Adaptation Clearinghouse for Europe and EEA information needs

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1 Workshop IS-ENES (InfraStructure for the European Network for Earth System Modelling) on Bridging Climate Research Data and the Needs of the Impact Community, January 2011, EEA/Copenhagen Adaptation Clearinghouse for Europe and EEA information needs André Jol European Environment Agency (Head of group vulnerability and adaptation)

2 The EEA mission The European Environment Agency is the EU body dedicated to providing sound, independent information on the environment We are a main information source for those involved in developing, adopting, implementing and evaluating environmental policy, and also the general public EEA clients are European Commission, European Parliament, Council, EEA member countries Policy influencers: NGOs, business, media, advisory groups, scientists, debaters General public

3 3 EEA and member/collaborating countries

4 About 300 national institutions European environment information and observation network (Eionet) National focal points European topic centres National reference centres Other institutions

5 Implementation of the White Paper on Adaptation Covers the period : Outlines an action plan on four PILLARS PILLAR I Strengthen the Knowledge/ Evidence Base PILLAR II Mainstream climate Adaptation into key policy areas PILLAR III policy instruments for adapt financing PILLAR IV Stepping up International cooperation on Adaptation

6 Key EU policy processes with (climate change) information needs Water Framework Directive and Floods Directive (River basin management plans needed by 2009 and 2015, flood risk assessment by 2011 and plans by 2015) and Water Scarcity and Droughts strategy, assessment by 2012 Nature protection directives and implementation of the Natura2000 network; policies to halt biodiversity loss (2010 target), post Strategy on Biodiversity Marine Strategy Framework Directive, initial assessment by 2012; Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) Other, e.g.: agriculture (CAP), forestry (Green paper 2010), health, natural disaster reduction (Communication 2009), SEA/IEA Directive (review of IEA in 2010) Commission discussion on mainstreaming in EU policies in 2011 Environmental accounting (UN System of Environmental-Economic Accounting, SEEA) in particular for water accounts

7 EU Clearinghouse Users: governments (EU, national) initially Objectives: Facilitate collection and dissemination of information Assist effective uptake by decision makers Contribute to more co-ordination (sectoral policies, institutional level) Key principles: Co-ordinate with national knowledge platforms Focus on EU and transboundary value added Open and interoperable platform Phased approach: Phase I by early 2012 (cooperation of Commission, EEA, JRC)

8 EU Climate Change Adaptation Clearinghouse Climate change observations and scenarios GMES - Essential climate variables Link with GFCS + regional / national centers Land-use, water, socio-economic observations, statistics and scenarios Impacts & Vulnerability Integration information on climate, land-use, water, ecosystems, socio-economic variables Exposure to impacts, sensitivity and adaptive capacity Detailed geographical and sectoral perspective Vulnerability indicators, policyoriented Adaptation plans and strategies Information on existing adaptation strategies, key institutions and stakeholders Joint activities between MS and third countries (research, adaptation measures) Practical tools for the development of adaptation policy Adaptation measures, actions Extended database of measures Typology Assessment of environmental, social, economic impacts Identifying noregret measures Contractor to DG CLIMA, up to Feb 2012, EEA to maintain and manage afterwards DG CLIMA + ENV manage, EEA and JRC in management group (other DGs involved like DG SANCO, AGRI, MARE, REGIO, RTD) Countries, researchers, others in WG on knowledge base Various prototypes to be tested/evaluated in 2011 by User Forum

9 Users The focus for Implementation Phase 1 will be mainly on decision makers, working on the development and implementation of strategies for adaptation to climate change National and regional policy-makers Agencies, boundary organizations and research projects

10 Sectors All key sectors that are relevant for common European policies: Water management Agriculture and forests Biodiversity/nature protection (terrestrial, freshwater) Coastal areas Marine (biodiversity) and fisheries Health (human, animal, plant) Infrastructure (transport, energy, other) Financial instruments and insurance Disaster risk reduction

11 Geographical scale EU / national level data, vulnerability information and good practices in adaptation action for those issues and sectors for which there is EU legislation additional national information, focusing on countries and regions with operational information systems

12 Tools Provide information on and references to relevant tools (e.g. models, assessment methods etc.) Provide tools integrated in the Adaptation Clearinghouse for Europe Wizard like guidance tool Simple and easy to use spatial tool

13 National adaptation strategies (but also many regional, city and project initiatives) Adopted a NAS Finland (2005) France (2006) Spain (2006) Netherlands (2007) Denmark (2008) Germany (2008) United Kingdom (2008) Preparing a NAS Austria Belgium Estonia Ireland Latvia Switzerland Hungary (2008) Norway (2008) Sweden (2009) Portugal (2010) Source: EEA, 2010; PEER, 2009

14 Example of national plan/portal (DK)

15 Example of national plan/portal (UK)

16 Examples of national plan/portal (DE)

17 EEA reports relevant for CC IVA (2008/2010)

18 EEA reports on biodiversity/ecosystems (2010)

19 Impacts of Europe s changing climate (EEA/JRC/WHO, 2008; update in 2012) Atmosphere and climate Cryosphere (glaciers, snow and ice) Marine biodiversity and ecosystems Water quantity Freshwater quality and biodiversity Terrestrial ecosystems and biodiversity Soil Agriculture and forestry Human health Vulnerability and economic aspects (sectors)

20 SOER 2010 (Nov 2010): thematic assessments on understanding climate change, adapting to climate change Thematic assessments Understanding climate change Mitigating climate change Adapting to climate change Biodiversity Land use Soil Marine and coastal environment Consumption and environment Material resources and waste Water resources: quantity & flows Freshwater quality Air pollution Urban environment Assessment of global megatrends Social megatrends Technological megatrends Economic megatrends Environmental megatrends Political megatrends Country assessments Country profiles National and regional stories Common environmental themes Climate change mitigation Land use Nature protection & biodiversity Waste Freshwater Air pollution Each EEA member country (32) and EEA cooperating country (6) assessed all six environmental themes above.

21 Indicators can be linked to the policy cycle

22 Climate change impact and vulnerability indicators data needs 'Essential Climate Variables' needed (WMO/GCOS, Global Climate Observing System) Climate services being developed globally and in Europe (WMO Global Framework for Climate Services) Sustained funding for monitoring (in situ and satellite) needed (GCOS implementation plan 2010) GMES (Global Monitoring and Environmental Security) projects on land, marine, atmosphere should fill key data gaps (reanalysis, long time series needed) Climate scenarios needed at detailed spatial scales/river basins (uncertainty must be communicated) 22

23 Example: vulnerability indicator future flood damage 23 Source: Feyen et al. (JRC-IES), 2010

24 Vulnerability indicators Multiple interpretations, definitions and methods and different expert communities (climate change vulnerability/adaptation; natural hazards/disaster risk prevention) Most challenging: concept of adaptive capacity Aggregated vulnerability indices: normative choices/weighting factors on aggregation of monetary, human health and other nonmarket impacts and many other assumptions Many ways to present: e.g. total risk or risk per capita; total change or percent change Crucial starting point: clarity over primary purpose and transparency in data used 24

25 EEA requirements for climate observations/projections Long-term time series (incl extreme events), need for reanalysis Spatial resolution (e.g. river catchments, sea basins, biogeographic regions) Pan-European Consistency (time, space and between variables also for socio-economic variables) Quality (fit for purpose) Transparent format of data (accessible and available)

26 GMES (Global Monitoring for Environment and Security) and EEA User of pre-operational services GMES In-Situ Coordination GIO (GMES Initial Operation) Land service coordination Advice on other GMES services, incl possible climate service Land Monitoring (geoland2) Ocean Monitoring (MyOcean) Atmosphere Monitoring (MACC) Emergency Response (SAFER)

27 European environmental data centres and information systems European data centres under responsibility of EEA European air pollution data centre European biodiversity data centre European climate change data centre Environmental data centre for land use European water data centre Data centres under responsibility of EUROSTAT European data centre for waste Environmental Data Centre on Natural Resources and Products Data centres under responsibility of Joint Research Centre (JRC) European soil data centre (ESDAC). European forest data centre (EFDAC).

28 Biodiversity Information System for Europe and the biodiversity baseline

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31 EEA main priorities in 2011 Resource efficiency, the green economy and physical ecosystem accounting Climate change mitigation and adaptation Implementation of new information technology and communications systems to support environmental observation, monitoring, reporting and assessment Supporting environmental reporting within the European Neighbourhood Policy and the Arctic

32 Some key relevant reports in 2011/2012 Cities and vulnerability/adaptation (2011) Freshwater (2012) Coastal (2012) Climate change impacts and vulnerability (2012)

33 Conclusions Need for climate change monitoring and reanalysis and for high resolution climate scenarios at right scales; uncertainties should be communicated. Need for enhanced monitoring/reporting of climate change impacts to raise awareness and help identify sectors/regions most vulnerable/at risk Consistency between climate and socio-economic scenarios (vulnerability/risk) should be improved Sharing data and information through national platforms and the planned EU Clearinghouse Clarify link with Climate Services (national and EU; IS-ENES and possible future GMES)

34 Thank you for your attention