French National Alliance for Environment
Represented by
CNRS, CEA and Meteo-France
JPI Connecting Climate Knowledge for Europe
(CliK’EU)4 May 2010, BrusselsDr. Henk van Liempt
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Negotiations on the Copenhagen Accord
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Petersberg Climate Dialogue
Environment Ministers Climate Change Conference, May 2-4, 2010
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Climate change:challenge for decision-making
The Grand challenge:
• Enabling ambitious European mitigation and adaptation goals
• Mainstreaming climate change in decision-making
• Preparing for a 2ºC (+) world
JPI CliK’EU contribution:
Enhance the utility of climate knowledge for decision-making in Europe!
• EC White Paper, Adapting to climate change: Towards a European framework for action. COM (2009) 147 final
• Europe 2020: A strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth COM (2010)
• International climate policy post-Copenhagen: Acting now to reinvigorate global action on climate change. COM (2010) 86 final
• 20 20 by 2020. Europe's climate change opportunity. COM (2008) 30 final
• Council conclusions on Climate change and development. Council of the European Union, 17 November 2009
• U.S. Climate Action Report 2010. Fifth National Communication of the United States of America under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
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CliK’EU Proposing Partners
French National Alliance for Environment
Represented by
CNRS, CEA and Meteo-France
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CliK’EU Proposing Partners
Europe – Countries
Denmark
Finnland
Poland
France
Germany
Spain
Portugal
Greece
ItalyTurkey
Switzer/land
Austria
CzechRepublic
Estonia
Latvia
Lithuania
Belarus
Ukraine
RomaniaHungary
Slovakia Moldova
Bulgaria
Russia
Ireland
Great Britain
Monte-negro
Serbia
Slovenia
CroatiaBosnia/Herze-govina
Mace-donia
Albania
Norway
Nether-lands
Belgium
Luxembourg
Malta
Sweden
Proposing Countries
Supporting Countries
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Strategic Objectives
The joint programming initiative CliK’EU will
• aim at closing critical knowledge gaps by combining climate scientific approaches
• mediate between knowledge production and knowledge application
• allow societal decisions on mitigation and adaptation, based on common European understanding
• enable the European society to cope with climate change and to take responsibility
• support European policies by science based global scenarios.
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Research Objectives
CliK’EU will further European research by
• seeking climate predictability on decadal timescale in Europe,
• developing science for advanced climate services,
• understanding societal transformation as well as societal contexts of response strategies,
• developing advanced integrated assessment tools for enhanced decision-making on climate change mitigation and adaptation.
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JPI CliK-EU Proposal
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Added-value, Benefits and Impact
National research capacities fall short of meeting European demand.
CliK’EU will
• advance European integration in terms of response strategies
• improve planning and investment decisions
• facilitate societal application of the knowledge base
• deliver input into IPCC scenario process
• improve the base for climate change negotiations
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Links with other JPIs
UrbanEurope
More years, better lives
Healthy and productive seas
and oceans
Water Challenges for a Changing
World
Agriculture, Food Security and
Climate Change
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ERA-Nets
JPIs
International data and observation infrastructures
International research co-operations
Links within European and international Research Landscape
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Collaboration with ERA-Net CIRCLE-2
• CIRCLE-2: research for climate impact analysis and adaptation response
• CliK‘EU will complement CIRCLE regarding addressed research questions
• CIRCLE-2 supports CliK‘EU (Letter of support)
• Many CIRCLE-2 partners involved in CliK‘EU facilitate intensive and non-bureaucratic interaction
• CIRCLE-2 is well-established instrumentfor transnational research funding
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Principles of Implementation
Joint strategic framework:
• strategic and longlasting;
• defines challenges which Pan-European research will be facing in the next 10-20 years (SRA)
• implemented in differential partnerships;
• carried by the Member States within their own research and research funding capacities;
• capitalizing on the wealth of existing projects, programmes and structures;
• linked, where appropriate, to EU FP and other initiatives
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4 Phases of Implementation
Intensive consultation with partners, workshop, meetings
Phase 1 Establishing a joint strategic framework
Phase 2Extensive mappingStrategic Research
Agenda
Phase 3Designing work plans,
responsibilities, instruments
Phase 4 Implementation of planned activities
Workshops, meetings etc.
Differentiated processaccording to individualpriorities
Research programmes, joint funding measures etc. III / 2011 -
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CliK’EU Governance Structure
Partner countries
Governing Board
Scientific Advisory
Board
CentralProgramme
Office
sendrepresentatives
elects/appoints
supportsgives advice
Executive Committee
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A mature proposal fulfilling the JPI criteria:
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Criteria for JPI :
MS commitment, pan-European challenges
CliK’EU has got sufficient and effective MS commitment:
• 6 proposing members !!!• 8 supporting partners
The selected themes address pan-European / global (socio-economic or environmental) challenge!
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CliK‘EU focuses on the central research questions:
• Predictability on a 10-years timescale
• Development of climate services for decision-makers (user needs)
• Understanding societal transformation (constraints, societal contexts of response strategies)
• Decision Making Tools (Scenarios, assessment tools for strategic planning in different economic sectors)
Clear and realistic objectives!
Criteria for JPI :
The theme is sufficiently focussed
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CliK‘EU delivers the basis for European research in every sector which is affected by climate change…
… and fits perfectly into the European research landscape by:
• Filling research gaps
• Building on ongoing activities(FP7, ERA-nets, ESFRI, …)
National research capacities fall short of meeting collective demand of knowledge!
Criteria for JPI :
Clear added value
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Stakeholders have been involved in developing CliK’EU themes:
• Workshop with participants from 14 countries from science, environmental politics, meteorological institutes, research funding organizations, climate service centres, partners from other JPIs and CIRCLE-2
• Written consultation after workshop took place.
• Further thematic workshops for the different modules will be held in second phase of JPI.
Criteria for JPI :
Stakeholder involvement
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CliK’EU delivers benefits for EU citizens by
• translating climate knowledge for decision-makers and EU stakeholders (climate service centres)
• involving the societal challenges
• providing assessment models for decision making in private enterprises, politics, civil society.
Criteria for JPI :
Benefits for EU citizens and competitiveness
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CliK’EU has potential for increasing efficiency and impact of public R&D:
• Systemic approach: Combining climate system research with socio-ecological research, climate services and scenario development.
• CliK‘EU will contribute to the realization of European and national strategies for Climate Change Adaptation
• CliK‘EU builds on key national, European and international initiatives.
Criteria for JPI :
Increasing R&D efficiency
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Let‘s start and face the challenges together!!!
Thank you for your attention!