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Call: FP7-ENV-2009-1
Activity: CLIMATE CHANGE, POLLUTION AND RISKS CLIMATE CHANGE, POLLUTION AND RISKS
ENV.2009.1.3.2.1 Costs of natural hazards  <8 January 2009
Sub-Activity 6.1.3 Natural Hazards 6.1.3 Natural Hazards
Indicative budget: EUR 13 million
Funding scheme: Coordination Action
Area 6.1.3.2 Area 6.1.3.2 Vulnerability assessment and societal impacts Vulnerability assessment and societal impacts
Research on climate/meteorological related natural hazards and disasters Research on climate/meteorological related natural hazards and disasters
Societal impacts and economic costs of climate/meteorological enabling better diagnostics and effective design of future prevention strategies.
Coordination actions of Research for enabling Coordination actions of Research for enabling
better diagnostics, accurate assessment, effective better diagnostics, accurate assessment, effective
design of prevention strategies and foresight of design of prevention strategies and foresight of
Societal impacts and economic costs of natural Societal impacts and economic costs of natural
hazards and disasters on climate change. hazards and disasters on climate change.
ENV.2009.1.3.2.1 Costs of natural hazards ENV.2009.1.3.2.1 Costs of natural hazards
* Compile, analyse and assess existing methods and approaches enabling to better estimate the costs of hazards
and disasters (climate and hydro-meteorology related hazards) including direct damages, indirect losses and costs
for emergency response and preparedness.
* Evaluate knowledge and gaps on direct and indirect economic benefit of prevention measures.

Below, you find past and current EU funded projects in the field of public safety communications.

ARMONIA (Applied Multi Risk Mapping of Natural Hazards for Impact Assessment)

ARMONIA is aimed at providing the European Commission with a new harmonised methodology for producing integrated risk maps to achieve more effective spatial planning procedures in areas prone to natural disasters in Europe.  

http://www.armoniaproject.net/html4/index.php?module=
ContentExpress&func=display&ceid=15&meid=-1

CHORIST (Integrating Communications for enHanced envirOnmental RISk management and citizens SafeTy)

The CHORIST project will develop and integrate:

III IMPLEMENTATION OF CALLS
• Call identifier: FP7-ENV-2009-1
• Date of publication: 3 September 2008
• Deadline: 8 January 2009 at 17.00.00, Brussels local time
• Indicative budget2728: EUR 193.5 million
• Topics called:
ACTIVITY 6.1. CLIMATE CHANGE, POLLUTION AND RISKS
Sub-activity 6.1.1. Pressures on environment and climate (EUR 32.5 million)
1.1.1. ENV.2009.1.1.1.1 Climate dynamics and abrupt changes – analysis of the palaeorecord
Collaborative Project (largescale integrating project)
1.1.3. ENV.2009.1.1.3.1 Quantification and attribution of annual-to-decadal changes
of carbon and GHG budgets in European terrestrial ecosystems to human and
natural drivers and associated climatecarbon feedbacks
Collaborative Project (largescale integrating project)
1.1.4. ENV.2009.1.1.4.1 Process-oriented evaluation of Earth System Models with focused emphasis on climate feedbacks
Collaborative Project (small-or medium-scale  research project)
1.1.5. ENV.2009.1.1.5.1 Climate change predictions in Sub-Saharan Africa (east to
west), quantification of impacts and assessment of adequate adaptation measures
Collaborative Project (small-or medium-scale focused research project)

International Disaster & Risk Conference 

A particular focus will be set on disaster risk management policies, climate change, critical infrastructures and pandemic diseases, always with the perspective of public-private partnership and sustainable development.

IDRC Davos 2008 We are pleased to welcome you on our website. We would like to draw your attention on the forthcoming IDRC Davos 2008 conference, to be held from Aug. 25 - Aug. 29, 2008, in Davos, Switzerland. Our new and CMS based website will hopefully facilitate to find information on IDRC’s current and future activities. IDRC invites YOU to become a regular visitor of our website. We also invite you to share with us your suggestions on modifications by sending us an e-mail to info@idrc.info. Walter J. Ammann Chairman IDRC

The 10th Plinius Conference on Mediterranean Storms will take place in Nicosia, Cyprus, from 22 to 24 September.

Its objective is to provide an interdisciplinary forum for discussion of the present state of knowledge as well as the necessary advances in research and application disciplines related to Mediterranean storms, such as: the nature and physical processes of these extreme events; expected changes in relationship to predicted climate changes; advanced techniques to observe, monitor and forecast these storms; their relationships to coupled surface processes and effects, with particular emphasis on damaging floods and landslides; and finally the socio-economical implications of these storms.

In keeping with these more general issues, the conference's session will address 12 more specific topics:
- climate change and extreme events;
- storm processes;
- mesoscale modelling;
- remote sensing
- 'nowcasting';
- operational meteorological forecasting;
- rainfall downscaling;
- soil-vegetation-atmosphere interactions;
- hydrological processes;
- operational hydrological forecasting
- prediction and effects of rainfall-induced landslides;
- societal impacts and responses.

During the conference, two prizes will be awarded to the best contribution (either oral or poster) presented by young researchers. The goal of this prize is to foster innovative research on the understanding and prediction of Mediterranean storms and their ground effects.

Contact person:
For further information, please visit:
http://meetings.copernicus.org/plinius10/index.html

8    Identification  of people and assets
9    Innovation issues
11    Human and societal dynamics of security

1) In this area, we want to present gLOCALid proposal for building a Thematic Network in trust at the next CIP-PSP call.

2) We want to submit a gLOCALid proposal for a ICT-2008 Network Session at 25-27Nov08 in Lyon.

There are any opportunity to arrange an appointment or get your feedback?

3) FYI. Secure-Force.eu project is celebrating a Micro-brokerage session in Cyprus the next 5-6Jun08 for presenting ideas and building consortia for FP7 SEC-2008.

Awaiting your feedback with interest
Ferran

Partcipants: Txell, Jordi, Manel, Ferran

AGENDA PROVISIONAL : Work-meeting (-39d) restricted to the NY group members.

12:00-12:15 - Ferran: List of attendants (Brief introductions 5min)

1) My Name and background,

2) Organization (full name, type, num.employeers)

3) Location (City, Region, Country, Networks),

4) Main Activity, EU-RTD projects and experience,

5) SYMPHONY (interest, workpackages and tasks)

6) Proposal (my contribution my status)

Recent local and transnational disasters have demonstrated to the European Commission and the Member States of the European Union the paramount importance of efficient risk management. The prevention and response to such natural disasters request more and more to pool efforts and competencies from different thematic sectors and technical disciplines of the individual EU Member States towards a common action.

The Action focusses on the development of a better capacity for early warning, monitoring and damage assessment systems for weather-driven natural hazards, as well as for tools for assessing climate change effects, land use change effects, risk mapping and adaptation (prevention and reduction) to extreme events driven by the current climate and expected changes in climate. Modelling is given specific attention with respect to the occurrence of natural events such as floods and droughts, for example in support of the Flood Action Programme. The Action items are geared towards the provision of direct support to the Community civil protection mechanisms and to interventions by the Solidarity Fund. They are also linked to the development of the Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) services.

Models and systems developed within this Action are:

¤ LISFLOOD – a catchment hydrological modeling system

¤ EFAS – the European Flood Alert System

¤ MOLAND – a land use simulation model

¤ EDO – a European Drought Observatory