CCaattaalloogguuee ooff EEUU ffuunnddeedd pprroojjeeccttss iinn EEnnvviirroonnmmeennttaall rreesseeaarrcchh 22000077--22001111 ((**)) FFPP77 -- TThheemmee 66 –– EEnnvviirroonnmmeenntt ((iinncclluuddiinngg cclliimmaattee cchhaannggee)) (*) Preliminary version prepared for the Information day organised in Brussels on 17 June 2011 dedicated to the Work Programme 2012. The present version do not include the results of the calls FP7-OCEAN-2011 and FP7-ENV-2011-ECO-INNOVATION Two stages European Commission Directorate General for Research and Innovation Environment Directorate LEGAL NOTICE: The information and views expressed in this publication are the sole responsibility of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the European Commission. Neither the European Commission nor any person acting on its behalf may be held responsible for the use which may be made of the information contained therein. DISCLAIMER: The information presented in this document is partly provisional and subject to potential modifications. EDITOR: European Commission DG Research & Innovation, Environment Directorate Rue de la Loi 200, B-1049 Brussels, Belgium E-mail: [email protected] © European Commission, May 2011 Reproduction is authorised provided the source is acknowledged II Preamble This preliminary version is intended to be disseminated at the Information day on the Work Programme 2012, which will be held in Brussels on 17 June 2011. The present version includes the outcome of the calls WP2011 with the exception of the projects resulting from the calls FP7-OCEAN-2011 and FP7-ENV-2011-ECO-INNOVATION Two stages, which will be added later. In total 337 projected selected by the Directorate Environment of the Directorate-General for Research and Innovation are briefly presented in a thematic structure, which is covering the research areas of Climate Change, Environment and Health, Natural Hazards, Natural Resources Management, Biodiversity, Land and Urban Management, Marine Environment, Environmental Technologies including Cultural Heritage, Earth Observation, Assessment Tools for Sustainable Development, and Horizontal and dissemination actions. Practical information This catalogue is also available electronically in the Publications Menu of the Environment Theme Website http://ec.europa.eu/research/environment To read the pdf file, you will need to install a recent version of the application Acrobat Reader on your computer. Free download of this software is available at http://www.adobe.com/ How to find an EU research project in the catalogue? · Thematic search: Projects are sorted by thematic area and the call year · Free text search: Use the ‘Find’ command (Ctrl+F) and introduce free text keywords (e.g., impact assessment, salmon, MEECE,…) III IV Table of Contents Project Funding Acronym Title Page Number Scheme Research Area Climate Change 212643 THOR Thermohaline Overturning - at Risk? CP 1 World Climate Conference 3 - «Better Climate Information for a Better 245418 WCC 3 CSA 2 Future» Ice2sea - estimating the future contribution of continental ice to sea-level 226375 ICE2SEA CP 3 rise 243908 PAST4FUTURE Climate change - Learning from the past climate CP 4 282672 EMBRACE Earth system Model Bias Reduction and assessing Abrupt Climate change CP 5 283008 IPCCAR5 Support in Preparation of the IPCC 5th Assessment Report CSA 6 212095 CITYZEN megaCITY - Zoom for the ENvironment CP 7 Megacities: Emissions, urban, regional and Global Atmospheric POLlution 212520 MEGAPOLI CP 8 and climate effects, and Integrated tools for assessment and mitigation 226224 SHIVA Stratospheric ozone: Halogen Impacts in a Varying Atmosphere CP 9 Reconciliation of essential process parameters for an enhanced 226365 RECONCILE CP 10 predictability of arctic stratospheric ozone loss and its climate interactions. Atmospheric Composition Change: the European Network-Policy Support 265119 ACCENT-PLUS CSA 11 and Science 265148 PEGASOS Pan-European Gas-AeroSol-climate interaction Study CP 12 282688 ECLIPSE Evaluating the Climate and Air Quality Impacts of Short-Lived Pollutants CP 13 Effects of Climate Change on Air Pollution Impacts and Response 282910 ECLAIRE CP 14 Strategies for European Ecosystems 211384 EPOCA European Project on Ocean Acidification CP 16 The terrestrial Carbon cycle under Climate Variability and Extremes – a 226701 CARBO-EXTREME CP 17 Pan-European synthesis 244122 GHG EUROPE Greenhouse gas management in European land use systems CP 18 264879 CARBOCHANGE Changes in carbon uptake and emissions by oceans in a changing climate CP 20 Changing Permafrost in the Arctic and its Global Effects in the 21st 282700 PAGE21 CP 21 Century Comprehensive Modelling of the Earth system for better climate prediction 226520 COMBINE CP 22 and projection 244067 EUCLIPSE EU Cloud Intercomparison, Process Study and Evaluation Project CP 23 Climate Local Information in the Mediterranean region: Responding to 265192 CLIM-RUN CP 24 User Needs 265240 ECLISE Enabling CLimate Information Services for Europe - ECLISE CP 25 Bridging the gap between adaptation strategies of climate change impacts 211894 CLIMATEWATER CSA 26 and European water policies Assessment of Climatic change and impacts on the Quantity and quality of 212250 ACQWA CP 27 Water A Europe-South America Network for Climate Change Assessment and 212492 CLARIS LPB CP 28 Impact Studies in La Plata Basin 226248 ATP Arctic Tipping Points CP 29 Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation through 226310 REDD-ALERT CP 30 Alternative Landuses in Rainforests of the Tropics Climate Induced Changes on the Hydrology of Mediterranean Basins: 244151 CLIMB Reducing Uncertainty and Quantifying Risk through an Integrated CP 31 Monitoring and Modeling System Climate change predictions in Sub-Saharan Africa: impacts and 244240 CLIMAFRICA CP 32 adaptations 244255 WASSERMED Water Availability and Security in Southern EuRope and the Mediterranean CP 33 265103 MEDSEA MEDiterranean Sea Acidification in a changing climate CP 34 Raising the alert about critical feedbacks between climate and long-term 282664 AMAZALERT CP 35 land use change in the Amazon 212535 CCTAME Climate Change - Terrestrial Adaption and Mitigation in Europe CP 36 V 212774 CLIMATECOST Full Costs of Climate Change CP 37 Policy Options to engage Emerging Asian economies in a post-Kyoto 226282 POEM CSA 38 regime 226567 IMPLICC Implications and risks of engineering solar radiation to limit climate change CP 39 HighNoon: adaptation to changing water resources availability in northern 227087 HIGHNOON CP 40 India with Himalayan glacier retreat and changing monsoon pattern Methodology for Effective Decision-making on Impacts and AdaptaTION 244012 MEDIATION CP 41 (MEDIATION) Climate change integrated assessment methodology for cross-sectoral 244031 CLIMSAVE CP 42 adaptation and vulnerability in Europe European responses to climate change: deep emissions reductions and 244092 RESPONSES CP 43 mainstreaming of mitigation and adaptation 244132 CLAMER Climate Change and Marine Ecosystem Research Results CSA 44 Climate Impact Research & Response Coordination for a Larger Europe - 249685 CIRCLE-2 CSA 45 2nd Generation ERA-Net -Science meets Policy Assessment of Climate Change Mitigation Pathways and Evaluation of the 265139 AMPERE CP 46 Robustness of Mitigation Cost Estimates Knowledge transfer and research needs for preparing mitigation/adaptation 265182 PROMITHEAS-4 CSA 47 policy portfolios Impacts of Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest 265286 I-REDD+ CP 48 Degradation and Enhancing Carbon Stocks 282746 IMPACT2C Quantifying projected impacts under 2°C warming CP 49 Low climate IMpact scenarios and the Implications of required Tight 282846 LIMITS CP 50 emission control Strategies Research Area Environment and health Health Effects of Indoor Pollutants: Integrating microbial, toxicological and 211488 HITEA CP 51 epidemiological approaches Contaminant mixtures and human reproductive health - novel strategies for 212502 CONTAMED CP 52 health impact and risk assessment of endocrine disrupters 212844 DEER Developmental effects of environment on reproductive health CP 53 212885 REEF Reproductive effects of environmental chemicals in females CP 54 226217 CLEAR Climate change, Environmental contaminants and Reproductive health CP 55 226285 ENRIECO ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH RISKS IN EUROPEAN BIRTH COHORTS CSA 56 226442 ENNAH European Network on Noise And Health CSA 57 Arctic Health Risks: Impacts on health in the Arctic and Europe owing to 226534 ARCRISK CP 58 climate-induced changes in contaminant cycling The development, validation and implementation of human systemic Toxic 226694 SYSTEQ CP 59 Equivalencies (TEQs) as biomarkers for dioxin-like compounds ENVIROGENOMA 226756 Genomics biomarkers of environmental health CP 60 RKERS Risk of brain cancer from exposure to radiofrequency fields in childhood 226873 MOBI-KIDS CP 61 and adolescence The impact of climatic and environmental factors on personal ultraviolet 227020 ICEPURE CP 62 radiation exposure and human health Impact of climate change on the transport, fate and risk management of 243923 VIROCLIME CP 63 viral pathogens in water Quantifying Weather and Climate Impacts on Health in Developing 243964 QWECI CP 64 Countries Health, environmental change and adaptive capacity: mapping, examining HEALTHY 266327 and anticipating future risks of water-related vector-borne diseases in CP 65 FUTURES eastern Africa 282687 ATOPICA Atopic diseases in changing climate, land use and air quality CP 66 211250 ESCAPE European