Henrietta Hampel European Commission Research DG Climate Change and Environmental Risks Unit Climate change research in the Framework Programmes EPOCA

Henrietta Hampel

European CommissionResearch DG

Climate Change and Environmental Risks Unit

Climate change research in the Framework Programmes

EPOCA Kick Off Meeting 10-13 June 2008

1952: ECSC treaty; first projects started March 1955

1957: EURATOM treaty; Joint Research Centre set up

1983: ESPRIT programme

1984: First Framework Programme (1984-1987)

1987: ‘European Single Act’ – science becomes a Community responsibility; Second Framework Programme (1987-1991)

1990: Third Framework Programme (1990-1994)

1993: Treaty on European Union;

role of RTD in the enlarged EU

1994: Fourth Framework Programme (1994-1998)

1998: Fifth Framework Programme (1998-2002)

2000: European Research Area

2002: Sixth Framework Programme (2002-2006)

2007: Seventh Framework Programme (2007-2013)

EU research: the story so far

• Support EU International commitments such as:– Kyoto and Montreal Protocols– World Summit on Sustainable Development– U.N. convention on Biological Diversity

• Contribute to:– Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)– Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS)– International Programmes (e.g. IGBP, WCRP)

• Contribute to EU policies such as: – 6th Environmental Action Plan and associated Thematic Strategies– European Climate Change Programme– Action Plans on Environmental Technologies and Environment and Health– Water Framework Directive– Communication to limit global warming to less than 2°C beyond pre-

industrial times

Policy context

Areas and list of ongoing projects funded under FP6

- Global change and ecosystems

(~ 30 projects with 182 million € budget)

• Carbon and Nitrogen Cycles: Sources and SinksCARBOOCEAN – Marine carbon sources and sinks assessment

Sixth Framework Programme (2002-Sixth Framework Programme (2002-2006)2006)

• Atmospheric Pollutants and their Regional Impacts

MAP – Marine Aerosol Production from Natural Resources

• Climate dynamics and variability

• Stratospheric ozone and climate interactions

• Prediction of climatic change and its impacts

• Adaptation and mitigation strategies

The Seventh Framework Programme

What’s new? (compared to FP6)

Duration increase from five to seven years Annual budget increased significantly Basic research (~ €1 billion per year) New structure: cooperation, ideas, people, capacities Flexible funding schemes (collaborative projects,

CSA) Policy relevant research and emerging needs, SICA,

Cross-thematic, Dissemination actions, SME relevant Simpler procedures (reporting, financial) Guarantee Fund

Framework Programme Framework Programme (Council and EP)(Council and EP)

Specific Programme Specific Programme (Council + opinion EP)(Council + opinion EP)

Work Programmes Work Programmes (Commission)(Commission)

Yearly calls Yearly calls (specific topics, choice of instruments,…)(specific topics, choice of instruments,…)

EC RESEARCH STRUCTUREEC RESEARCH STRUCTURE

Seventh Framework Program (2007 -2013)

First Call – Deadline May 2007

Second Call – Deadline February 2008

Third Call – Work Program is under preparation

Call opens in July 2008

FP7 budget (€ 50 521 million)

€ million

Ideas, 7 510

People, 4 750

Capacities, 4 097 JRC (EC), 1 751

Cooperation, 32 413

Note: Euratom FP: €2.7 billion over 5 years - not included above

Environment (incl. climate change)

Climate change, pollution and risks Pressures on environment and climate Environment and health Natural hazards

Sustainable Management of Resources Conservation and sustainable management of natural and man-

made resources Evolution of marine environments

Environmental Technologies Environmental technologies for observation, prevention, mitigation,

adaptation, remediation and restoration of the natural and man-made environment

Technology assessment, verification and testing

Earth observation and assessment tools Earth observation Forecasting methods and assessment tools

Pressures on Environment and Climate1st Call (WP 2007) : 39 M€

The Earth System and Climate: Functioning &

abrupt changes

The Global Carbon cycleand GHG budgets

Natural and anthropogenic emissions and pressures Future Climate

Climate Change Natural and Socio-economic Impacts

Response strategies; Adaptation, Mitigation

and Policies

Ocean acidification

EPOCA

Stability of the Thermohaline

Circulation THOR

Air quality and climate in megacities:

CITYZENMEGAPOLI

Climate change impacts on

mountain regionsACQWA

Climate change impacts in the Parana-Plata river

basinCLARIS LPB

Full costs of climate change

CLIMATECOST

Climate Change impacts & adaptation

strategies in water policies

CLIMATEWATER

Impacts of climate policies on land use

and ecosystems CCTAME

THOR will establish an operational system that will monitor and forecast the development of the North Atlantic THC on decadal time scales and access its stability and the risk of a breakdown in a changing climate.

The project will contribute to Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES), to Global Observing Systems such as to the Global Ocean Observing system (GOOS), and to the International Polar Year (IPY).

ENV.2007.1.1.1.1. Stability of the ThermoHaline Circulation

THOR - Thermohaline Overturning - at Risk?9.3 million € EC contribution

Risks of novel options to limit climate change

Water resources in Northern India, and adaptation

strategies

New components in Earth System modelling

Climate-chemistry interactions in the

stratosphereSea-Level Rise

Pressures on Environment and Climate2nd Call (WP 2008): 42 M€


abrupt changes


Natural and anthropogenic emissions and pressures

Future Climate



and Policies

Climate variability & terrestrial carbon cycle

Addressing deforestation in tropical areas

Arctic Ocean ecosystems

Analysis of emerging economies in a post-

Kyoto regime


Under this topic research should include field studies of key processes (e.g. ice flow dynamics), observations, data gathering and analysis, and modelling to refine predictions of the behaviour of glaciers (globally), ice caps, and-ice sheets, links to climate change and associated changes of sea level over the next decades and centuries. Funding scheme: collaborative projects (large-scale integrating projects)

ENV.2008.1.1.1.1. Sea-Level Rise - Trends in contributions from continental ice, processes and links to climate change

The research should identify the elements of ecosystem which are the most sensitive to climate change and will develop trajectories of climate change impacts under different climate change scenarios and assess if the Arctic marine ecosystems are close to critical thresholds ("tipping points"). Funding scheme: collaborative projects (large-scale integrating projects)

ENV.2008.1.1.5.2. Climate change impacts and Thresholds on Arctic Ocean ecosystems

Climate change impacts on the marine

environment: research results and public

perception

Integrated methodology for assessment of climate

change impacts, vulnerability and adaptation

measures

Climate induced changes in water

resources in southern Europe

Process-oriented evaluation of Earth System

Models

Climate dynamics and abrupt changes – analysis

of the palaeo-record

Pressures on Environment and Climate3rd Call (WP 2009): 32 M€


abrupt changes



Future Climate



and Policies

Quantification and attribution of annual-to-

decadal changes of carbon and GHG budgets

Climate change predictions in Sub-

Saharan Africa

Adaptation strategies in view of post-2012

climate initiatives


Indicative topics for future research Relation between climate change and growing hypoxia in the ocean

Development of North-Atlantic ocean and associated shelf-seas protection and management options

Biogeochemical and physical processes controlling the magnitudes and distribution of ocean carbon sources and sinks at different time scales

• Adaptation of marine species and populations to a changing environment

• Sea level rise: links to climate change and impact on coastal areas worldwide

• Identification and characterisation of tipping points, runaways feed backs, phase changes and points of no return …

Information

EU research:http://ec.europa.eu/research

Seventh Framework Programme:http://ec.europa.eu/research/fp7

RTD info magazine:http://ec.europa.eu/research/rtdinfo/

Information on research programmes and projects:http://cordis.europa.eu/

Information requests:http://ec.europa.eu/research/enquiries/

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Henrietta Hampel European Commission Research DG Climate Change and Environmental Risks Unit Climate change research in the Framework Programmes EPOCA