ACQWA
Assessment of Climatic change and impacts on the Quantity and quality of Water
| Coordinatore | UNIVERSITE DE GENEVE
Organization address
address: Rue du General Dufour 24 contact info |
| Nazionalità Coordinatore | Switzerland [CH] |
| Totale costo | 8˙542˙585 € |
| EC contributo | 6˙493˙573 € |
| Programma | FP7-ENVIRONMENT
Specific Programme "Cooperation": Environment (including Climate Change) |
| Code Call | FP7-ENV-2007-1 |
| Funding Scheme | CP-IP |
| Anno di inizio | 2008 |
| Periodo (anno-mese-giorno) | 2008-10-01 - 2014-03-31 |
Partecipanti
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| 1 |
UNIVERSITE DE GENEVE
Organization address
address: Rue du General Dufour 24 contact info |
CH (GENEVE) | coordinator | 0.00 |
| 2 |
AGENCIA ESTATAL CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS
Organization address
address: CALLE SERRANO 117 contact info |
ES (MADRID) | participant | 0.00 |
| 3 |
AGENZIA REGIONALE PER LA PROTEZIONE AMBIENTALE DEL PIEMONTE
Organization address
address: VIA PIO VII 9 contact info |
IT (TORINO (TURIN)) | participant | 0.00 |
| 4 |
AGENZIA REGIONALE PER LA PROTEZIONEDELL AMBIENTE
Organization address
address: LOC GRANDE CHARRIERE 44 contact info |
IT (SAINT-CHRISTOPHE) | participant | 0.00 |
| 5 |
CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE
Organization address
address: Rue Michel -Ange 3 contact info |
FR (PARIS) | participant | 0.00 |
| 6 |
CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS CIENTIFICOS
Organization address
address: AVENIDA ARTURO PRAT 514 contact info |
CL (VALDIVIA) | participant | 0.00 |
| 7 |
COMMISSARIAT A L ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
Organization address
address: RUE LEBLANC 25 contact info |
FR (PARIS 15) | participant | 0.00 |
| 8 |
COMPAGNIA VALDOSTANA ACQUE SPA
Organization address
address: VIA STAZIONE 31 contact info |
IT (CHATILLON) | participant | 0.00 |
| 9 |
CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE
Organization address
address: Piazzale Aldo Moro 7 contact info |
IT (ROMA) | participant | 0.00 |
| 10 |
EIDGENOESSISCHE TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE ZURICH
Organization address
address: Raemistrasse 101 contact info |
CH (ZUERICH) | participant | 0.00 |
| 11 |
EIDGENOESSISCHES VOLKSWIRTSCHAFTSDEPARTEMENT
Organization address
address: Bundeshaus Ost contact info |
CH (BERN) | participant | 0.00 |
| 12 |
ENEL PRODUZIONE. S.P.A.
Organization address
address: Viale Regina Margherita 125 contact info |
IT (ROMA) | participant | 0.00 |
| 13 |
ENTE PARCO NAZIONALE GRAN PARADISO
Organization address
address: VIA DELLA ROCCA 47 contact info |
IT (TORINO) | participant | 0.00 |
| 14 |
FONDATION POUR L'ETUDE DES RELATIONS INTERNATIONALES ET DU DEVELOPPEMENT
Organization address
address: RUE DE LAUSANNE 132 contact info |
CH (GENEVE) | participant | 0.00 |
| 15 |
FONDAZIONE MONTAGNA SICURA
Organization address
address: LOCALITA VILLARD DE LA PALUD 1 contact info |
IT (COURMAYEUR) | participant | 0.00 |
| 16 |
INSTITUTE OF WATER PROBLEMS AND HYDROPOWER OF THE KYRGYZ NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
Organization address
address: Frunze Street 533 contact info |
KG (BISHKEK) | participant | 0.00 |
| 17 |
INSTITUTO TORCUATO DI TELLA
Organization address
address: MINONES 2177 contact info |
AR (BUENOS AIRES) | participant | 0.00 |
| 18 |
MAX PLANCK GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTEN E.V.
Organization address
address: Hofgartenstrasse 8 contact info |
DE (MUENCHEN) | participant | 0.00 |
| 19 |
METEO-FRANCE
Organization address
address: AVENUE DE PARIS 73 contact info |
FR (SAINT MANDE CEDEX) | participant | 0.00 |
| 20 |
MONTEROSASTAR SRL
Organization address
address: PIAZZA MUNICIPIO 1 contact info |
IT (MACUGNAGA) | participant | 0.00 |
| 21 |
POLITECNICO DI MILANO
Organization address
address: PIAZZA LEONARDO DA VINCI 32 contact info |
IT (MILANO) | participant | 0.00 |
| 22 |
RICERCA SUL SISTEMA ENERGETICO - RSE SPA
Organization address
address: Via Rubattino Raffaele 54 contact info |
IT (MILANO) | participant | 0.00 |
| 23 |
THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM
Organization address
address: Edgbaston contact info |
UK (BIRMINGHAM) | participant | 0.00 |
| 24 |
UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION -UNESCO
Organization address
address: PLACE DE FONTENOY 7 contact info |
FR (PARIS) | participant | 0.00 |
| 25 |
UNIVERSIDAD DE LA SERENA
Organization address
address: Benavente 980 contact info |
CL (LA SERENA) | participant | 0.00 |
| 26 |
UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI L'AQUILA
Organization address
address: PIAZZA VINCENZO RIVERA 1 contact info |
IT (L'AQUILA) | participant | 0.00 |
| 27 |
UNIVERSITAET BERN
Organization address
address: Hochschulstrasse 4 contact info |
CH (BERN) | participant | 0.00 |
| 28 |
UNIVERSITAET FUER BODENKULTUR WIEN
Organization address
address: Gregor Mendel Strasse 33 contact info |
AT (WIEN) | participant | 0.00 |
| 29 |
UNIVERSITAET GRAZ
Organization address
address: UNIVERSITAETSPLATZ 3 contact info |
AT (GRAZ) | participant | 0.00 |
| 30 |
UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE
Organization address
address: Nethergate contact info |
UK (DUNDEE) | participant | 0.00 |
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Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)
As the evidence for human induced climate change becomes clearer, so too does the realization that its effects will have impacts on natural environment and socio-economic systems. Some regions are more vulnerable than others, both to physical changes and to the consequences for ways of life. The proposal will assess the impacts of a changing climate on the quantity and quality of water in mountain regions. Modeling techniques will be used to project the influence of climatic change on the major determinants of river discharge at various time and space scales. Regional climate models will provide the essential information on shifting precipitation and temperature patterns, and snow, ice, and biosphere models will feed into hydrological models in order to assess the changes in seasonality, amount, and incidence of extreme events in various catchment areas. Environmental and socio-economic responses to changes in hydrological regimes will be analyzed in terms of hazards, aquatic ecosystems, hydropower, tourism, agriculture, and the health implications of changing water quality. Attention will also be devoted to the interactions between land use/land cover changes, and changing or conflicting water resource demands. Adaptation and policy options will be elaborated on the basis of the model results. Specific environmental conditions of mountain regions will be particularly affected by rapidly rising temperatures, prolonged droughts and extreme precipitation. The methodological developments gained from a European mountain focus will be used to address water issues in regions whose economic conditions and political structures may compromise capacities to respond and adapt, such as the Andes and Central Asia where complex problems resulting from asymmetric power relations and less robust institutions arise. Methodologies developed to study European mountains and their institutional frameworks will identify vulnerabilities and be used to evaluate a range of policy options.
Introduzione (Teaser)
Climate change impacts, such as rising temperatures, prolonged droughts and extreme precipitation, are expected to affect many areas, including mountain regions. A large consortium worked to develop advanced models to quantify and predict the impact of climate change primarily on surface water.
Descrizione progetto (Article)
It is now widely accepted that human activities are capable of triggering climate change, with potentially significant environmental and socioeconomic impacts. Although the effects of the changing climate will be largely dependent on the region, it is of vital importance to devise tools for monitoring and predicting these effects.
Based on this, the EU-funded http://www.acqwa.ch (ACQWA) (Assessment of climatic change and impacts on the quantity and quality of water) project was established. Thirty-seven partners worked together, focusing on water as a vital component of human, animal and plant communities.
Advanced modelling techniques were employed to quantify the influence of climatic change on river discharge and on water resource availability. Partners used case study regions in the European Alps, the Pyrenees, the Andes, and Central Asia to assess changes in temperature and precipitation and to develop regional climate projections of change. New remote sensing optical tools were created for simulating the response of snow and ice in mountains.
The impacts of climate change on various hydrological processes and on the incidence of extreme events in catchment areas were also analysed. The project concluded that changes in the hydrological characteristics of rivers originating in mountain regions will spread towards populated lowland regions. Therefore, researchers estimated changes in the quantity and seasonality of water on aquatic ecosystems, tourism, agriculture and the energy (hydropower) sectors.
ACQWA demonstrated the need for a more integrated and comprehensive approach to water use and management and to go beyond the conventional water basin management approach. It was shown that consideration should also be given to other socioeconomic factors and the way in which water policies interact with other policies (e.g., energy, agriculture) at the local, national and supra-national level. Future research should address inconsistencies between physical and socioeconomic data, which are collected by different bodies for different purposes. This would require the compilation of compatible data sets and conversion between different data formats. In addition, more research and policy initiatives are needed to improve the efficiency of water resource allocation through the use of economic flexibility mechanisms.
By understanding the implications of a changing climate, ACQWA partners have helped formulate appropriate policies for avoiding extreme situations and to optimise water governance.