River floods are extremely important to society because of their potential damage and fatalities. Floods are also very interesting research subjects because of the intriguing non-linear interactions and feedbacks involved, interesting issues of generalisation and the need for investigating them in an interdisciplinary way. Extreme floods are not very well understood to date but new, high resolution data and new concepts for quantifying interactions promise a major breakthrough of a body of research carried out in a coordinated way. The objective of this Research Unit is to understand in a coherent way the atmospheric, catchment and river system processes and their interactions leading to extreme river floods and how these evolve in space and time. An innovative and coherent concept has been adopted in order to maximise the potential of the cooperation between the research partners which consists of three layers of integration: research themes focusing on the science questions, subprojects revolving around specific research tasks, and a joint study object of extreme floods in Germany and Austria. Using scales as a binding element, the research plan is organised into the research themes of event processes, spatial (regional) variability, temporal (decadal) variability, and uncertainty and predictability. The members of the Research Unit have been selected to obtain a team of leading experts with expertise that is complementary in terms of processes, methods and regional knowledge. The cooperation and communication strategy will be implemented through themed cluster groups, combining several subprojects, regular meetings of the cluster groups, an annual project symposium and a private cloud facilitating data exchange on the joint study object. Equal opportunity policies will be adopted and female and early career scientists will be promoted in a major way. Overall, the outcomes of the Research Unit will constitute a step change in the understanding of the coupled system of flood processes in the atmosphere, catchments and rivers which will have major implications for a range of sciences and the society.
Entwicklung und Erprobung eines weiterbildenden Fernstudienganges Angewandte Umweltwissenschaften mit Diplomabschluss. Gestaltung eines kompletten online-Studienangebotes.
Objective: ENCOMAR-TRANSPORT aims to improve co-operation between the new member states, applicant countries as well as Russia, Ukraine and Turkey in the maritime fields. ENCOMAR-TRANSPORT has two general strategic objectives:- to support the integration of the new member states, applicant countries, Russia, Ukraine and Turkey into the European Maritime Research Area, thus supporting EU policies and the formation of ERA- to support the goals defined in the maritime part of the Sustainable Surface Priority of the 6 th Framework Programme. To support integration, ENCOMAR-TRANSPORT will help to jointly use R&D potentials and resources.ENCOMAR-TRANSPORT will promote a culture of innovation and fertilize participation of SMEs in European research. Technically, enhan ced exchange of information, technology transfer and research cooperation initiated by the project will help to meet demands of European transport policy and to the objectives of the sustainable surface transportpriority. Particular focus will be on:- S hipbuilding and -repair, including ship equipment manufacturers and maritime service providers,- Waterborne (long-haul, short sea and inland waters) transport in Europe.- Maritime Transport safety will especially focus on transport of dangerous goods to a void environmental- hazards in European waters, the Baltic and Mediterranean and Black Sea.- Efficient transport of marine natural resources is in the focus as well. The following activities will be undertaken:- Creation of a Network of Maritime R&D N ational Contact Points.- Inform about potentials and activities of European research in the new member states and neighbours of the EU by workshops in those countries. Inform research community and industry about the potential of countries not yet integra ted in European research.
Objective: DYNE is aimed at providing science museums with an interactive multimedia product capable of introducing, diffusing and increasing knowledge of basic principles, concepts and applications of energy in a friendly and attractive way. The main topics to be included are: the physical concepts (kinetic and potential energy, work and power, laws of thermodynamics, energy conservation, reversible and irreversible transformations); energy sources (renewable and non-renewable sources, distribution of energy sources in Europe); energy transformation (wind and watermills, steam and internal combustion engines, turbines, nuclear reactors and plants, fuel cells, photovoltaic); environment (impact of energy, stray energy, effluents from power plants, radioactive pollution, energy saving approach). General Information: The information will be supplied using texts, pictures, sound, animated sequences and short movies. All the topics will be accessible through an user-friendly navigation tool. The feasibility of a CD-I technology solution will be explored, in order to address the widest possible potential market, thanks to its low price and user friendliness. Together with the implementation of the specific product, a complete IMM production environment is expected to be developed, with consolidated procedures and tools for all the different phases (system architecture definition, application design, multimedia data acquisition and storage, interactive software development and testing, marketing and distribution of products). Both methodological and technological achievements of DYNE will be further exploited in other similar sectors, such as education and publishing. Prime Contractor: Consorzio Milano Ricerche; Milano; Italy.
General Information: The proposed project has three main objectives: (1) to develop quantitative indicators for the environmental performance of manufacturing firms; (2) to apply these indicators in deepening understanding of the causes of changes in industrial environmental performance, and (3) to assess the effectiveness of different policy instruments in improving firms' overall environmental performance. The overall framework will be designed by scientific researchers, with the support of policy makers and firms. The study focuses on quantitative indicators of environmental performance at the process and firm level (materials and energy use, and waste emissions), rather than on qualitative 'effort' indicators. Physically-based quantitative indicators can serve as the basis for the collection of 'pressure' indicators by public authorities, while also serving as benchmarks for corporate environmental reporting and management. The project aims to encourage a convergence between voluntary and mandated environmental performance evaluation (EPE) by firms, and the needs of policy makers for comparable and comprehensive information on the sources of environmental pressures and impacts associated with industrial activities. More uniform quantitative environmental performance indicators (EPI) will also provide a platform for cross-sectoral and international comparisons of industrial environmental performance by scientific researchers. The project would have six operational aims: - to bring together and normalise available physical data for firms in six industrial sectors in six EU member states (MS); - to harmonise physical, economic and sustainability indicators for quantifying the integrated environmental performance of firms; - to apply these indicators in describing the environmental performance of firms; - to investigate the pattern and dynamics of environmental performance of firms across EU MS; - to analyse in detail the causes of change and differences between firms; - to evaluate national and EU initiatives on industrial 'pressure' and 'impacts' indicators; and - to identify policy measures, at an EU, national and regional level, which will accelerate improvements in integrated industrial environmental performance. There will be four closely related work packages: a) characterisation, collection and normalisation of physical and industrial data at the firm level in six industrial sectors; b) development of scientifically-based, reliable, practicable and relevant sector-specific physical, economic and sustainability EPIs for firms in these sectors; c) mapping and measuring of patterns and dynamics of industrial environmental performance, and an analysis of the causes of measured variability using a targeted case study approach; and d) analysis of the use of environmental performance indicators in improving public and corporate ... Prime Contractor: University of sussec, Science and Technology Policy Research; Falmer-Brighton; UK.
Der drohende Klimawandel ist eine der größten umweltpolitischen Herausforderungen des kommenden Jahrhunderts. Das interdisziplinäre Forschungsprojekt untersucht naturwissenschaftliche, politische, rechtliche, ethische, ökonomische und wissenschafts- bzw. modelltheoretische Grundfragen des Klimaproblems. Ausgehend von einer umfassenden Bestandsaufnahme und im Anschluß an tranzdisziplinäre Reflexionen werden Elemente und Leitlinien einer kohärenten und rationalen Klimaschutzstrategie entwickelt und daraus Empfehlungen für politisches Handeln abgeleitet.
Mit der Green Electricity policy in der Bundesrepublik, Großbritannien und den Niederlanden werden die Politik-Zyklen unterschiedlicher Regulierungsansätze (regulativ und technologieorientiert, technologie- und marktorientiert, markt- und konsensorientiert) dargestellt und verglichen. Das Vorhaben operiert im Kontext verschiedener energiepolitischer Ausgangssituationen, divergierender Chancenstrukturen für Umweltinteressen und politisch-administrativer Institutionenstrukturen, abweichender Haltungen zum europäischen Integrationsprozess sowie zu unterscheidender 'Dritter Wege' sozialdemokratisch geführter Regierungen. Vorliegende Studien zu regenerativen Energieträgern beziehen sich in erster Linie auf deren ökologische Notwendigkeit, ökonomische Vorteile und technische Machbarkeit. Eine international vergleichende politikwissenschaftliche Arbeit über Erfolgsbedingungen und Restriktionen ihrer Verbreitung stellt hingegen eine Forschungslücke dar. Indem die Untersuchung das komplexe Gefüge länderspezifischer Einflussfaktoren ebenso wie die Rückwirkungen globaler Regime und europäischer Harmonisierungsbestrebungen analysiert, sollen Handlungsspielräume nationalstaatlicher Politik ausgelotet werden. Das Vorhaben möchte zum sozialwissenschaftlichen Verständnis beitragen, wie die Nutzung erneuerbarer Energiequellen durch verschiedene Konzepte und Instrumente voranzutreiben ist. Das Projekt soll sowohl wichtiges theoretisches als auch empirisches Material für Wissenschaft und Praxis bereitstellen. Es versteht sich zum einen als ein anwendungsbezogenes Projekt, indem es konkrete Empfehlungen vornimmt und Optionen für politische Entwicklungen und Entscheidungen aufzeigt. Zum anderen soll es mit der Erarbeitung theoretischer Verallgemeinerungen das wissenschaftliche Verständnis zur Entwicklung der Energiepolitik fördern, wovon auch spätere Forschungsvorhaben zur Thematik profitieren werden.
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