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CIRCLE-2 ERA-Net Progress and update on activities 5 th EIONET workshop on Climate Change Impacts, Vulnerability and Adaptation Date: 30 June - 1 July, 2011 Venue: EEA, Copenhagen, Denmark Tiago Capela Lourenço CIRCLE-2 Coordination Faculty of Sciences - Univ. Lisbon, Portugal

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CIRCLE-2 ERA-Net Progress and update on activities. Tiago Capela Lourenço CIRCLE-2 Coordination Faculty of Sciences - Univ. Lisbon, Portugal . 5 th EIONET workshop on Climate Change Impacts, Vulnerability and Adaptation Date: 30 June - 1 July, 2011 Venue: EEA, Copenhagen, Denmark. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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CIRCLE-2 ERA-Net Progress and update on activities

5th EIONET workshop on Climate Change Impacts, Vulnerability and Adaptation Date: 30 June - 1 July, 2011Venue: EEA, Copenhagen, Denmark

Tiago Capela Lourenço CIRCLE-2 CoordinationFaculty of Sciences - Univ. Lisbon, Portugal

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Background - FFCUL CIRCLE-2 snapshot, objectives and work plan Status and overview of activities Climate Adaptation InfoBase Potential contributions to EEA/EU key activities

Outline

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Foundation FCUL / CCIAM Research Group Ranked “Very Good” by FCT CIRCLE-2 Coordination Partner in the EEA/ETC-CCA EU projects (CIRCE, 2-FUN, …) CC reference centre PT: www.siam.fc.ul.pt Integrated Adaptation research Downscaling and modelling National/local: Water utilities; municipalities; insurance;

biodiversity; coastal zones; spatial planning; tourism; flood risk Policy support (National Adaptation Strategy)

Background - FFCULwww.sim.fc.ul.pt/cciam

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European Network of 34 institutions from 23 countries committed to fund and share knowledge on Climate Adaptation research.

EU Financial Contribution: € 2 million

Duration: 4 years (May2010 - April2014)

Officer: Wolfram Schrimpf, DG RTD

Coordination: FFCUL, Portugal

Web: www.circle-era.eu

CIRCLE-2 Overview

Climate Impact Research and Response Coordination for a Larger Europe

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CIRCLE-2 History

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CIRCLE-2 represents 7-year experience within the EU and MS Adaptation research landscape

1st year

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1. Coordinate European transnational research funding on Climate Adaptation (including Impacts and Vulnerability)

2. Facilitate the transfer of research outcomes necessary to design effective and economically efficient Adaptation strategies and initiatives

3. Share experiences and knowledge on Climate Adaptation research and on national / local Adaptation practices

4. Encourage international cooperation and involvement of countries with less diverse research programmes and non-European countries

CIRCLE-2 Vision

Vision (Description of Work)

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CIRCLE-2 Work plan

SMHI (Sweden) + KvK (Netherlands)

EAA (Austria) + CMCC (Italy)

MEDDM (France) + MICINN (Spain)

FFCUL (Portugal)

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DESIGN

FUND

SHARE

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Status and overview of activities

Lessons Identify needs/gaps Adaptation Research Agenda Joint Programming

Lessons Sub-networks Joint Initiatives Joint Calls for research

Workshop Series Identify users & needs (Science-Policy Interface)

Transfer research knowledge8

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Common Climate Adaptation Research Agenda

Climate Adaptation Workshop Series

Joint initiatives

2 WS per year (potentially more!) Adaptation research & policy topics: - Uncertainties; NAS; Data users; Extreme events; Forests, Mountains, …

Identification of areas of interest for partners Support Joint Programming Initiatives

3 Joint Calls, 15 projects funded since 2007 New joint initiatives being explored (e.g. joint

calls, research schools, networks, …)

Status and overview of activitieswww.circle-era.eu

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CIRCLE-2 Policy Briefs

Workshop & Conference proceedings

Other activities

Conf. Deltas in times of climate change WS Climate data user needs CIRCLE.2.MED Final Seminar CIRCLE.2.MOUNT Kick off

#1 - "COMMUNICATE UNCERTAINTIES”#2 - “Adaptation research on MOUNTAIN Areas”

Communication and outreach “Bazaar” of adaptation info (news, events, …) Climate Adaptation InfoBase

Status and overview of activities

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Climate Adaptation InfoBase

CIRCLE-1 identified the need of a database of adaptation research projects at national/local level in Europe;

This DB was never made public because of project end;

It served as initial driver for the development of the Adaptation Research InfoBase;

EU White Paper process and CHM made this pool of information at national/local level even more relevant because of scale issues;

E.g. knowledge at national level is needed (and exists) for both decision-makers and researchers. 11

http://infobase.circle-era.eu/

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CIRCLE-2 Adaptation Research InfoBase:

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Launched:

May 2011

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Climate Adaptation InfoBase

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http://infobase.circle-era.eu/

Filling in with two phases:1. Updating, correcting and tagging information of already

included projects (i.e. CIRCLE-1 Database) - Until 15 July

2. Uploading (in bulk) other relevant projects in each countries - From 15.07 until end of year

Further updating until 2014 (end CIRCLE-2): Living InfoBase Long-term pool of knowledge (10 years!)

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CIRCLE-2 Adaptation Research InfoBase:

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Launched:

May 2011

Under Revision Phase

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Climate Adaptation InfoBase

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http://infobase.circle-era.eu/ Some features: Research and applied projects (National/CIRCLE) Links to project’s outcomes (taking stock of results) PDF printable info Advanced search:

Cross-search (and) Wide-search (or)

Open-access QC/QA involving all CIRCLE-2 members (country-specific

adaptation definitions)

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Climate Adaptation InfoBase

Addresses the “scale issue” Direct access to national + transnational information Bottom-up approach

Comprehensive definition of Adaptation (no one-size-fits-all approach to country needs)

Huge potential for clustering and analysis of activities: Info by country, sector and/or categories Funding information (ERA relevant) Users identification

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http://infobase.circle-era.eu/

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Phase 1Countries Activity? nº hits

(updated)Austria 23BelgiumFrance 19Germany 33HungaryIreland 10Israel 2ItalyNetherlands 48NorwayPortugalSpainSweden 9UK 2Finland* 31

Known difficulties: Online and clear development

so “errors” are visible and can undermine trust in the info;

Huge task to collect and tag projects and info;

QC/QA burdens both partners and coordination;

Number projects /per country; Language, time-consuming,

post-processing analysis, etc…17

Climate Adaptation InfoBase

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Potential contributions to EEA/EU key activities

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ETC/CCA participation WS / Policy Briefs / Networking capability CHM support (task 2.1.1.1) - InfoBase User definition / experience with difficulties

White Paper framework Funded transnational research Scale issues

Other frameworks National Adaptation Strategies / Plans ERA development (e.g. Joint Programming)

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Climate Adaptation InfoBase

Connected to the CHM from the onset (“even when no CH was there to connect with”), e.g.,

Same sectors and categories as White Paper (tags)

Coordination effort: FFCUL at WGKB, user groups, ETC/CCA, …

Flexible IT development for (potential) future incorporation into CH

Possible connection made easier if InfoBase is of interest to the CHM

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http://infobase.circle-era.eu/

Under discussion

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Thank you for your attention!

www.circle-era.euTiago Capela Lourenço (Coordination)

[email protected]

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