1. FP7 /1 EUROPEAN COMMISSION - Research DG - December 2006 Building a Europe of Knowledge Towards the Seventh Framework Programme 2007-2013 Marta Moren Abat, Environment – Climate Unit, With contribution from Christos Fragakis, Management of Natural Resources Unit, and Avelino Gonzalez, Environmental Technologies Unit DG RTD Stakeholders Forum on Water Scarcity and Droughts –RESEARCH CONTRIBUTION Building up research – policy interface Brussels, 29 January 2006

2. FP7 /2 EUROPEAN COMMISSION - Research DG - December 2006 Addressing Drought and water scarcity issues Research-Policy EU Context  Role of research within the development agenda  Fast change of vulnerable environment  Climate change affecting water models and water management  Regional differences  Natural hazards: Floods Droughts

3. FP7 /3 EUROPEAN COMMISSION - Research DG - December 2006 Who we are in DG RTD Directorate I: ENVIRONMENT  Unit I3 Environmental Technologies: Prevention of pollution  Unit I4: Management of natural resources  Unit I5: Environment – Climate (including Natural Hazards)

4. FP7 /4 EUROPEAN COMMISSION - Research DG - December 2006 Example of ongoing Research projects 6th Framework Programme (2002-2006) WATCH  Duration  Duration : (starting 1st February 2007) 4 year project  EU-Contribution  EU-Contribution : approx. €9.98 million  Coordinator  Coordinator : Centre for Ecology and Hydrology NERC-CEH (UK) / Wageningen University (NL)  Consortium Partners  Consortium Partners : (25)UK, NL, DK, FR, DE, IT, PL, GR, NO, ES, AT, PT, CZ Evaluation of the response of global water cycle to climate change. Assessment of the future vulnerability of water as a resource. The aim is to bring together the hydrological, water resources and climate communities to analyse, quantify and predict the components of the current and future global water cycles and related water resources states, to evaluate their uncertainties and clarify the overall vulnerability of global water resources related to the main societal and economic sectors, present and future trends. Therefore, analyse and describe especially causal chains leading to observable changes in extremes (floods and droughts).

5. FP7 /5 EUROPEAN COMMISSION - Research DG - December 2006 Example of ongoing Research projects 6th Framework Programme (2002-2006) TEMPQSIM  Duration  Duration : 3.5 year project started in November 2002  EU-Contribution  EU-Contribution : approx. €3 million  Coordinator  Coordinator :  Consortium Partners  Consortium Partners : Evaluation of water quality models for application to temporary water in Mediterranean catchments TeMPQSIM ha provided advanced tools to improve the efficiency of integrated water management in the Mediterranean and semiarid river catchments. It has focussed on existing water quality models in the Mediterranean during periods without runoff and the extreme first flush effects. Guidelines have been prepared for the operational use of improved river models in management plans

6. FP7 /6 EUROPEAN COMMISSION - Research DG - December 2006 Example of ongoing Research projects 6th Framework Programme (2002-2006) EURO-LIMPACTS  Duration  Duration : 5 year project started in February 2004  EU-Contribution  EU-Contribution : approx. €12.6 million  Coordinator  Coordinator :  Consortium Partners  Consortium Partners : Evaluate the Impacts of global change on European Freshwater ecosystems EURO-LIMPACTS focuses on the key drivers of aquatic ecosystem change and examines their interaction with global, especially climate change. It will develop toolkit for integrated catchment analysis and modelling, a unified system of ecological indicators.

7. FP7 /7 EUROPEAN COMMISSION - Research DG - December 2006 Example of ongoing Research projects 6th Framework Programme (2002-2006) WADE  Duration  Duration : 3 year project started in July 2004  EU-Contribution  EU-Contribution : approx. €1.7 million  Coordinator  Coordinator :  Consortium Partners  Consortium Partners : Floodwater recharge of alluvial aquifers in dry land environments Assess water resources in semiarid river basins by determining long term transmission losses from floods and quantify floodwater recharge into alluvial aquifers.

8. FP7 /8 EUROPEAN COMMISSION - Research DG - December 2006 FP6 – Water scarcity related projects  AQUASTRESS:  The AQUASTRESS project adopts a 'case study stakeholder driven' approach involving proactively the acting community in the different stages of the decision-making process in view to analyse, select and validate different options for mitigating water stress (technological, institutional, managerial...).

9. FP7 /9 EUROPEAN COMMISSION - Research DG - December 2006 Water Supply and Sanitation TP Five areas of research have been identified to meet the major challenges the water sector faces Balancing demand and supply Ensuring appropriate quality and security Reducing negative environmental impacts Novel approaches to the design, construction and operation of water infrastructure assets Establishment of an enabling framework Six pilot theme programmes have been identified to address the four major challenges for sustainable water management for Europe. Pilot 1: Mitigation of water stress in coastal zones Pilot 2: Sustainable water management inside and around large urban areas Pilot 3: Sustainable water management for agriculture Pilot 4: Sustainable water management for industry Pilot 5: Reclamation of degraded water zones (surface water and groundwater) Pilot 6: Proactive and corrective management of extreme hydro-climatic events

10. FP7 /10 EUROPEAN COMMISSION - Research DG - December 2006 Climate Change and Natural Hazards Research in the 7th Framework Programme

11. FP7 /11 EUROPEAN COMMISSION - Research DG - December 2006  Pressures on Environment and Climate  Natural Hazards (droughts and floods)  Earth observation systems and monitoring methods for the environment and sustainable development  Environmental Technologies 7FP ENVIRONMENT (including climate change and droughts)

12. FP7 /12 EUROPEAN COMMISSION - Research DG - December 2006 Climate Change, pollution and risks Pressures on environment and climate - area 5: Climate Change Natural and Socio-economic Impacts - Climate change impacts and adaptation strategies in water policies area 6. Response strategies: Adaptation, Mitigation and Policies - Effectiveness of adaptation and mitigation measures related to changes of the hydrological cycle and its extremes

13. FP7 /13 EUROPEAN COMMISSION - Research DG - December 2006 Climate Change, pollution and risks Natural hazards area 2: Vulnerability assessment and societal impacts Frame for better vulnerability assessment area 3: Risk assessment and management Investigating risk from droughts

14. FP7 /14 EUROPEAN COMMISSION - Research DG - December 2006 Climate Change, pollution and risks Earth Observation and Assessment tools - area 4: Developing capacity building activities in the domain of earth observation in developing countriesClimate - Improving observing systems for water resource management

15. FP7 /15 EUROPEAN COMMISSION - Research DG - December 2006 Climate Change, pollution and risks Environmental technologies - Environmental technologies for observation, simulation, prevention, mitigation, adaptation, remediation and restoration of the natural and man-made enviornment area ‘Water’: - Innovative technologies and services for sustainable water use in industries

16. FP7 /16 EUROPEAN COMMISSION - Research DG - December 2006 Future proposals  Impacts of current and future climate conditions including extreme hydrometeorological events on regional water budgets, ecosystems, agricultural and industrial systems and land use in Europe – Cross sectorial assessment of the implications  Environmental, social and economical assessment of drought risks approaches: present and future scenarios for EU and non EU countries.  Public perception, behaviour and response to risks

17. FP7 /17 EUROPEAN COMMISSION - Research DG - December 2006 Future proposals  Restoration of degraded water resrouces  Groundwater rpotection and remediation  Models for integrated management of water resoruces.  Assessing behaviour of river basins