Climate Change and the European Water Dimension - Agri ...
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• Measures are required to improve <strong>the</strong> quality, spatial coverage <strong>and</strong><br />
accessibility of meteorological, hydrological, water use, social <strong>and</strong> economic<br />
data, including <strong>the</strong> use of remote sensing methods.<br />
V.B.9. Conclusion<br />
This chapter has sought to raise <strong>the</strong> profile of droughts as a major <strong>and</strong> immediate<br />
natural disaster threatening Europe. It has examined <strong>the</strong> range <strong>and</strong> scale of impacts<br />
experienced during <strong>the</strong> 2003 drought, summarized <strong>the</strong> latest information on how<br />
climate change is likely to affect drought severity, <strong>and</strong> considered how Europe should<br />
prepare for <strong>the</strong>se changes. The deficiencies of current <strong>European</strong> policies in respect<br />
to droughts have been highlighted, <strong>and</strong> a call is made for better policy integration<br />
around a specific framework for <strong>European</strong> drought mitigation. This drought<br />
framework should be founded upon a risk management approach, embedded within<br />
comprehensive Integrated <strong>Water</strong> Resource Management. It recommends that such a<br />
framework should emphasize dem<strong>and</strong> management, by informing <strong>and</strong> involving<br />
<strong>European</strong> citizens. The chapter highlights several areas where Europe is lagging<br />
behind o<strong>the</strong>r industrialized nations in drought forecasting, monitoring <strong>and</strong> mitigation<br />
<strong>and</strong> points to ways forward. It concludes by mapping out <strong>the</strong> areas where<br />
improvements to drought mitigation are needed in order to better mitigate future<br />
<strong>European</strong> droughts.<br />
Recent research projects related to <strong>European</strong> droughts<br />
ARIDE<br />
Assessment of <strong>the</strong> Regional Impact of Droughts in Europe<br />
http://www.hydrology.uni-freiburg.de/forsch/aride/navigation/about/about.htm<br />
ASTHyDA<br />
Analysis, Syn<strong>the</strong>sis <strong>and</strong> Transfer of Knowledge <strong>and</strong> Tools on Hydrological Droughts<br />
Assessment through a <strong>European</strong> Network<br />
http://www.geofysikk.uio.no/drought/<br />
AVEC<br />
Integrated Assessment of Vulnerable Ecosystems under Global <strong>Change</strong><br />
A workshop on Vulnerability of <strong>European</strong> ecosystems facing an increased drought risk<br />
Held in Samos, Greece, 10 - 12 April 2003<br />
http://www.pik-potsdam.de/avec/avec_droughts.html<br />
CLIMAGRImed<br />
Mediterranean Component of <strong>the</strong> FAO CLIMAGRI project<br />
http://www.fao.org/sd/climagrimed/c_4_01.html<br />
FRIEND<br />
Flow Regimes from International Experimental Network Data<br />
A contribution to <strong>the</strong> UNESCO International Hydrological Programme (IHP)<br />
http://www.nwl.ac.uk/ih/www/research/bfriend.html<br />
MICE<br />
Modelling <strong>the</strong> Impacts of <strong>Climate</strong> Extremes<br />
http://www.cru.uea.ac.uk/cru/projects/mice/<br />
MITCH<br />
Mitigation of <strong>Climate</strong> Induced Natural Hazards<br />
http://www.mitch-ec.net/default.htm<br />
WAM-ME<br />
<strong>Water</strong> resources management under drought conditions: criteria <strong>and</strong> tools for conjunctive use<br />
of conventional <strong>and</strong> marginal waters in Mediterranean regions.<br />
http://www.dica.unict.it/users/fvaglias/Wam-meWeb/index.htm<br />
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