SUSTAINABLE
DEVELOPMENT, GLOBAL
CHANGE AND
ECOSYSTEMS IN FP6
Per Backe-Hansen
Environment Directorate
Research Directorate General
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
Tel: +32/2/296.89.23
E-mail: [email protected]
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EC 6th FRAMEWORK PROGRAMME
I. Focusing and integrating research
1 Genomics and biotechnology for health
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Advanced genomics and applications for health
Combatting major diseases
2 255
1 100
1 155
2 Information Society technologies
3 Nanotechnologies and nano-sciences, knowledge-base
multifunctional materials, new production processes
and devices
3 625
4 Aeronautics and space
1 075
5 Food quality and safety
685
6 Sustainable development, global change and ecosystems
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Sustainable energy systems
Sustainable surface transports
Global change and ecosystems
7 Citizens and governance in a knowledge-based society
8 Specific activities covering a wider field of research
Total (Including non-nuclear activities of the Joint Research Centre: €760 million )
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Budget (MEuro)
1 300
2 120
810
610
700
225
1 300
13 345
FP6 as an INSTRUMENT
for the
EUROPEAN RESEARCH AREA
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Concentration on a limited number of priorities
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Networking of research teams and projects
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Creation of a genuine European added value
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Structuring effect linking policies and schemes of
 national and regional authorities
 other European actors
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Use of new instruments (IP and NoE)
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Co-ordination and simplification
The 3 interrelated
pillars of Priority 6
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Sustainable energy systems (810 MEuro): clean energy,
energy savings, alternative motor fuels, fuel cells, energy
carriers/transport/storage
Sustainable surface transport (610 MEuro):
environmentally friendly transport, interoperability, safety
Global change and ecosystems (700M Euro): greenhouse
gas emissions, water cycle, biodiversity and ecosystems,
natural disasters, land management, climate observation,
complementary research
DRIVING FORCES
 The Lisbon strategy “for the EU to become the most competitive
knowledge-based economy of the world” and the Gothenburg
conclusions on the EU strategy for Sustainable Development
 Communications towards the European Research Area
and more specifically ...
 Green Paper “Towards a European Strategy for the security of
energy supply”
 White Paper “European Transport Policy for 2010: Time to
decide”
 The EC 6th Environment Action Programme “Environment 2010:
our future, our choice”
 Kyoto and Montreal Protocols, UN Conventions on Biodiversity
and Desertification; Johannesburg Summit Conclusions
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Expressions of Interest
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more than 11.700 submitted overall
more than 2.800 for Priority 6
– 775 for Energy
– 480 for Transport
– 1.400 for Global Change
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15-20 % are mature
15% from associated states
IP/NoE ratio: 2/1
Expressions of Interest
• Participation of SMEs and industry
varying considerably
– 23% for Energy
– 49% for Transport
– <1% for Global Change
• Little international co-operation (<4%)
• EoIs & analysis published on CORDIS:
http://eoi.cordis.lu/search_form.cfm
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GLOBAL CHANGE AND
ECOSYSTEMS
OBJECTIVES
• To strengthen the capacity to understand,
detect and predict global change and to
develop strategies for prevention, mitigation
and adaptation
• To preserve the ecosystems and protect biodiversity through common and integrated
approaches
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THE HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
From research on environmental protection to
integration of sustainability into research
FP3 & 4:Research on ecosystem functioning and
environment protection technologies
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FP5:
Integration of the environmental dimension in
research; more attention to climate, water,
coastal integration and urban dynamics
FP6:
Sustainability to be integrated in all areas of
research, especially Energy, Transport and
Agriculture
GLOBAL CHANGE AND
ECOSYSTEMS
RESEARCH NEEDED TO
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advance knowledge on the impact of greenhouse
emissions and atmospheric pollutants on the ecosystem,
including the water cycle and biological diversity
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create new tools for Sustainable Development impact
assessment of EU policies
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include aspects relative to the thresholds of sustainability
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implement new methodologies to sustainable management
of land use, especially for agriculture, forest and coastal
management
GLOBAL CHANGE
AND
ECOSYSTEMS
RESEARCH PRIORITIES
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Strategies for sustainable land management, including
coastal zones, agricultural land and forests
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Operational forecasting and modelling, including global
climate change observation systems
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Complementary research on advanced methods for risk
assessment and quality appraisal
GLOBAL CHANGE AND
ECOSYSTEMS
RESEARCH PRIORITIES
Impact and mechanisms of greenhouse gas emissions and atmospheric
pollutants on climate, ozone depletion and carbon sinks (oceans, forests
and soil)
FIRST CALL
Assessment of the European carbon balance (New)
Integration of European atmospheric composition (New)
Integrated climate change scenarios (New)
Ozone-climate links (New)
Adaptation and mitigation strategies (New)
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GLOBAL CHANGE AND
ECOSYSTEMS
RESEARCH PRIORITIES
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Impact and mechanisms of greenhouse gas emissions and
atmospheric pollutants on climate, ozone depletion and
carbon sinks (oceans, forests and soil)
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Water cycle, including soil-related aspects
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Bio-diversity and ecosystems
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Desertification and natural disasters
GLOBAL CHANGE AND
ECOSYSTEMS
RESEARCH PRIORITIES
Water cycle, including soil-related aspects
FIRST CALL
Improved modelling of climate-water interactions at
catchment-regional scale (New)
Development of a European (Virtual) Centre for Flood and
Drought Studies (New)
Assessment of ecological impacts of global change on
freshwater bodies, development of ecological indicators of
ecosystem health and related remediation strategies (New)
River-soil-groundwater system functioning (New)
Twinning European/third countries river basins(Trad.)
Technologies for monitoring and mitigating the impact of
water scarcity (Trad.)
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GLOBAL CHANGE AND
ECOSYSTEMS
RESEARCH PRIORITIES
Bio-diversity and ecosystems
FIRST CALL
Developing a network for European long-term terrestrial and freshwater biodiversity and ecosystem research (NoE)
Developing a network to structure and integrate European
research on marine biodiversity and ecosystems (NoE)
Developing genomic approaches (New)
Development of cost effective, reliable and efficient technologies
for enabling progress in biodiversity and ecosystem science (Trad.)
Generating models of socio-economic impacts on biodiversity and
ecosystems (Trad.)
Assessing large-scale environmental risks(New)
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GLOBAL CHANGE AND
ECOSYSTEMS
RESEARCH PRIORITIES
Desertification and natural disasters
FIRST CALL
Research on mechanisms of desertification and soil
quality (Trad)
Integrated earthquake and landslide disaster
management methodologies (New)
Integrated flood risk management methodologies (New)
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GLOBAL CHANGE
AND
ECOSYSTEMS
RESEARCH PRIORITIES
Strategies for sustainable land management, including coastal
zones, agricultural land and forests
FIRST CALL
Development and application of integrated approach
and tools for long term sustainability of forest status and
productivity (New)
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GLOBAL CHANGE
AND
ECOSYSTEMS
RESEARCH PRIORITIES
Operational forecasting and modelling, including global climate
change observation systems
FIRST CALL (Not included)
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GLOBAL CHANGE
AND
ECOSYSTEMS
RESEARCH PRIORITIES
Complementary research on advanced methods for risk
assessment and quality appraisal
FIRST CALL (Not included)
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GLOBAL CHANGE
AND
ECOSYSTEMS
RESEARCH PRIORITIES
Cross-cutting issue: Sustainable Development concepts and tools
FIRST CALL
 Harmonising and sharing of methods and data (Trad.)
 High level scientific validation of methodologies, tools
and appraisals (Trad.)
 Indicators (Trad.)
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GLOBAL CHANGE
AND
ECOSYSTEMS
RESEARCH PRIORITIES
Specific Support Actions
FIRST CALL
Mechanisms such as European Network for Research and
Global Change (ENRICH)
Consolidating knowledge on the role of wetlands in the water
cycle
European contribution to international observation systems
Capitalisation of results from the past research on sustainable
agriculture
Lessons from past research on sustainable production and
utilisation of forests
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GLOBAL CHANGE
AND
ECOSYSTEMS
• Further calls
– 2nd call - Indicative topics and
relevant instruments presented in WP
– Later call(s) - Contents and dates to
be decided, based on the Specific
Programme, mid term evaluation,
and consultations with Advisory
Group and Programme Committee
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Calls Close (2003)
Week (1st)
Energy
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Transport
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Global Change
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Euratom
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(Policy Support
11)
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Week (2nd)
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FP6 IS FOR YOU!
 To build on current EU Research and respond to
future calls for proposals
www.cordis.lu
 Information on FP6
www.europa.eu.int/comm/research/nfp.html
http://www.cordis.lu/fp6/
 Contact Points for Global Change and
Ecosystems: [email protected]
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