Climate-Check of Present and Planned Measures on the Meuse Basin
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Climate-check of present and planned measures on the Meuse basin WP1 report - Action 8 2 AMICE – report on climate-proofing of present and planned projects Title Climate-proofing of present and planned projects WP1 report – Action 8 Authors Deckers P., Fournier M., Boeckx L., Vanneuville W. Date 2013-03-07 Lead partner EPAMA Partners involved FHR Work package 1 Action 8 AMICE Adaptation of the Meuse to the Impacts of Climate Evolutions is an INTERREG IVB North West Europe Project (number 074C). Climate change impacts the Meuse basin creating more floods and more droughts. The river managers and water experts from 4 countries of the basin join forces in this EU- funded transnational project to elaborate an innovative and sustainable adaptation strategy. The project runs lasts from 2009 through 2012. To learn more about the project visit: www.amice-project.eu The NWE INTERREG IV B Program The Program funds innovative transnational actions that lead to a better management of natural resources and risks, to the improvement of means of communication and to the reinforcement of communities in North-West Europe. To learn more about the program visit: www.nweurope.eu AMICE – report on climate-proofing of present and planned projects 3 1 Introduction .......................................................................................................................... 5 1.1 Objectives of the AMICE Project ................................................................................. 5 1.2 Objectives of action 8 .................................................................................................. 7 1.3 Position of the advanced report in the elaboration of an adaptation strategy for the Meuse river basin ........................................................................................................ 8 2 Concept of climate-check ................................................................................................... 9 2.1 Evaluation criteria and sub-criteria .............................................................................. 9 2.2 Classification of measures ......................................................................................... 11 2.3 Criteria added by AMICE ........................................................................................... 12 2.4 How to use a climate-check ....................................................................................... 12 3 Results ................................................................................................................................ 13 3.1 Water courses conservation in the Ardennes ............................................................ 14 3.2 Steenbergse Vliet Investment .................................................................................... 15 3.3 Ny : integrated management of the Naives basin ...................................................... 16 3.4 HOWABO : multi-functional reservoir ........................................................................ 17 3.5 Albert Kanaal, Lock of Ham ....................................................................................... 18 3.6 Rur reservoirs management rules ............................................................................. 19 3.7 Demarche OSIRIS ..................................................................................................... 20 3.8 Dyke relocation at the overdiepse polder .................................................................. 21 3.9 Common Meuse Project ............................................................................................ 22 3.10 Ecological restoration of the River Kleine Nete ......................................................... 23 3.11 Common instruments (A6) ......................................................................................... 24 3.12 More projects (A7) ..................................................................................................... 25 3.13 Use other results (A8)................................................................................................ 26 3.14 Mainstreaming CC in Directives (A10) ....................................................................... 27 3.15 CC in RBMPs (A12)................................................................................................... 28 3.16 No limit on insurance (B1) ......................................................................................... 29 3.17 Pay for ecosystem services (B2) ............................................................................... 30 3.18 Alternative locations in land-use planning (B5) .......................................................... 31 3.19 Stimulate flood-proof building (B6) ............................................................................ 32 3.20 Agricultural measures (B9) ........................................................................................ 33 3.21 Annual exercise + booklet for building in flood area (B12)......................................... 34 3.22 Inventory of water uses (C1) ..................................................................................... 35 3.23 Include CC in dimensioning of infrastructures (C3) ................................................... 36 3.24 Household water savings (C8) .................................................................................. 37 3.25 Transnational scientific bodies (C9)........................................................................... 38 3.26 Sharing information (C10) ......................................................................................... 39 4 Analysis .............................................................................................................................. 40 4.1 Overview ................................................................................................................... 40 4.2 Type of measures evaluated ..................................................................................... 40 4.3 Upstream and downstream effects ............................................................................ 41 4.4 Online questionnaire vs Workshop ............................................................................ 41 4 AMICE – report on climate-proofing of present and planned projects 4.5 Weighting the criteria ................................................................................................. 42 5 Conclusion ......................................................................................................................... 43 6 Annexes .............................................................................................................................. 44 Annex 1 : Detailed criteria rating .............................................................................................. 45 6.1.1 Performance under uncertainty ................................................................... 45 6.1.2 Efficiency ..................................................................................................... 45 6.1.3 Effectiveness ............................................................................................... 45 6.1.4 Side Effects ................................................................................................. 45 6.1.5 Conditions for decision making ................................................................... 46 Annex 2: Overview of the comments on the online questionnaires ...................................... 47 Water courses restoration in the Ardennes .......................................................................... 47 HOWABO : multi-functional reservoir .................................................................................. 49 Albert Kanaal, Lock of Ham ................................................................................................. 49 Demarche OSIRIS ............................................................................................................... 49 Dyke relocation at the overdiepse polder ............................................................................. 51 Common Meuse Project ...................................................................................................... 51 Annex 3: Overview of the comments during the workshops ................................................. 52 5 AMICE – report on climate scenarios and hydrology 1 Introduction 1.1 Objectives of the AMICE Project Climate change experts are increasingly pointing out the importance of adaptation to antici- pated changes, as opposed to waiting until impacts are irreversible. Consequences of climate change on river basins can be potentially catastrophic. Floods are the main hazard, whereas droughts and low-flows are a newer threat, conditioned both by climate change and an in- creased water demand. Adaptation is necessary if we are to maintain our living standards and remain competitive. Recently, climate change and its impact on water management have been high on the agenda in the EU: Green Paper, Communication on Water Scarcity and Droughts, Floods Directive (2007/60/EC), Meeting of the Water Directors, etc. The goals are clear, and now is the time to start acting at the basin level. Despite many uncertainties on the future climatic context, especially on extreme events, cli- mate models are increasingly reliable and the spatial downscaling of climate model outputs has already produced several regional scenarios.