Session 2: Environment and Climate Change

Session 2: Environment and Climate Change

Moderator: Marialuisa Tamborra, Acting Head of Strategy Unit, Directorate Climate Action and Resource Efficiency, DG RTD

The sessions aims

• to present practical examples of impact achieved by Public-Public Partnerships in the Climate Action and Resource Efficiency challenge
• to facilitate the exchange of experience between P2P networks in the Climate Action and Resource Efficiency challenge
• to help elaborate the framework for assessing impacts and identify opportunities to maximise impact and its visibility

Agenda:

1. Introduction to the session – the role of P2Ps in the Climate Action and Resource Efficiency challenge

2. Short presentations on impacts expected / achieved from the following networks (5 min each)

• ERA-NET Biodiversa - Consolidating the European Research Area on biodiversity and ecosystem services, Xavier Le Roux, INRA
• JPI Water - Water Challenges for a Changing World, Dominique Darmendrail, ANR
• JPI CLIMATE - Connecting Climate Knowledge for Europe, Patrick Monfray, ANR
• JPI Cultural Heritage, Cristina Sabbioni, CNR
• ECO-INNOVERA, Robbert Droop, Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment, Netherlands

3. Panel Discussion along the following guiding questions:

• How can networks and organisations improve the collection of evidence on impacts, both at national / European policy level?
• How can they increase the visibility of impacts and the take-up of results, both at national or EU policy levels?
• Which aspects of the impact assessment should be organised in a coordinated or centralised fashion, and by whom?
• Are there specific issues related to the Climate Action and Resource Efficiency challenge that need to be taken into account for the overall Impact Assessment Framework, and if yes which?

4. Open discussion with the audience

5. Wrap-up and conclusions

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