Reporting on RTD and Systematic Observation

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Reporting on RTD and Systematic Observation
UNFCCC Workshop on the preparation of the
Fourth NC from Annex I Parties Dublin, 30/9-1/10
2004
Domenico Rossetti di Valdalbero Hartmut
Behrend European Commission E-mail
Domenico.Rossetti-di-Valdalbero_at_cec.eu.int Hartmut
.Behrend_at_cec.eu.int
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POLICY IMPLICATIONS

• EU research on climate change is increasingly
  policy-driven
• Important drivers for policy-related research
• Reaching the ultimate objective of the UNFCCC and
  the EU target under the Kyoto Protocol
• International co-operation with other Parties
• EU-US research co-operation
• Large contribution of EU research to IPCC
  assessment reports
• Close co-operation between European Commission
  DG, in particular between DG Research and DG
  Environment
• Opportunities for and free and open exchange of
  data will be highlighted
• Action plan for climate change in the context of
  development co-operation includes research as a
  key element (to be adopted by the European
  Council in November)

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A. GENERAL POLICY ON FUNDING OF RTD AND
SYSTEMATIC OBSERVATION

• Third largest EU policy in budgetary terms
• Scientific, technological and socio-economic
  issues
• Sustainable development and GHG reductions as a
  leitmotiv in the various EU RTD priorities
• Sixth RTD Framework Programme (FP6), major tool
  for building the European research Area
• EU Lisbon (competitiveness), Gothenburg (SD) and
  Barcelona (3 of GDP for RTD)

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FP6 17.5 B. FOR RTD

• 1 Genomics and biotechnology for health 2 255
• Advanced genomics and applications for health 1
  100
• Combatting major diseases 1 155

2 Information Society technologies 3 625
3 Nanotechnologies and nano-sciences,
knowledge-base multifunctional materials, new
production processes and devices 1 300
4 Aeronautics and space 1 075
5 Food quality and safety 685

• 6 Sustainable development, global change and
  ecosystems 2 120
• Sustainable energy systems 810
• Sustainable surface transports 610
• Global change and ecosystems 700

7 Citizens and governance in a knowledge-based
society 225
8 Specific activities covering a wider field of
research 1 300
Total 13 345
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B. RESEARCH

• This chapter will be structured according to
• Climate processes and climate system studies
• Modelling and prediction, including General
  Circulation Models
• Impact of climate change
• Socio-economic analysis, including impact and
  response options
• RD of mitigation and adaptation technologies
• RTD projects will be listed and most important
  results highlighted.
• This presentation lists the most important RTD
  initiatives.

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B. RESEARCHSD, GLOBAL CHANGE AND ECOSYSTEMS

• Sustainable energy systems clean energy, energy
  savings, alternative motor fuels, fuel cells,
  energy carriers/transport/storage
• Sustainable surface transport environmentally
  friendly transport, safety, interoperability
• Global change and ecosystems GHG emissions,
  water cycle, biodiversity and ecosystems, natural
  disasters, land management, climate observation,
  complementary research, cross-cutting issues

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SUSTAINABLE ENERGY SYSTEMS

• Clean energy, in particular renewables
• Cost effective supply
• Large scale integration
• Energy savings and energy efficiency
• Eco-buildings
• Polygeneration
• Alternative motor fuels
• Fuel cells, including their applications
• New technologies for energy carriers,
  particularly H2
• New and advanced concepts in renewable energy
  technologies
• Capture and sequestration of CO2
• Socio-economic tools and concepts for energy
  strategy

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SUSTAINABLE SURFACE TRANSPORT

• New technologies and concepts for all surface
  transport modes (road, rail and waterborne)
• Advanced design and production techniques
• Re-balancing and integrating different transport
  modes
• Increasing road, rail and waterborne safety and
  avoiding traffic congestion

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GLOBAL CHANGE AND ECOSYSTEMS

• Impact and mechanisms of GHG emissions and
  atmospheric pollutants on climate, ozone
  depletion and carbon sinks
• Water cycle, including soil-related aspects
• Biodiversity and ecosystems
• Mechanisms of desertification and natural
  disasters
• Strategies for sustainable land management,
  including coastal zones, agricultural land and
  forests
• Operational forecasting and modelling including
  global climatic change observation systems
• Complementary research
• Cross-cutting issue SD concepts and tools

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GLOBAL CHANGE AND ECOSYSTEMS Area 1

• Carbon and nitrogen cycles sources and sinks
• Atmospheric pollutants and their regional impacts
• Climate dynamics and variability
• Prediction of climate change and its impacts
• Stratospheric ozone and climate interactions
• Adaptation and mitigation strategies
• Environment and health

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CROSS-CUTTING ISSUES

• Models World and/or EU coverage, Energy, Economy
  and Environment interactions (POLES, GEM-E3,
  NEMESIS, MARKAL,), focused on specific
  technologies (SAFIRE, GREEN-X for renewables or
  MURE for energy efficiency,)
• Externalities Quantification of social and
  environmental damages (EXTERNE, GREENSENSE,
  METHODEX, NEEDS,)
• Social acceptability Eurobarometer, Delphi
  methods, EASW,

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OTHER EU RTD INITIATIVES

• Technology platforms for Hydrogen and
  Photovoltaic (to involve the main stakeholders
  and to catalyse substantial private investments)
• International Cooperation CSLF, IPHE, JREC
• European Growth initiative Proposal for H2
  economy - Quick-start  project H2 production
  and electricity generation, and  hydrogen
  communities  by 2004-2015 ( 2.8 B)
• GMES state and evolution of the global
  environment support to EC EAP, to civil
  protection for prevention, monitoring and
  assessment of natural and man-made hazards, to EC
  Common Agricultural, Fisheries and Regional
  development policies, to development and
  humanitarian aid, EU CFSP

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OTHER EU RTD INITIATIVES

• Nanotechnologies Horizontal, key or enabling
  technology (10-9 or tens of thousands smaller
  than a human hair)
• Environmental Technologies Action Plan (ETAP) to
  mobilise all stakeholders and to ensure that the
  EU takes a leading role in developing and
  applying ET
• Infrastructure FP6 in Climate
• Environmental reaction chambers, for studying
  athmospheric processes 
• Experts in airborne measurements
• Remote sensing, satellites offer relevant
  information on the environment state and
  evolution in the world (OASIS)
• Arctic Lidar Observatory for Middle Atmospheric
  Research, including two rocket launches (ALOMAR)

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C. SYSTEMATIC OBSERVATION

• Member States are in general responsible for
  systematic observation in their own territory
• European Commission is one of the 4 co-chairs of
  Global Earth Observation System of Systems
  (GEOSS)
• Global Monitoring for Environment and Security
  (GMES) is the most important contribution of
  Europe to GEOSS
• EU supports close co-ordination between GEOSS and
  Global Climate Observing System (GCOS)
• EU Joint Research Centre is the Global
  Atmospheric Watch regional data Centre on aerosol
  regional Stations
• Member States submit different data sets to the
  European Commission, like data on air quality

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CONCLUSIONS

• Researchers have a double role to play in the
  Climate Change issue to provide the scientific
  basis and the new clean technologies
• Public authorities need to address and to
  support, for eg. by RTD, the public questions
  (air pollution, global warming,)
• After the European Research Area, a World
  Research Area should tackle in a rigorous and
  scientific way the major global issues
• More information about EU RTD and policies
• http//www.cordis.lu/en/home.html
• http//europa.eu.int