Sustainable Energy Systems UNFCCC – Workshop on the preparation of the Fourth NC from Annex I Parties Dublin, 30/9-1/10 2004 Reporting on RTD and Systematic Observation Domenico Rossetti di Valdalbero Hartmut Behrend European Commission E-mail: [email protected][email protected]
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Sustainable Energy Systems
UNFCCC – Workshop on the preparation of the Fourth NC from Annex I Parties
Global change and ecosystems: GHG emissions, water cycle, biodiversity and ecosystems, natural disasters, land management, climate observation, complementary research, cross-cutting issues
Sustainable Energy Systems
SUSTAINABLE ENERGY SYSTEMS Clean energy, in particular renewables
Cost effective supply Large scale integration
Energy savings and energy efficiency Eco-buildings Polygeneration
Alternative motor fuels Fuel cells, including their applications New technologies for energy carriers, particularly H2 New and advanced concepts in renewable energy
technologies Capture and sequestration of CO2 Socio-economic tools and concepts for energy strategy
Sustainable Energy Systems
SUSTAINABLE SURFACE TRANSPORT
New technologies and concepts for all surface transport modes (road, rail and waterborne)
Advanced design and production techniques
Re-balancing and integrating different transport modes
Increasing road, rail and waterborne safety and avoiding traffic congestion
Sustainable Energy Systems
GLOBAL CHANGE AND ECOSYSTEMS
Impact and mechanisms of GHG emissions and atmospheric pollutants on climate, ozone depletion and carbon sinks
Water cycle, including soil-related aspects Biodiversity and ecosystems Mechanisms of desertification and natural disasters Strategies for sustainable land management, including
coastal zones, agricultural land and forests Operational forecasting and modelling including
global climatic change observation systems Complementary research Cross-cutting issue: SD concepts and tools
Sustainable Energy Systems
GLOBAL CHANGE AND ECOSYSTEMS – Area 1
Carbon and nitrogen cycles: sources and sinks Atmospheric pollutants and their regional
impacts Climate dynamics and variability Prediction of climate change and its impacts Stratospheric ozone and climate interactions Adaptation and mitigation strategies Environment and health
Sustainable Energy Systems
CROSS-CUTTING ISSUES Models: World and/or EU coverage, Energy,
Economy and Environment interactions (POLES, GEM-E3, NEMESIS, MARKAL,…), focused on specific technologies (SAFIRE, GREEN-X for renewables or MURE for energy efficiency,…)
Externalities: Quantification of social and environmental damages (EXTERNE, GREENSENSE, METHODEX, NEEDS,…)
Social acceptability: Eurobarometer, Delphi methods, EASW,…
Sustainable Energy Systems
OTHER EU RTD INITIATIVES Technology platforms for Hydrogen and Photovoltaic (to
involve the main stakeholders and to catalyse substantial private investments)
International Cooperation: CSLF, IPHE, JREC European Growth initiative: Proposal for H2 economy -
«Quick-start » project: H2 production and electricity generation, and « hydrogen communities » by 2004-2015 (€ 2.8 B)
GMES: state and evolution of the global environment; support to EC EAP, to civil protection for prevention, monitoring and assessment of natural and man-made hazards, to EC Common Agricultural, Fisheries and Regional development policies, to development and humanitarian aid, EU CFSP
Sustainable Energy Systems
OTHER EU RTD INITIATIVES Nanotechnologies: Horizontal”, “key” or “enabling
technology” (10-9 or tens of thousands smaller than a human hair)
Environmental Technologies Action Plan (ETAP): to mobilise all stakeholders and to ensure that the EU takes a leading role in developing and applying ET
Infrastructure: FP6 in Climate: Environmental reaction chambers, for studying athmospheric
processes Experts in airborne measurements Remote sensing, satellites offer relevant information on the
environment state and evolution in the world (OASIS) Arctic Lidar Observatory for Middle Atmospheric Research,
including two rocket launches (ALOMAR)
Sustainable Energy Systems
C. SYSTEMATIC OBSERVATION Member States are in general responsible for systematic
observation in their own territory European Commission is one of the 4 co-chairs of Global
Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS) Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES)
is the most important contribution of Europe to GEOSS EU supports close co-ordination between GEOSS and
Global Climate Observing System (GCOS) EU Joint Research Centre is the Global Atmospheric
Watch regional data Centre on aerosol regional Stations Member States submit different data sets to the
European Commission, like data on air quality
Sustainable Energy Systems
CONCLUSIONS Researchers have a double role to play in the
Climate Change issue: to provide the scientific basis and the new clean technologies
Public authorities need to address and to support, for eg. by RTD, the public questions (air pollution, global warming,…)
After the European Research Area, a World Research Area should tackle in a rigorous and scientific way the major global issues
More information about EU RTD and policies:http://www.cordis.lu/en/home.htmlhttp://europa.eu.int