DG Research and Innovation
Climate services at EU level On-going and planned initiatives
Anastasios Kentarchos
Deputy Head, Climate Action & Earth Observation Unit
DG Research and Innovation – European Commission, Brussels
With contributions from: B. Pinty (1), H. Zunker (1), C. Donati (1) and M. Dowell (2), M. Jambou (3)
(1) Copernicus unit G.2/DG ENTR
(2) Joint Research Centre
(3) DG-DEVCO
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Contents:
• Outline on-going and planned actions and initiatives under Horizon 2020 (EU's Framework Programme for Research &
Innovation, 2014-2020)
• MESA (Monitoring for Environment & Security in Africa)
• COPERNICUS (the European Earth Observation Programme)
(Climate Change Service component)
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European Commission Research and Innovation
Horizon 2020 (2014-2020)
Climate Services under Societal Challenge 5: Climate action, environment, resource
efficiency and raw materials
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Climate services research in the EU Framework Programme (1)
• The European Commission has a long tradition on supporting climate modelling research:
• FP7 projects such as COMBINE, EUCLIPSE and EMBRACE are focusing on various aspects, such as new processes in Earth-System modelling, the cloud-aerosol problem and model biases.
• On top, EU funded research on seasonal-to-decadal forecasting since 2000 (e.g. PRUDENCE, ENSEMBLES), with the view of building a future seamless weather-to-climate modelling capability
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Climate services research in the EU Framework Programme (2)
• As an immediate response to the WMO GFCS initiative the EC launched two calls for proposals on climate information (2010 and 2012).
• Two successful projects took first steps towards the realisation of a European climate service.
ECLISE (develop regional/local CS and demonstrate their utility in support of adaptation)
CLIM-RUN (protocol for new methodologies for modelling and downscaling tools)
• Three more projects have been selected in 2012 to satisfy societal demands for reliable short term climate information, to developing tailored, user oriented concepts to support management decisions NACLIM (evaluate ability to model key processes in North Atlantic and Arctic oceans)
SPECS (seasonal-to-decadal climate predictions for the improvement of European climate services)
EUPORIAS (develop reliable climate impact prediction systems, focusing on high-risk events)
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…and more
• GEO
• Research Infrastructure Programme
• European Environmental Agency - Climate Adapt
• Strategic cooperation with Member States
(e.g. JPI-Climate)
• Joint Research Centre (JRC)
• European Institute of Innovation & Technology EIT
(e.g. Climate-KIC)
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And now a look into the future….
• In setting the strategy for Horizon 2020 of the Societal Challenge 'Climate action, environment, resource efficiency and sustainable supply of raw materials', we have identified the field of Climate Services as one of our few new flagship initiatives.
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What do we intend for "climate services"?
We attribute to the term "climate services" a broad meaning, which covers the transformation of climate-related data into customised products such as projections, forecasts, information, trends, economic analysis, assessments (including technology assessment), counselling on best practices, development and evaluation of solutions and any other service in relation to climate that may be of use for the society at large.
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What is our ambition
We wish, making use of both supply- & demand-side actions, to help creating a European market for climate services in which public bodies and businesses provide cutting-edge customised information services and adaptation solutions to a range of end-users, both in the business to business domain, in the public decision-making domain, to consumers, making Europe a leading actor in this domain.
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'Towards a European market for Climate Services'
• Workshop held 14 March 2014 in Brussels
• 130 participants from Climate service providers and users
• Launched a process leading, through the work of an Expert Group, to:
★ the definition of a long-term Research & Innovation Roadmap
★ the identification of most promising sectors on which to launch actions through the establishment of a Climate Services User Forum and the future launch of 'user-driven' demonstration projects
★ the identification of key supply- and demand-side measures for promoting the growth of a European market of Climate Services
★ a long-lasting partnership between providers and users of climate information for the co-design and co-production of future Climate Services
• The conclusions of the Expert Group will be discussed in a second workshop in early 2015.
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Some considerations…
•Operational services still need and will need for long time a sustained research and innovation support
•The supply side is today mainly providing climate information
•For passing from information to services we need:
• to co-design and co-produce the Services with the users
• crossing climate intelligence with multiple data sources, competences, actors
• appropriate data/HPC infrastructures
• to develop standards, quality assurance and a "validation" system (credibility issue)
• Origin: Ouagadougou Declaration signed in September 2010 by the African Union Commission, the ACP Secretariat and the African Regional Economic Communities.
• Aims: Continuity of past investments on the use of Earth Observation data in Africa and to provide an initial contribution to the GMES and Africa Initiative (Maputo Declaration - Joint EU-Africa Strategy )
• Budget : 37 Mo€ - Sources of Funding: 10th European Development Fund
• Final date for Implementation: September 2017
• Beneficiary Countries: 48 ACP countries of five African Regions
Expected results
• Improved access to EO data
• Operational information services are established
• Cross-fertilisation and continentalisation of services
• Political and policy frameworks are strengthened
• Adequate technical level is ensured
Climate services for Disaster Risks
Reduction in Africa • ACMAD/continental • € 2.3 M • 36 months starting from September 2014
(1)Climate Change Assessment Service •Climate information and projections for policies and strategies on climate change adaptation •Model outputs, climate indices maps, climate trend and variability diagrams and African Climate Outlook Reports. (2)Drought Service and Seasonal Climate Forecast •Strategic planning ahead of season through assessing seasonal and intra-seasonal variability and to forecast the probability of drought events. •Drought Information System
Services Component
Services Component
Marine
Land
Atmosphere
Emergency Manageme
nt
Security
Climate Change
The European Earth Observation Programme
Copernicus Climate Change service
The second step
New COPERNICUS regulation (EU) 377/2014:
"the Climate Change service shall provide
information to increase the knowledge base to support adaptation and mitigation policies. It shall in particular contribute to the provision of Essential Climate Variables (ECVs), climate analyses, projections and indicators at temporal and spatial scales relevant to adaptation and mitigation strategies for various Union's sectoral and societal benefit areas."
Strategy for the Copernicus Climate Change service
Knowledge in support of
Adaptation and Mitigation
Space & in-situ
Observations
Climate data &
re-analyses
Seasonal forecasts &
Climate projections
Set of ECVs, indicators and indices for
the Climate drivers and Climate impacts
EU-funded Research
Programmes
from other bodies e.g., MS,
ESA, Eumetsat, EEA, WMO..
Observed, analysed and simulated Essential
Climate Variables plus derived set of indicators
relevant to consistently monitor and simulate
Earth Climate responses to forcings
CDS Architecture of the Copernicus Climate Change service
Consistent Climate Data Store
In situ & remote sensing observations/analyses
EU-funded Research
Programmes
MS and other users & customers
Selected set of information for
customer DGs
from other bodies e.g., MS,
ESA, Eumetsat, EEA, WMO..
Consistent Climate Data Store
Customization platform
Sectorial Information System
Source: Legos/CNES/CLS
Source: ice2sea
Sea-level
Source: CLS
CDS Architecture of the Copernicus Climate Change service
In situ & remote sensing observations/analyses
from European commission
e.g.,FP7 Space call
MS and other
users & customers
Selected set of information for
customer DGs
from other bodies e.g., ESA,
Eumetsat, EEA, WMO..
Harmonization/Coordination & QA platform
Climate Indicator Data Store
Customization platform
Source: JRC Source: ice2sea
Forestry Coastal zones
SIS Architecture of the Copernicus Climate Change service
Climate indices relevant to the various
EU sectoral policies
Sectoral Information System
from European commission
e.g.,FP7 Space call
Selected set of information for users
(Global Scale with European Focus)
from other bodies e.g., MS,
ESA, Eumetsat, EEA, WMO..
CDS platform: Harmonization & Coordination
Consistent Climate Data Store
SIS platform: Customization
Sectoral Information System
Monitoring, QC of the service and
feedbacks to production or R&D
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treach
& D
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n
Education, general public and
authorities, reports, media, bulletin
Evalu
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&
QC
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A logical view
Architecture of the Copernicus Climate Change service
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Provisional timing
Y1 Y0 Y3 Y2 Y4 Y5 Y6
2014/15 2020/21
~ 20 ECVs ~ 5-6 sectors
Operational Phase
2017/18
Stage 0
PoC & testing
Stage I
pre-Op
Stage II Stage III
~ 33 ECVs ~ 8-10 sectors
The Climate Change service will address climate change issues at global
scale with a European dedicated focus.
There is a clear framework and initial roadmap for implementation of the
Service
Consistent with global efforts on climate datasets (i.e. GCOS
requirements, CEOS implementation) and climate Services (i.e. GFCS).
The C3 service should be considered as a European contribution to
building Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS)
developed within the framework of the Group on Earth Observations
(GEO).
Copernicus Climate Change service
Concluding remarks
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COPERNICUS
Climate Change Service
research component
ESA
EUMETSAT
JRC
EEA
GEO
GEOSS Copernicus
climate service
delegated entity
Transnational,
national and
regional
Climate Service
Centres
JPI-Climate
Specialised
high added-value
services delivered
by the business
sector
Horizon 2020 SC5, Infrastructure, Space
EIT
Climate-KIC
WMO
GFCS
GCOS
ERANET
INFORMATION PROVIDERS
Institutional
users
Business
sectors
Citizens
USERS
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THANKS FOR YOUR ATTENTION!
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