JRC Institute for Environment and Sustainability 1 Institute for Environment and Sustainability Prof. Dr Leen Hordijk Director
Our strategic goals JRC Institute for Environment and Sustainability 2 Strategic Goals The greening of Europe The global sustainable management of natural resources Approach Integrated framework connecting drivers, pressures, state, impacts, and policy responses Economy Address environment and society Analyse and balance options Deliver integrated impact assessments Sustainable Management Society Environment
Our role & approach JRC Institute for Environment and Sustainability 3 Within the JRC Thematic Area Sustainable Management of Natural Resources IES role is to: Develop a systems-based approach to the sustainable management of natural resources on pan-european and global scales Pool abilities to measure, map and describe elements of the Earth System (atmosphere-hydrosphere-biosphere-pedosphere) with our models Assimilate our observations at European and global levels to provide forecasts and scenarios Provide facts, forecasts and scenarios that help us understand how we: - manage strategic resources in a sustainable manner - provide for economic and social well-being of citizens - respond to the effects of climate change - preserve biodiversity - support the less developed world in meeting their development goals Environmental and socio-economic scenarios will provide guidance for priority setting and selecting policy options for the future.
Our scientific objectives JRC Institute for Environment and Sustainability 4 Natural Resources State and Change - prospects on water - challenge of agricultural production and sustainable supply - air pollution - land and its use - demand and supply cycle of natural resources Global Change - adaptation and impacts of climate change policies on EU natural resources - global forest assessments - science for a stronger biodiversity policy Digital Earth - Earth observation for the monitoring of natural resources - information infrastructure for integrated assessments Integrated Modelling Platform for Sustainability Assessment - integration of modelling tools - support the development of indicators to monitor and measure progress
JRC Institute for Environment and Sustainability 5 Organisational Chart IES, February 2011 Director Leen HORDIJK Adviser for Health and Environment Interactions Peter PÄRT H02 Climate Change and Air Quality Unit Frank RAES H01 Management Support Unit Neil HUBBARD H03 Global Environment Monitoring Unit Alan BELWARD H04 Monitoring Agricultural Resources Unit Simon KAY (acting) H05 Rural, Water and Ecosystem Resources Unit Giovanni BIDOGLIO Total staff: ca. 470 H06 Spatial Data Infrastructures Unit Alessandro ANNONI H07 Land Management and Natural Hazards Unit Guido SCHMUCK H08 Sustainability Assessment Constantin CIUPAGEA
Natural resources - State and change JRC Institute for Environment and Sustainability 6 Prospects on water EFAS European Flood Alert System EDO European Drought Observatory Agricultural production and sustainable supply
Natural resources - State and change JRC Institute for Environment and Sustainability 7 Air pollution Land and its use Demand/supply cycle of natural resources
Global Change JRC Institute for Environment and Sustainability 8 Impacts of climate change and adaptation European Forest Fire Information System Forest assessments / EFFIS / deforestation Science for a stronger biodiversity policy
Digital Earth JRC Institute for Environment and Sustainability 9 Earth observation for monitoring of natural resources GMES Sentinel 3 NH 3 from Agriculture 2005 1986 2000 2007 Information infrastructure for integrated assessments
Integrated modelling platform for sustainability assessment JRC Institute for Environment and Sustainability 10 Integration of modelling tools Manufacturing and Retail Use Resource Extraction and Processing Footprints Goods and Services Re-use, Recycling, Energy Recovery, Disposal CO 2 Supporting the sustainable development strategy and other policies with composite indicators
Example: Analysis of the impact of climate change JRC Institute for Environment and Sustainability 11 Dynamic models of land-use Exposure Vulnerability Scenarios of land-use Socio-economic scenarios Bio-physical models (hydro, agro, soil...) Potential disasters Climate models Climate scenarios at high resolution Risks
EU Collaborations JRC Institute for Environment and Sustainability 12 EU National Institutes PEER (ALTERRA, CEH, CEMAGREF, NERI, SYKE, UFZ, JRC-IES), European Soil Bureau Network (ESBN), Air Quality Reference Laboratories European agencies and networks EEA, ESA, ECMWF, EMEP UNECE ICPDR (International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River)
Global Collaborations JRC Institute for Environment and Sustainability 13 African Institutions AUC, Regional Economical Centres, African Regional Center for Mapping of Resources for Development (RCMRD), CSIR Global Organisations FAO, WHO, WMO, GEO / GEOSS, UNEP, Stockholm Convention, UNFCCC, UNCCD, UN CBD, IIASA Ms. Karin Zaunberger (DG Environment) and L. Montanarella (JRC)
Example: IES UN collaborations underpinning our policy support role JRC Institute for Environment and Sustainability 14 DG ENV DG CLIMA DG DEVCO UNCLRTAP UNFCCC UNCBD UNCCD air pollution climate change biodiversity desertification EMEP European Monitoring & Evaluation Programme IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change GCOS Global Climate Observing System MA Millennium Ecosystem Assessment Gg CO 2 -eq. per grid cell 0 0.01 0.01 0.1 0.1 1 1 10 10 25 25 50 50 100 100 200
Key Information Systems, Databases JRC Institute for Environment and Sustainability 15 Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research (EDGAR) WMO World Data Centre for Aerosols Technical Secretariat of INSPIRE / European Geoportal European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS) European Forest Data Centre (EFDAC) European Flood Alert System (EFAS) Soil Databases (Europe, Africa & Northern Circumpolar Region) European Soil Data Centre (ESDAC) Global Land Cover 2000 Database MARS global crop monitoring databases and yield forecasting systems (GW, MCYFS) Databases on Good Agricultural & Environmental Conditions (GAEC), Farm Advisory Systems (FAS); WikiCAP site for spot checks according to Reg. 1122/09 CAP direct payments Community Image Data Portal (CID), holding 30 TB of satellite imagery Assessing Protected Areas in Africa Tool (APAAT) EU Water Initiative Communication & Information System (EUWI-CIS / AquaKnow project) Database on burnt areas in Africa
JRC Institute for Environment and Sustainability 16 Thank you! Leendert.Hordijk@ec.europa.eu http://ies.jrc.ec.europa.eu