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Living with Climate Change
Systemic investigation of climate change impacts on our society
and efficient adaptation / mitigation scenarios to sustain our
quality of life
Austrian Proposal
GPC Meeting, 14. 9. 2009
Process
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Discussions within the Austrian research community
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Workshop on European level
 with participation of Belgium, Estonia, Spain, Finland, France, Hungary,
Netherlands, Norway, Slovenia, and Sweden
 with the objective to develop a vision and basic concept of a JPI
„Living with Climate Change“
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Current draft as a framework for the JPI
 Further specification of the proposal requires discussion process on
European level
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Vision
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Shifting Europe to a society that copes with climate change while sustaining
/ improving quality of life
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enabled by a systemic approach that considers the complexity of our social,
economic and ecological systems
 Develop a European vision how to tackle climate change and develop society
 Link existing (sectoral) knowledge and expertise and their interrelationships to
develop optimised systems
 Establish a learning community across Europe for the sake of a sustainable and
efficient adaptable Europe
 Strengthen Europe as the lead market in CC adaptation and mitigation
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Current status and activities on CC
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Manifold research activities ongoing and expertise available on European
and international level, e.g.
 International global change programmes
• International Geosphere – Biosphere Programme IGBP
• International Human Dimension Programme IHDP
• Earth System Science Programme ESSP
• Biodiversity Programme DIVERSITAS
 CIRCLE
• Focus adaptation
• Regional focused calls (Mediterranean, Nordic, Mountain calls)
 FP7 climate change projects
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Relevant sectors and research fields – current activities
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Water system
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Water cycles
Costal regions – oceans
Erosion
Water quality, water supply and management
Soil systems
 Soil ecosystems - soil quality
 Management concepts for soil, agriculture and forestry
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Pollutants
 Bioavailability and remobilisation processes of pollutants
 Greenhouse gases
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Relevant sectors and research fields – current activities
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Biodiversity
 Shifts in plants and animals in water and terrestrial
ecosystems
 Genetic diversity
 Availability of bio-resources
 Impact on healthcare system
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Agriculture and forestry
 Biotic disturbances
 Impacts on crop production, livestock and food security
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Relevant sectors and research fields – current activities
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Energy
 Sustainable concepts for energy generation, transmission
and use
 Increased energy demand (for heating and cooling)
 New building concepts
 Utilisation of renewable energy sources
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Transport Systems and Infrastructure
 Safety and reliability of transport infrastructure
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Health system
 Pests and parasites
 Detection, medication and protection measures of (new)
diseases
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Motivation for the JPI
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What is changing? Which subsystems and sectors
are affected?
 Comprehensive data, models, scenarios on CC
available
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In which way are specific sectors affected and
changing?
 Research activities on climate change impacts mainly
sectoral oriented, e.g. water, soil, atmosphere,
biosphere, agriculture, energy, etc.
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How does society handle CC? How can we adapt our
systems efficiently to CC while at the same time
sustaining our quality of life?
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Motivation for JPI „Living with CC“
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How does society handle CC? How can we adapt our systems
efficiently to CC while at the same time sustaining our quality of life?
 Adaptation / mitigation scenarios for our society require a systemic
approach that consider the complexity of our system and its
interrelationships and links and combines the existing research results
 Development of European strategies to successfully and efficiently adapt
to CC
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Key objectives
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Development of European scenarios for CC adaptation / mitigation
 Foresight processes
 Translation of research results into strategies for decision support
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Research on CC issues on systemic level
 “Europize” existing global knowledge
 Investigate interactions between sectors and subsystems
 Investigate relevant societal aspects
• Extreme events
• Rural areas
• Urban areas
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Evaluation of good practice of CC adaptation / mitigation on regional
level
Establishing a learning system and transfer of good practices across
Europe
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JPI concept
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Research issues
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Research issues focus on systemic investigation of e.g.
 Climate prediction on decadal timescales (e.g. for
extreme events)
 Regional climate scenarios at improved horizontal scales
 Coupled climate and impact models
 Socio-economic models
 Systems resilience and vulnerability
 Risk research
 Genetic adaptability
 Ecosystems functioning
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applied on selected systems, like urban areas, rural
areas, extreme events, etc.
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JPI implementation
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Iterative process for defining / redefining research
programmes
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Definition of various phases
 Preparatory phase for putting research programmes and
ongoing research activities together
 Specification of focal points and identification of white spots
(strategic driven research demand)
 Research programme phase I
 Reflection phase for evaluation of the research results on
strategies and definition of research programme phase II
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Results
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Understanding interdependencies of relevant subsystems and their
impact on the European societal development
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European scenarios, technologies, measures for living with CC
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A learning Europe for a faster and more efficient adaptation to CC
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Europe as a lead market for CC adaptation and innovation
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Europe as best practice for sustaining a stable social environment
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Added value of JPI
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Systemic approach is currently not considered sufficiently but is required for
developing / shifting European society, economy and ecology
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Systemic approach requires coordinated European activities and strategies
on a mid- to long term perspective
 ERA-net more short term oriented
 Most programmes sectoral oriented
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Transfer of successful adaptation measures and strategies between regions
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Keeping Europe on the forefront of economical and social development
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