Call :
FP7 - ENV.2011.1.3.2-2 Vulnerability and increased drought risk in
Europe
Funding Scheme:
Collaborative Project (small or medium-scale focused research project)
Provisional title – Acronym
Trans European Drought Vulnerability
Preparedness System – TREVERIS
Reduction
and
Early
Background to the proposal
Droughts are increasingly being observed in many regions of Europe,
requiring innovative science-based approaches to evaluate the complexity
of environmental and socio-economic impacts and people's vulnerability. In
the European context, it is essential to improve the understanding of
drought processes and occurrences, modelling, forecasting and monitoring,
taking into considerations different European geo-climatic regions.
Capitalizing on the outcome of previous the participation of the consortium
members in previous projects and works on drought related risks and
hazards and on other recent state of the art R&D results, the consortium
will develop a ready to use system to help reduce Europe’s vulnerability to
drought risks and mitigate its effects.
Objective of the proposal
The main goal of the TREVERIS Project will be the development of an
integrated model that will facilitate the capacity to accurately predict the
risk of droughts in the different European geo-climatic regions and help
manage these scenarios, thus reducing Europe’s vulnerability to risks and
enhancing its preparedness for these contingencies. The system will
include specifically developed indicators that will be used to develop a
drought related risk management methodology adapted to the different
European geo-climatic and socio economic scenarios.
The developed model will capitalize on the extensive compilation of relevant
historical data (geo-climatic data, rain-fall, population evolution, soil usage,
consumption data, etc) and the statistical treatment of the information that
will be the basis of the developed risk management system and help
identify the most sensitive regions and sectors in Europe. The system will
be incorporated in to a software application that will allow the users to be
able to accurately predict impending drought risks and support decision
making by offering alternatives adapted to each region’s geo-climatic and
socio-economic characteristics and modelizing the consequences of
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different possible decision paths. A handbook on the model will also be
developed and workshops and training sessions will be held. Although
tailored to the different geo-climatic and socio-economic scenarios present
in Europe, the model will be exportable to other areas.
The TREVERIS Proposal will
help reduce Europe’s vulnerability to
droughts, identifying regions that present a critical sensitivity to these
hazards and offering paths to increase preparedness to these risks and
minimize their environmental and socio-economic impact. Therefore, the
objectives of the TREVERISProject will be fully in line and relevant to the
achievement of the Strategic Goals of the Hyogo Framework Action for
Building the Resilience of Nations and Communities to Disasters for it will
capacitate the institutions and other decision makers to strengthen the
mechanisms to increase Europe´s resailance to the risk of droughts and
incorporate risk reduction approaches to contingency plans, recovery
programmes and suistainable development policies and planning. The
Project is also relevant to help achieve the goals of key EU and
international actions and programmes such as the Lisbon Treaty, the EU
Water Framework Directive (WFD), the Habitat directive and the UN
Millennium Development Goals.
Expected deliverables and users of the results
The main deliverable of the TREVERIS project will be the drought risks
management system and its integration in to a software based decision
making support tool. This will be complemented by a user handbook and
workshops on the model and a dissemination campaign addressed to main
users of the results; managing authorities, environmental protection
institutions and associations, agricultural and industrial associations,
researchers, etc. The dissemination of the results amongst the general
population, especially in those regions identified as particularly sensitive,
helping environmental education and increasing societal awareness on this
matter.
Intermediate deliverables are also envisaged after the completition of the
successive stages of the work progress including reports on the different
data compilation,
depuration and statistical treatment process, the
modelization work phases and
the development and selection of
indicators. These will be presented in several forms; reports, scientific
papers, conference presentations, etc.
Expected costs and duration of the work
The total cost of the Project will be between 3.5 and 4 M € (EU contribution )
3-3.5 € and it will have a duration of 42 months (3.5 years).
Searched partner’s profile
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Organization with a pan-european understanding of geoclimatic conditions
and knowledge of water demand and water management scenarios,
particularly under water scarcity situations. The partner must be able to
analyze and map the drought risks of the different regions of Europe,
understanding risk as a combination of probability, impact and vulnerability.
This analysis must include as many aspects where drought may have an
impact, such as socio-economic (agriculture, tourism, water supply…) as well
as environment (ecosystem fragility and resilience…).
Contact
César Alcácer calcacer@centa.es
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