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Water Directors meeting 30 November-1 December 2006. WATER SCARCITY & DROUGHT First Interim Report. Sylvie Detoc sylvie.detoc@ec.europa.eu European Commission, DG Environment Unit D.2 – Water and Marine. FIRST Interim Report. Limitations: Preliminary results, provisional figures
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Water Directors meeting 30 November-1 December 2006 WATER SCARCITY & DROUGHT First Interim Report Sylvie Detoc sylvie.detoc@ec.europa.eu European Commission, DG Environment Unit D.2 – Water and Marine
FIRST Interim Report • Limitations: • Preliminary results, provisional figures • Non Exhaustive data • Consistency • Data Sources • EU: EEA, Eurostat • National, River Basin: MS (18) + Norway • EU instruments: MS, DGENV, AGRI & REGIO need to be refined and completed
WATER SCARCITY vs DROUGHTS DROUGHT: Rainfall deficiency Temporary situation Exacerbated by mismanagement of water resources DEVIATION FROM AVERAGE WATER SCARCITY: Insufficient water resources to satisfy long-term average requirements DEMAND > SUPPLY
Difficulty in singling out the part due to tourism CAUSES The causes of water scarcity largely depend on river basin characteristics and water uses.
IMPACTS Total impact : € 85 billion
USE OF EU INSTRUMENTS • CAP & RD programmes, Structural & Cohesion Funds: • 2000-2006: very little or no use; on the contrary, some supports have tended to exacerbate the imbalances • 2007-2013: weaknesses identified • LIFE : mainly on qualitative issues • European Solidarity fund: no use / criteria not adapted • Community Mechanism for civil protection: no use / criteria not adapted • Water pricing: few water pricing policies adapted for incentive role • WFD: request for exchanges at EU level
CONCLUSIONS • DATA: Improvement needed as well as focus on specific issues (delineation, impacts, tourism, climate change) • Technical work required • Support of research • OUTCOMES: • Importance of WS&D impacts • Some lessons on use of EU instruments: room for improvement at national level • Best use of existing instruments • Water pricing policies
CONCLUSIONS • At EU level, 2 strands of possible actions: • Promotion of water demand management • Coordination & better adaptation of EU mechanisms for drought risk management • Next steps for the in-depth assessment: • Refine the analysis: June & Dec. 2007 • Input for the preparation of the Communication
Thank you for your attention sylvie.detoc@ec.europa.eu
FUTURE ACTIVITIES: WS&D Communication Tentative Timeframe • Technical • In-detph assessment (with support of Expert Group) • Scenario analysis at RB level • Impact assessement • Consultation • Stakeholder Forum • COM process • Drafting / Inter Service Consultation (IS Group) / translation • Political • Unformal ENV ministerial meeting PT • ENV Council meeting June / Dec 2007 June 2007 Feb / April / June 2007 June 2007 Sept. 2007 Oct. 2007
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