IWRM-net

Classifying water bodies for flood risk management

Stephen Midgley — 2010-08-18T15:55:32Z

Climate change is expected to increase the intensity and occurrence of regional floods in Europe. A recent study has examined existing natural and constructed retention (or holding) basins that can be adapted to provide flood defences. As part of the study, a classification system for flood defence structures was developed to help Member States design sustainable flood risk management (...) - 07. News Updates

IWRM-Net Final Conference Day 2

Stephen Midgley — 2010-07-22T12:52:53Z

The Contribution of IWRM.Net to the European Research Area for Water Objectives of the Day: To demonstrate the contribution of IWRM-Net to the European Research Area in the field of water To explore how to more effectively bring EU water research into policy and operational use. Target Audience: National and European water research programme managers, water policy makers / WFD implementation managers (research users). Welcome and Introduction Session 1 - IWRM-Net achievements (...) - IWRM-Net Final Conference

IWRM-Net Final Conference Day 1

Stephen Midgley — 2010-07-22T12:32:31Z

Improving the European Water Research Landscape To review the current status of the ERA for Water, and identify the key research needs for the coming WFD cycle (to 2015) To improve future cooperation in Water Research across the ERA - What research funding and cooperation instruments are needed to deliver the research needs? Target audience: Particularly EU Water Policy Makers and national Research Programme Managers, It aims to identify and highlight issues that need to be (...) - IWRM-Net Final Conference

00. Final Conference

Stephen Midgley — 2010-07-20T12:07:42Z

IWRM-net would like to invite European and National Water Research Managers to Scotland Europa Office at Schumann Roundabout, Brussels The final conference for IWRM-net is postponed until 1-2nd December. - Right handside column

Science-Policy Workshop: Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation - Reducing Water-related Risks in Europe

Stephen Midgley — 2010-07-01T13:05:40Z

The Environment Directorate of the Commission's Research Directorate-General is organising a series of workshops aiming to gather the critical knowledge mass represented by projects of the Framework Programmes that address climate change understanding, climate change impacts and scenario building. The workshops are aimed at: Gathering representatives of on-going FP projects, as well as of related EU-funded projects to discuss the state of knowledge, identify research (...) - Events Archive 2010

D28 List of priority subjects

Stephen Midgley — 2010-06-09T13:16:15Z

D28: STRATEGIC ISSUES PAPER – IWRM RESEARCH SECOND CALL RESEARCH NEEDS OPTIONS Proposed IWRM-Net research needs for the second call The list of research questions highlighted in this paper is derived from a series of workshops around Europe that considered short-term and long-term research needs. The results have now been combined to consider the scientific specification for the IWRM-net second call. For more information on the workshops (visit IWRM-Net website) and view WP2 and WP3. The (...) - 01. Released

ICARUS

Stephen Midgley — 2010-06-09T12:56:23Z

IWRM for climate change adaptation in rural social ecosystems Southern Europe (Italy, Portugal, Spain) ICARUS aims at increasing, in selected areas of Italy, Portugal and Spain, efficient water use in agriculture by analysing biophysical, socio-economic and institutional dimensions of sustainable water management and identifying innovative adaptation strategies, practices and tools for saving water in irrigated productions systems, which could be disseminated in other Mediterranean (...) - 00. Funded Research

IMPACT

Stephen Midgley — 2010-06-09T12:55:07Z

Developing an integrated model to predict abiotic habitat conditions and biota of rivers for application in climate change research and water management. (Germany, Portugal, France) The research project outlined herein aims at developing an integrated model which predicts the abiotic habitat conditions and biota of natural (reference), semi-natural or restored river reaches. The coupled models will be used to assess the effect of climate change on discharge and in turn on river morphology (...) - 00. Funded Research

Climate Change

Stephen Midgley — 2010-06-09T12:53:52Z

Impacts of climate change on water resources management – regional strategies and European view. (Germany, France, Italy) The Primary objectives of the project are: Elaboration of quantitative projections of changes in river flows and consequences such as flood frequency, drought occurrence and sectoral water uses. Analysis of the effect of climate change on the hydromorphological reference conditions of rivers and therefore the definition of “good status”. Definition of management (...) - 00. Funded Research

Water Cap & Trade

Stephen Midgley — 2010-06-09T12:52:40Z

Water Market scenarios for Southern Europe: new solutions for dealing with water scarcity and drought risk. (France, Italy, Spain) Structural water deficits and drought risk are expected to become more frequent, putting at stake the current mechanisms of water management and allocation. The establishment of water markets or systems of tradable abstraction quotas could represent a possible alternative. The use of a “cap and trade” approach could simultaneously guarantee environmental (...) - 00. Funded Research