Message from the EurAqua Conference 2008 on Climate Change & WFD on Appropriate Instruments for Targeted research
The EurAqua conference "How can climate change be incorporated in river basin management plans under the WFD?", held in Oslo 23-24 October 2008, concluded the following statement:
EurAqua strongly recommends that instruments for policy support are reintroduced in FP7 to address issues associated with policy development or implementation of European legislation, such as the Water Framework Directive.
The EurAqua Conference 2008 highlighted significant progress from a scientific perspective in understanding the potential impacts of climate change. Much of the new understanding related to climate change impacts results from EU and national research funding, especially under Integrated Projects. EUROLIMPACS is an example of a successful Integrated Project, with over 400 scientific publications resulting from the research activity. The conference, however, also raised a number of key issues regarding the practical ‘implementation´ of recent scientific findings.
Read the conclucions from the conference here:
APPROPRIATE INSTRUMENTS FOR TARGETED RESEARCH [.pdf]
