1. Living with Climate Change Systemic investigation of climate change impacts on our society and efficient adaptation / mitigation scenarios to sustain our quality of life Austrian Proposal GPC Meeting, 14. 9. 2009

2. Process  Discussions within the Austrian research community  Workshop on European level  with participation of Belgium, Estonia, Spain, Finland, France, Hungary, Netherlands, Norway, Slovenia, and Sweden  with the objective to develop a vision and basic concept of a JPI „Living with Climate Change“  Current draft as a framework for the JPI  Further specification of the proposal requires discussion process on European level 2 13.09.2015

3. Vision  Shifting Europe to a society that copes with climate change while sustaining / improving quality of life  enabled by a systemic approach that considers the complexity of our social, economic and ecological systems  Develop a European vision how to tackle climate change and develop society  Link existing (sectoral) knowledge and expertise and their interrelationships to develop optimised systems  Establish a learning community across Europe for the sake of a sustainable and efficient adaptable Europe  Strengthen Europe as the lead market in CC adaptation and mitigation 3 13.09.2015

4. Current status and activities on CC  Manifold research activities ongoing and expertise available on European and international level, e.g.  International global change programmes International Geosphere – Biosphere Programme IGBP International Human Dimension Programme IHDP Earth System Science Programme ESSP Biodiversity Programme DIVERSITAS  CIRCLE Focus adaptation Regional focused calls (Mediterranean, Nordic, Mountain calls)  FP7 climate change projects 4 13.09.2015

5. Relevant sectors and research fields – current activities  Water system  Water cycles  Costal regions – oceans  Erosion  Water quality, water supply and management  Soil systems  Soil ecosystems - soil quality  Management concepts for soil, agriculture and forestry  Pollutants  Bioavailability and remobilisation processes of pollutants  Greenhouse gases 5 13.09.2015

6. Relevant sectors and research fields – current activities  Biodiversity  Shifts in plants and animals in water and terrestrial ecosystems  Genetic diversity  Availability of bio-resources  Impact on healthcare system  Agriculture and forestry  Biotic disturbances  Impacts on crop production, livestock and food security 6 13.09.2015

7. Relevant sectors and research fields – current activities  Energy  Sustainable concepts for energy generation, transmission and use  Increased energy demand (for heating and cooling)  New building concepts  Utilisation of renewable energy sources  Transport Systems and Infrastructure  Safety and reliability of transport infrastructure  Health system  Pests and parasites  Detection, medication and protection measures of (new) diseases 7 13.09.2015

8. Motivation for the JPI  What is changing? Which subsystems and sectors are affected? Comprehensive data, models, scenarios on CC available  In which way are specific sectors affected and changing? Research activities on climate change impacts mainly sectoral oriented, e.g. water, soil, atmosphere, biosphere, agriculture, energy, etc.  How does society handle CC? How can we adapt our systems efficiently to CC while at the same time sustaining our quality of life? ? 8 13.09.2015

9. Motivation for JPI „Living with CC“ 9 13.09.2015  How does society handle CC? How can we adapt our systems efficiently to CC while at the same time sustaining our quality of life? Adaptation / mitigation scenarios for our society require a systemic approach that consider the complexity of our system and its interrelationships and links and combines the existing research results Development of European strategies to successfully and efficiently adapt to CC

10. Key objectives  Development of European scenarios for CC adaptation / mitigation  Foresight processes  Translation of research results into strategies for decision support  Research on CC issues on systemic level  “Europize” existing global knowledge  Investigate interactions between sectors and subsystems  Investigate relevant societal aspects Extreme events Rural areas Urban areas  Evaluation of good practice of CC adaptation / mitigation on regional level  Establishing a learning system and transfer of good practices across Europe 10 13.09.2015

11. JPI concept 11 13.09.2015

12. Research issues  Research issues focus on systemic investigation of e.g.  Climate prediction on decadal timescales (e.g. for extreme events)  Regional climate scenarios at improved horizontal scales  Coupled climate and impact models  Socio-economic models  Systems resilience and vulnerability  Risk research  Genetic adaptability  Ecosystems functioning  applied on selected systems, like urban areas, rural areas, extreme events, etc. 12 13.09.2015

13. JPI implementation  Iterative process for defining / redefining research programmes  Definition of various phases  Preparatory phase for putting research programmes and ongoing research activities together  Specification of focal points and identification of white spots (strategic driven research demand)  Research programme phase I  Reflection phase for evaluation of the research results on strategies and definition of research programme phase II 13 13.09.2015

14. Results  Understanding interdependencies of relevant subsystems and their impact on the European societal development  European scenarios, technologies, measures for living with CC  A learning Europe for a faster and more efficient adaptation to CC  Europe as a lead market for CC adaptation and innovation  Europe as best practice for sustaining a stable social environment 14 13.09.2015

15. Added value of JPI  Systemic approach is currently not considered sufficiently but is required for developing / shifting European society, economy and ecology  Systemic approach requires coordinated European activities and strategies on a mid- to long term perspective  ERA-net more short term oriented  Most programmes sectoral oriented  Transfer of successful adaptation measures and strategies between regions  Keeping Europe on the forefront of economical and social development 15 13.09.2015