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ETC/ACC Subgroup Climate Change Task Team: 2.1b (CC State and Impact Indicators)

ETC/ACC Subgroup Climate Change Task Team: 2.1b (CC State and Impact Indicators) Thomas Voigt (UBA Berlin) EEA Workshop Climate Change State and Impact Indicators Copenhagen 22/23 Nov. 2001. European Environment Agency (EEA). European Topic Centre on Water (ETC/WTR)-UK

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ETC/ACC Subgroup Climate Change Task Team: 2.1b (CC State and Impact Indicators)

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  1. ETC/ACCSubgroup Climate Change Task Team: 2.1b (CC State and Impact Indicators) Thomas Voigt (UBA Berlin)EEA WorkshopClimate Change State and Impact Indicators Copenhagen 22/23 Nov. 2001 EUROPEAN TOPIC CENTRE ON AIR AND CLIMATE CHANGE

  2. European Environment Agency (EEA) • European Topic Centre on Water (ETC/WTR)-UK • European Topic Centre on Terr. Env. (ETC/TE)-E • Eur.Topic Cent. on Nat.Prot.+Biodiv. (ETC/NPB)-F • Eur.Topic Cent. on Waste +Mat. Flow (ETC/WMF)-Dk • Eur.Topic Cent. on Air+ Climate Change (ETC/ACC)-NL EUROPEAN TOPIC CENTRE ON AIR AND CLIMATE CHANGE

  3. ETC/ACC: Vision and Priorities • Consolidate monitoring work • Support Air Pollution and Climate Change Policies • Enhance linkages between air emissions and air quality • Explore cross-benefits between Climate Change and Air Pollution policies

  4. ETC Air and Climate Change consortium Lead organisation: National Institute of Public Health and Environment (RIVM)12 Partners: UBA- Berlin, Germany IIASA, Austria NILU, Norway UBA- Vienna, Austria AEAT, United Kingdom AUT, Greece CHMI, Czech Republic ICCS-NTUA, Greece DNMI, Norway SHMU, Slovakia TNO-MEP, The Netherlands Öko-Institute, Germany EUROPEAN TOPIC CENTRE ON AIR AND CLIMATE CHANGE

  5. ETC/ACC (RIVM-NL) • Sub-Group Air-Quality (RIVM-Bilthoven • Sub-Group Air-Emission (UBA-Wien) • Sub-Group Climate Change (UBA-Berlin) • Indicator-Team: (T. Voigt-UBA B; J.v. Minnen-RIVM; M. Erhard-PIK) EUROPEAN TOPIC CENTRE ON AIR AND CLIMATE CHANGE

  6. Why Indicators ? • To reflect the trend in Climate Change and its impacts on different sectors • To assist the policy process by highlighting these trends and underlying where adaptation and mitigation measures are required • To show politics effectiveness • To support the process of Integrated EnvironmentAssessment • To raise public awareness to the problems of global change and its impacts EUROPEAN TOPIC CENTRE ON AIR AND CLIMATE CHANGE

  7. Climate Change State and Impact Indicators • CC State Indicators: Give a quantitative and qualitative description of the actual changes occuring in the climate (e.g. temperature, precipitation) • CC Impact Indicators: Describe the impacts of climate change on ecological, social and economic functions EUROPEAN TOPIC CENTRE ON AIR AND CLIMATE CHANGE

  8. Objectives of the TaskTeam CC Indicators • Identification of a Core Set of Climate Change State and Impact Indicators (Dec.2001) • Feasibility Study for a Report on Climate Change State and Impact Indicators in Europe (Dec.2001) EUROPEAN TOPIC CENTRE ON AIR AND CLIMATE CHANGE

  9. Sources • Reports (e.g. IPCC, ACACIA, UK CIP, UNEP-Rep.1994) • Expert interviews/visits • Expert survey (questionnaires) 59 replies = 17%; 5 nfp-replies • Contacts to other ETC`s of the EEA (ETC/NPB; ETC/TE; ETC/WTR) EUROPEAN TOPIC CENTRE ON AIR AND CLIMATE CHANGE

  10. Sectors • Climate and Atmosphere • Cryosphere • Soils and Land Resources • Agriculture and Forestry • Ecosystems and Biodiversity • Hydrology and Water Resources • Marine Environment and Coastal Zones • Economy and Infrastructure • Human Health Jelle Markus Thomas EUROPEAN TOPIC CENTRE ON AIR AND CLIMATE CHANGE

  11. Criteria for Indicators EEA Accessible (attractivity to the eye) ? Correct to interpret ? Representative (issue, area) ? Regularely updated ? Reference values ? International comparible ? Scientifically well done ? Consensus on data validity / methods ? Additional Appropriate data sets (length of time series)? Appropriate level of sensitivity to CC (Related to policy process) (Applicable in assessments) EUROPEAN TOPIC CENTRE ON AIR AND CLIMATE CHANGE

  12. Indicator evaluation A) Core set indicator, available in the short term B) Core set indicator, suitable on medium term C) Core set indicator, suitable on long term D) Potentially suitable core set (additional analysis needed) E) Unclear/soft indicator (affected by many other factors/ data not sufficient) F) Not suitable as indicator EUROPEAN TOPIC CENTRE ON AIR AND CLIMATE CHANGE

  13. Next steps • Workshop Report : Dec. 01 • Technical Report/Feasibility Study: Febr.02 (Potential) Activities in 2002 • Update of the Core Set of Climate Change State and Impact Indicators (to be discussed) • Preparation of a Report about Climate Change State and Impact Indicators in Europe EUROPEAN TOPIC CENTRE ON AIR AND CLIMATE CHANGE

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