1. Workshop - climate change adaptation in WFD analysis
22nd of January 2009
ClimateWater: Bridging the Gap between Adaptation Strategies of Climate Change Impacts and European Water Policies
Dr. Britta Kastens*
*Institute of Environmental Systems Research/ University of Osnabrück

2. The main focus is on adaptation measures in the context of Climate Change and Water Policy
1: Analysis and synthesis of water-related impacts
2: Analysis and synthesis of methodologies of adaptation measures
3: Identification of research needs
4: Identifying and bridging gaps in water related European policies

3. ClimateWater consists of 6 Work Packages
WP1
Project Coordination WP
2 Impacts
WP3 Adaptation
WP4
Research Needs
WP6 Dissemination
WP5
Gaps in EU Policies

4. UOS will lead Sub-WP 3.5 and WP 5
WP 3.5 Building adaptive capacities:
Training and education programmes
Development of communication strategies
Securing of funds for preventive and control actions (development of insurance systems)
WP 5 Identifying and bridging gaps in water related European policies
Water Framework Directive
Flood Directive
Green Paper
Common Agricultural Policy
European Water Initiative

5. …and we can build upon experiences from the NeWater project
“New Approaches to Adaptive Water Management under Uncertainty”
Transdisciplinary Research Project: FP6 EU
January 2005 – February 2009, 37 project partners

6. SP 6: Cross-comparison of CC adaptation strategies across regions
Experienced/ expected changes and impacts due to climate change
Drivers for development of adaptation strategy
Specified adaptation strategy and adaptation measures
Barriers for adaptation
Status of adaptation strategy implementation
Krysanova et al. 2008; Huntjens 2009

7. SP 10: AWM section in European WISE-RTD

8. Conclusions for this meeting
No panaceas, but diagnostic (and sometimes also pragmatic) approaches
Options for experimentation and evaluation:
Share experiences from demonstration activities and promote learning cycles
development of methodologies and scenarios of water related aspects and potential implementation of water policies
Support for governance procedures at implementation level
Comparative analysis of adaptation strategies of European policies and initiatives  harmonizing cross-sectoral activities

9. More details: www.climatewater.org www.newater.info