EUROPEAN TOPIC CENTRE ON AIR AND CLIMATE CHANGE 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 TOPIC CENTRE ON AIR AND CLIMATE CHANGE

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

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 monitoring is becoming more important: - new role of governance - role of public and media - implementing policies - credibility of assessments

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

EUROPEAN TOPIC CENTRE ON AIR AND CLIMATE CHANGE 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

EUROPEAN TOPIC CENTRE ON AIR AND CLIMATE CHANGE 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 Environment Assessment To raise public awareness to the problems of global change and its impacts EUROPEAN TOPIC CENTRE ON AIR AND CLIMATE CHANGE

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

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

EUROPEAN TOPIC CENTRE ON AIR AND CLIMATE CHANGE 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

EUROPEAN TOPIC CENTRE ON AIR AND CLIMATE CHANGE 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

Criteria for Indicators 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) EEA EUROPEAN TOPIC CENTRE ON AIR AND CLIMATE CHANGE

EUROPEAN TOPIC CENTRE ON AIR AND CLIMATE CHANGE 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

EUROPEAN TOPIC CENTRE ON AIR AND CLIMATE CHANGE 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