1. The Role of Environmental Monitoring in the Green Economy Strategy K Nathan Hill March 2010

2. Objectives for Green Economy Strategy Secondment in Environmental Monitoring Develop a high level roadmap for NERC Knowledge Exchange activities in the Environmental Monitoring domain Develop a set of strategic goals linked to NERC strategy and a tactical plan for achieving these goals. – Including organisational aspects within NERC, relationships with industry and stakeholders, and resources required

3. Scope The initial scope matches directly Environmental Monitoring areas within the Technology Theme. This will enables benefit from the work already undertaken in linking underpinning technology requirements to drivers in the six science themes The scope includes all forms of Knowledge Exchange / Economic Impact, but will have a greater focus on commercial / industrial outcomes than on policy / societal benefits The scope includes environmental monitoring instrumentation and the beneficiaries / users of such instrumentation and the data arising from use of such instruments Consider as broad as possible a set of stakeholder organisations within NERC, its stakeholders, funded research activities and industry, but retain an outward facing focus in order to provide external input to NERC

4. The Green Economy The term “Green Economy” has been used to describe the emerging economy which – Makes optimal use of environmental resources and processes – Understands environmental constraints and the process of environmental change – Develops and implements technologies and solutions that ensure environmental sustainability

5. Knowledge Exchange in the Green Economy In many areas of Knowledge Exchange market needs can be mapped, and the needs for disruptive and incremental changes understood. NERC is in a different position. With the growing realisation of the impacts of climate change and environmental impact, the world (including business) is looking for: – Prediction of likely climate / environmental changes – Prediction of their practical impact on business activities – Actions that need to be taken to mitigate these impacts – Business opportunities that arise from this environmental understanding – Technologies, solutions and policy changes that enable the actions

6. Environmental Markets: FTSE Environmental Opportunities Index Renewable & Alternative EnergyEnergy EfficiencyWater Infrastructure & TechnologiesPollution ControlWaste Management & TechnologiesEnvironmental Support Services This index, with 472 constituent companies (104 UK based), is one way of measuring that part of the economy that considers itself to be dependent on the environment as providing the enabling opportunity for its business

7. Measurement Capability

8. Industry acts as provider and customer

9. Deployment in the Environment

10. Definition of Environmental Monitoring This is what we mean by Environmental Monitoring: - Capability: tools, technologies, techniques - And its deployment in Environmental Measurement

11. Dissemination of Capability is the Real Added Value of NERC Science

12. Environmental Monitoring Underpins Green Economy Sectors

13. A Diffusion Model for Environmental Monitoring Knowledge Exchange in the Green Economy Strategy Technology / Capability Management Strategy

14. Strategy Implications 2 Capability Diffusion Strategy

15. A Diffusion Model for Environmental Monitoring Knowledge Exchange in the Green Economy Strategy Capability Diffusion Strategy Technology / Capability Management Strategy

16. Policy & Regulatory Diffusion Policy & Regulation Understanding the Environment Environmental Monitoring Capability: Technologies, Techniques, Tools and Facilities

17. Direct Diffusion Market in Environmental Information (Environmental Support Services) Understanding the Environment Environmental Monitoring Capability: Technologies, Techniques, Tools and Facilities

18. Intermediated Diffusion Exploitation of those technologies in environmental markets Developing new technologies Understanding the Environment Environmental Monitoring Capability: Technologies, Techniques, Tools and Facilities

19. From Simulation to Knowledge: The Environmental Monitoring Value Chain Modelling, Simulation and Data Collection Data to Information Information to Knowledge

20. A New Definition? Our broad definition of the scope of Environmental Monitoring thus covers the first two blocks: Capability – Technologies, techniques, tools and facilities to model and measure the environment. These comprise platforms, instruments (and their component technologies), modelling & simulation, data analysis, data storage and management. Deployment – Measuring and modelling the environment through application of the Capabilities described above. This activity of environmental modelling and measurement is the key to generating information that leads to environmental understanding.

21. From Model to Strategy Capability Diffusion Strategy Technology / Capability Management Strategy

22. Capability Management Strategy Maps 1:1 to Technology Theme and elements of National Capability Environmental Monitoring Industrial Policy Industry is both supplier and potential beneficiary This is encapsulated in the phrase “NERC: The Expert Customer for Environmental Monitoring”

23. NERC: The Expert Customer for Environmental Monitoring Community Building – Developing clusters / communities of interest which incorporate researchers funded by other Research Councils, industry and other organisations in order that NERC capability requirements may be understood in a broad context Partnership Building – Being a good customer in areas where NERC directly interacts with capability providers (such as instrumentation, computing and space technology) Technology Roadmapping – An organised approach matching science requirements over time to technology availability (by category / subcategory) Horizon Scanning – Seeking novel solutions and disruptive innovation Investment Prioritisation – Assigning priority for ownership, expert customer status and monitoring Technology Integration – Integration, Redeployment and TRL enhancement

24. Underpinning Environmental Monitoring Systems Engineering Modelling & Simulation Hardware in Loop System Optimisation Platform Selection Space UAV etc. Sensor & Instrument Technologies Sensor / Instrument Selection Miniaturisation & Microsystems Multi-parameter Instruments Sensor Networks Deployment Environment Electronic & Radiation Ruggedness Physical & Thermal Ruggedness Sample Preparation & Handling Power Power Sources & Generation Power Management Calibration & Metrology Data Acquisition Systems Signal Processing & Analysis Communications & Telemetry Data Management Storage & Curation Data Handling

25. Capability Diffusion Strategy NERC investment in Environmental Monitoring enables scientific understanding of the environment This in turn enables business opportunities in the Green Economy NERC scientists deploy Environmental Monitoring in the field and know how Environmental Monitoring impacts on policy and enables business opportunities Industry is a potential beneficiary This is encapsulated in the phrase “NERC: Enabling the Green Economy”

26. NERC: Enabling the Green Economy Develop specific expertise in environmental markets Develop a common method of promoting “NERC inside” the Green Economy as a whole This challenge is as much one of marketing and partnerships as of investment

27. Focus areas Remote Sensing Environmental Monitoring Services Sensor Networks Sensor / Instrument Deployment