Title
WATER-2b-2015: SMEs and Universities sought for a proposal on the
assessment of climate change impacts on Water-Land-Energy Nexus at
multiple spatial scales
POD Reference
Project Title and Acronym
RDGR20150205002
Assessment of Climate Change Impacts on Water-Land-Energy Nexus at
Multiple Spatial Scales
A Greek University along with other EU Universities are willing to submit
a H2020-WATER-2b-2015 proposal: Assessment of climate change
impacts on Water-Land-Energy nexus at multiple spatial scales. SMEs
with expertise in water quality-water reuse projects for results
dissemination and testing are being sought. Universities for assessing
low-carbon options and biomass quantification are also needed.
Municipalities and regional authorities are also needed for
implementation purposes.
Summary
Description
The common approaches to assessing the impact of climate change on
the water-land-energy nexus are qualitative, empirical, and based on ad
hoc adoption of hydrologic and climate models. These models focus on
metrics at very coarse scales, and they are disjointed from local
ecosystem services. Furthermore, no existing model can provide an
assessment of the uncertainty of future predictions. The proposed
project will link the multi-scale, space-time dynamics of watershed and
energy systems to atmospheric boundary layer and Global Climate
Models, and provide quantitative uncertainty estimates of their
predictions through a wide-ranging effort of analysis, modeling and field
observations.
The fine spatial-scale capability of the proposed modeling effort will
permit a detailed assessment of agricultural, urban and industrial water
uses, and the adoption of low carbon options. The project will focus on
watersheds draining in the Mediterranean Sea, where a number of
observed metrics already demonstrate trends consistent with a warming
climate. Several case studies will be developed throughout the region
along the South-East climatic, hydrologic, and agricultural activities
gradient. In addition to a synthesis of a large array of existing data sets, in
situ monitoring of climatic forcing and alternative energy sources will be
studied to provide data for model validation.
The information from climate projections and outputs of hydrologic and
hydrodynamic modeling will enable policy makers to develop sustainable
water management plans in the European Union. In addition, the
quantitative data produced by the modeling and field campaigns will
provide the tools necessary for taking appropriate actions to ensure the
sustainability of water, land and energy resources for the future.
The team is looking for Universities for integrating low-carbon options
and biomass quantification, SMEs with expertise in water quality-water
reuse assessement projects for results dissemination, offering practical
solutions and performing in situ testing activities. Regional authorities
are also sought for implementing the emerged strategies and interacting
with the existing regulatory frameworks.
The proposal will be submitted in the first stage of the topic WATER-2b2015 of H2020.
Proposal deadline (1st stage): 21/04/2015
Deadline for Partner Requests: 28/02/2015
Advantages and Innovations
The novelty of the research effort lies in the combined use of physicallybased models at different time scales to determine the effects of climate
change and energy usage on real ecosystems. As an integrated outcome,
the proposed research will lead to the determination of specific habitat
conditions and their linkage to climate and watershed practice changes.
Erosion identification as well as annual sediment yields for a given
watershed will be enabled thereby providing quantitative information of
land sustainability. This will create an ideal instrument for evaluation and
prognosis for basin management and stewardship purposes.
Stage of Development
Type and Role of Partner
Sought
Proposal under development
The team is seeking the following partners from EU:
-Universities for assessing low-carbon options and biomass quantification
(agroforestry and environmental engineering departments).
-SMEs on Water Management in order to offer practical solutions and
perform in situ testing activities and contribute to the dissemination and
exploitation of the results
-Municipalities and regional authorities for implementation purposes.
Type of Partnership
Considered
Programme call
Research cooperation agreement
H2020
WATER-2b-2015: Water Innovation: Boosting its value for Europe
Integrated approaches to food security, low-carbon energy, sustainable
water management and climate change mitigation
Network Contact
Angeliki-Eleni Vrochidou
vrochidou@help-forward.gr
0030 2810391963
FOUNDATION FOR RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY HELLAS
PRAXI Network
Heraklion, Greece