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 -

I-II / 2011

- May 2010

III-IV / 2010

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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!