA Review
Sep Draft Land & Bio
Oct EEA Review Second Draft Div
Nov Draft CC & Waste
Dec EEA Review First Draft Flex
2010 Commonality Diversity/Flexibility
Jan EEA Review
Feb Second Draft
Mar Second Draft Flex
Apr EEA Review
May
Jun Final Draft
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov Launch
Dec Country launches (?)
Part C on the web
• Individual country web sites residing on an EEA web server. Content maintained by the country itself via a web form template
• Each country maintains its own web site at national level and provides inputs into the EEA Part C portal through “RSS/RDF feeds”
• A combination of these two options
Part C and Forward-looking information
• Component on forward-looking information in Diversity and Commonality parts
• Several countries addressed forward-looking information in their 1st drafts of Diversity and Commonality
• Possibility to include - in Flexibility - integrated forward- looking assessment approach using:
• SEIS Forward
• Findings of Blossom project
• Linking all three parts together
• Discuss with your NFP/Part C coordinator possibilities for cooperation on forward-looking component of Part C
Coordination - Part C
•Coordination:
• EEA Part C Team
• National Focal Points/Part C coordinators in 38 countries
•Contributors:
• National Reference Centers for State of the Environment, NRCs for thematic areas
•EEA Reviewers: Part C team/Part B theme teams
SOER 2010 Portal
http://soer2010.ew.eea.europa.eu/
NRC FLIS ToR (1)
In the short term (2009/10):
• Review and comments on EEA products/processes
• SEIS/ SEIS- Forward (including Forward-looking reports and indicators)
• SOER part A
• Contribution to SCP / sectoral scenario activities
• Participation in meetings and working groups
• Participate in relevant meetings
• Two specific Eionet meetings per year
• Information delivery/ reporting/ support to scenario building
• Facilitate exchange of information
• Coordinate activities between different institutions in the countries
NRC FLIS ToR (2)
In the Long run (2011-13)
• Review and comments on EEA products/processes
• Review forward looking reports
• Participation in meetings and working groups
• Participate in capacity building exercises
• Participate in relevant Scenario activities
• Information delivery / reporting / support to scenario building
• Providing good practice information from EEA member countries
• Facilitate exchange of information
• Support to SEIS- Forward, on-site management of country information (access to forward looking indicators, scenarios etc.)
NRC FLIS policy processes to support
• Contribution to SEIS/ SEIS- FORWARD (content input)• EU Sustainable Development Strategy (SDS) – review
and policy learning• Green Economy Initiative/ renewed Lisbon agenda• EU 7th EAP• Environmental Action Plan• Priority setting for EU 7th and 8th Research
Framework Programme• EU action plan on SCP / Sectoral policies• RIO + 20 Process & Conference 2012• European & Global Assessments (ENERGY, UNEP, etc.)