Environmental Research in FP7 Epaminondas Christophilopoulos, Head of Unit, International Cooperation China, June 2011 Upcoming FP7 Environment Calls A challenge-driven Initiative

Contents  Overview of FP7  Cooperation – Theme 6  Upcoming Calls  Dates for your Diary

Contents  Overview of FP7  Cooperation – Theme 6  Upcoming Calls  Dates for your Diary

Framework Programme  European Commission's instrument for supporting R&D  Budget - over €50 Billion; Term - 7 years  Key route to internationalisation  Substantially improved opportunities for industry

FP7 - Structure

FP7 – Indicative breakdown (€ million)

Contents  Overview of FP7  Cooperation – Theme 6  Upcoming Calls  Dates for your Diary

FP7-Theme 6: Environment incl. Climate Change Aims at:  promoting sustainable management of the environment and its resources  developing new technologies, tools & services  Budget of € 1.8 billion  Four main activities:  Climate change, pollution and risks (Activity 6.1)  Sustainable Management of Resources (Activity 6.2)  Environmental Technologies (Activity 6.3)  Earth observation and assessment tools (Activity 6.4)  One Horizontal Activity: Dissemination (Activity 6.5)

Climate Change, pollution and risks Sustainable management of resources Environmental Technologies - Conservation and Sustainable Management of natural and man-made resources & biodiversity - Management of Marine Environments - Earth and ocean observation systems, monitoring methods for the environment and SD - Forecasting methods and assessment tools for SD - Pressures on Environment and Climate - Environment and Health - Natural Hazards - ET for observation, simulation, prevention, mitigation, adaptation, remediation & restoration - Protection, conservation and enhancement of cultural heritage - Technology assessment, verification and testing Earth observation and assessment tools Theme 6 Environment (incl. Climate Change)

Activity 6.1 Climate Change, pollution and risks Sub-Activity Pressures on environment and climate –Area The Earth System and Climate: Functioning and abrupt changes Topic 1 Topic 2 etc. –Area Emissions and pressures: Natural and anthropogenic Closed –Area The Global Carbon Cycle - greenhouse gas budgets –Area Future climate –etc. Work Programme

Work Programme ctd.

Contents  Overview of FP7  Cooperation – Theme 6  Upcoming Calls  Dates for your Diary  Contact us

Main Elements & Approach WP Concentrate on: –Societal challenges and major policy drivers –More focused priorities and fewer and less prescriptive topics –More flexibility and simplified Work Programme –New approaches to research and innovation e.g. eco- innovation call in WP2011 –Wider participation of European industry and SMES  One overarching theme, three objectives, five priorities  “Transformative and responsible innovation”

WP Objectives (1) To provide knowledge-based options for addressing major societal challenges  Addressing global priorities encouraging international collaboration  Strategic focus on few but broader priorities with high EU added value  Strong linkages with other sectors (e.g. energy, transport, agriculture, health etc.)

WP Objectives (2) To develop and strengthen European leadership in innovation  Supporting Innovation Partnerships (water)  Boosting breakthrough (eco)-innovation by more bottom-up topics  Encouraging wider stakeholder participation  Adopting broad definition of innovation (technological and social)

WP Objectives (3) To promote and facilitate knowledge transfer, assessment, uptake and exploitation of scientific data and results  Encouraging science-policy interactions  Supporting demonstration activities including prototypes, new designs, management tools etc.  Better alignment of Work Programme priorities and communication strategy

WP 2012: Drivers

Policy: Lisbon Treaty Taking Europe into the 21st century methods to tackle both efficiently and effectively today's challenges globalisation, climatic and demographic changes, security and energy The Treaty of Lisbon entered into force on 1 December It provides the EU with modern institutions and optimised working methods to tackle both efficiently and effectively today's challenges in today's world. In a rapidly changing world, Europeans look to the EU to address issues such as globalisation, climatic and demographic changes, security and energy. The Treaty of Lisbon reinforces democracy in the EU and its capacity to promote the interests of its citizens on a day-to-day basis.

Policy: EU 2020 Strategy EU's growth strategy a smart, sustainable and inclusive economy employment, innovation, education, social inclusion and climate/energy - to be reached by 2020 Europe 2020 is the EU's growth strategy for the coming decade. In a changing world, we want the EU to become a smart, sustainable and inclusive economy. These three mutually reinforcing priorities should help the EU and the Member States deliver high levels of employment, productivity and social cohesion. Concretely, the Union has set five ambitious objectives - on employment, innovation, education, social inclusion and climate/energy - to be reached by Each Member State will adopt its own national targets in each of these areas. Concrete actions at EU and national levels will underpin the strategy.

Policy: Flagship Initiatives New engines to boost growth and jobs. These areas are addressed by 7 flagship initiatives. Within each initiative, both the EU and national authorities have to coordinate their efforts so they are mutually reinforcing.. nSmart growth nDigital agenda for Europe nInnovation Union nYouth on the move nSustainable growth nResource efficient Europe nAn industrial policy for the globalisation era nInclusive growth nAn agenda for new skills and jobs nEuropean platform against poverty

Policy: Innovation Union Flagship Initiative nInnovation provides real benefits for us as citizens, consumers, and workers. It speeds up and improves the way we conceive, develop, produce and access new products, industrial processes and services. It is the key not only to creating more jobs, building a greener society and improving our quality of life, but also to maintaining our competitiveness on the global market. nOne of the seven flagship initiatives of the Europe 2020 strategy for a smart, sustainable and inclusive economy. nAim to do three things: nworld-class science performer; nremove obstacles to innovation nrevolutionize the way public and private sectors work together,.

Policy: Resource-Efficient Europe Flagship Initiative Supports the shift towards a resource-efficient, low-carbon economy to achieve sustainable growth. Supports the shift towards a resource-efficient, low-carbon economy to achieve sustainable growth. Increasing resource efficiency is key to securing growth and jobs for Europe. It will bring major economic opportunities, improve productivity, drive down costs and boost competitiveness. Provides a long-term framework for actions in many policy areas, supporting policy agendas for climate change, energy, transport, industry, raw materials, agriculture, fisheries, biodiversity and regional development.

European Research Area An open space for knowledge all research and development activities, programmes and policies transnationa access to a Europe-wide open space for knowledge The European Research Area is composed of all research and development activities, programmes and policies in Europe which involve a transnational perspective. Together, they enable researchers, research institutions and businesses to increasingly circulate, compete and co-operate across borders. The aim is to give them access to a Europe-wide open space for knowledge and technologies in which transnational synergies and complementarities are fully exploited.

WP 2012: Drivers

Climate Change, pollution and risks Sustainable management of resources Environmental Technologies - Conservation and Sustainable Management of natural and man-made resources & biodiversity - Management of Marine Environments - Earth and ocean observation systems, monitoring methods for the environment and SD - Forecasting methods and assessment tools for SD - Pressures on Environment and Climate - Environment and Health - Natural Hazards - ET for observation, simulation, prevention, mitigation, adaptation, remediation & restoration - Protection, conservation and enhancement of cultural heritage - Technology assessment, verification and testing Earth observation and assessment tools Theme 6 Environment (incl. Climate Change)

WP Challenge-driven priorities 1.Coping with climate change (6.1) 2.Sustainable use and management of land and seas (6.2) 3. Improving resource efficiency (6.3) 4.Protecting citizens from environmental hazards (6.4) 5.Mobilising environmental knowledge for policy, industry and society (6.5)

Coping with Climate Change (6.1) A key challenge for the remaining period of FP7 is to develop a more effective interface between climate change knowledge, social and economic systems and the policy making process.  Seasonal-to decadal Climate predictions towards climate services (6.1-1)  Development of advanced techno-economic modelling tools for assessing costs and impacts of mitigation policies (6.1-2)  Strategies, costs and impacts of adaptation to climate change (6.1-3)

Coping with Climate Change (6.1) - ctd A key challenge for the remaining period of FP7 is to develop a more effective interface between climate change knowledge, social and economic systems and the policy making process.  Exploiting the full potential of economic instruments to achieve the EU's key greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets for 2020 and 2050 (6.1-4)  Explore opportunities, risks, feasibility and policy implications associated with key geo- engineering options (6.1-5)

Sustainable use & management of land & seas (6.2) Research will develop innovative approaches to valuate biodiversity and ecosystem services and to develop public goods and sustainable economic activities from them  Exploration of the operational potential of the concepts of ecosystem services and natural capital to systematically inform sustainable land, water and urban management (6.2-1)  Assessing global biological resources: the European contribution to the Global Earth Observation Biodiversity Observation Network (GEO BON) (6.2-2)

Sustainable use & management of land & seas ctd. Research will develop innovative approaches to valuate biodiversity and ecosystem services and to develop public goods and sustainable economic activities from them  Innovative Tools for Understanding and Assessing Good Environmental Status of Marine Waters (6.2-3)  Management and potential impacts of litter in the marine and coastal environment (6.2-4)  Improve scientific knowledge base to support the implementation of the Marine strategy framework directive (6.2-5)  Development of advance technologies and tools for mapping, diagnosing, excavating and securing underwater and coastal archaeological sites (6.2-6)

Improving Resource Efficiency (6.3) Achieving smart and greener growth by developing innovative ideas and new market opportunities for eco- efficient technologies and processes contributing to decreasing material inputs, reducing energy consumption, recovering valuable by-products and minimising wastes  Innovative resource efficient technologies, processes and services (6.3-1)  Policy options for a resource efficient economy(6.3-2)  Development of resource efficiency indicators (6.3-3)  Support for standardisation needs in the field of environment (6.3-4)

Protecting citizens from environmental hazards (6.4) The driving forces will be prevention, better risk assessment and management taking on board new technologies and innovative concepts and strategies to increase our capacity to detect, forecast, predict and warn against hazards and their impacts  Improving the resilience of society to catastrophic events through new risk-management partnerships (6.4-1)  Long-term monitoring experiment in geologically active regions of Europe prone to natural hazards: the Supersite concept (6.4-2)  Integrating environmental and health data to advance knowledge of the role of environment in human well- being in support of a European exposome initiative (6.4-3)

Mobilising Env. Knowledge policy, industry and society(6.5) Integrative, interdisciplinary and action-oriented approaches focusing on specific long-term sustainability challenges cutting across sectors, governance levels and national boundaries  Developing community-based environmental monitoring and information systems using innovative and novel earth observation applications (6.5-1)  Demonstration and exploitation of most promising prototypes and tools derived from European research activities (6.5-2)  Exploring opportunities for open access to primary environmental data (6.5-3)  Integrated assessment of air pollution supporting the revision of EU air quality legislation (6.5-4)

Other Activities  Concepts and solutions for improving energy efficiency of historic buildings, in particular at district level  Innovative advanced lightweight materials for the next generation of environmentally-friendly electric vehicles  EU-India cooperation in water technology and management: research and innovation

FP7- ENV 2012 in brief…  Moving away from policy-driven research  Focus on SMEs and Innovation  Scope of topic: very broad & often bottom-up  Large-Scale projects  2-stage approach  Less topics: 25 topics  Budget : € 271 million (net budget = € 265 million)

Timescale  Publication Call: 20 July 2011  Deadlines:  20 October 2011 (FP7-ENV 2-stage)  Likely to be 20 October 2011 (FP7-ENV 1-stage) TBC

Contents  Overview of FP7  Cooperation – Theme 6  2010 Calls  Upcoming Calls  Dates for your Diary  Contact us

Dates for your Diary nEC Information Day (Ocean Topics) (Brussels): nEC Information Day (Ocean Topics) (Brussels): Planned 16/06/2011 nEC Information Days (Main ENV Call) (Brussels): nEC Information Days (Main ENV Call) (Brussels): Planned 17/06/2011 n Science Communication Training workshop for Europe's Scientists Dubrovnik, Croatia, 17 July - 3 August 2011 n Call Publication: 20/07/2011

Dates for your Diary - ctd n Resource Efficiency Brokerage Event Gdansk, Poland, September 5-8th n Call Deadline(s): 20/10/2011 (08/03/2012) !!! CHECK !!!

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