Joint Research Centre

1. Joint Research Centre • The European Commission’s in-house science service

2. Established 1957 • 7 institutes in 5 countries: Italy, Belgium, Germany, The Netherlands, Spain • 2,845 permanent and temporary staff • Over 1400 scientific publications per year • 125 instances of support to the EU policy-maker annually • Budget: €356 million annually, plus €62 million earned income • Where you can find us • Corporate Services – Brussels • IRMM – Geel, Belgium • Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements • ITU – Karlsruhe, Germany and Ispra, Italy • Institute for Transuranium Elements • IET – Petten, The Netherlands and Ispra, Italy • Institute for Energy and Transport • IPSC – Ispra, Italy • Institute for the Protection and Security of the Citizen • IES – Ispra, Italy • Institute for Environment and Sustainability • IHCP – Ispra, Italy • Institute for Health and Consumer Protection • IPTS – Seville, Spain • Institute for Prospective Technological Studies

3. Who is DG JRC and what are we doing? • JRC is the European Commission’s in-house science service. It provides the science for policy decisions, with a view to ensuring that the EU achieves its Europe 2020 goals for a productive economy as well as a safe, secure and sustainable future. • The JRC plays a key role in the European Research Area and reinforces its multi-disciplinarity by networking extensively with leading scientific organisations in the Member States, Associated Countries and worldwide. • Our Mission… is to work in close cooperation with policy Directorates General to provide EU policies with independent, evidence-based scientific and technical support throughout the whole policy cycle. • Our Vision driven by the Europe 2020 Strategy… is to be a trusted provider of science-based policy options to EU policy-makers to address key challenges facing our society, to stimulate innovation and share know-how with the Member States, scientific community and international partners.

4. JRC Main competence areas (out of which IES) • Energy • Clean transport • Environment & Climate change • Agriculture & Food security • Health & Consumer protection • Safety and security, including nuclear • Information and communication technology

5. Environment and Sustainability To provide scientific and technical support to EU policies for the protection of the environment and thee more efficient and sustainable management of natural resources at global and continental scales.

6. Goals and Policy Objectives Europe 2020 - Resource Efficient Europe, Digital Agenda, Innovation Union, Integrated Industrial Policy, Global Europe Eco-design (DG ENTR; DG ENER) Waste directive (DG ENV) Bio-economy (DG ENTR, DG RTD) SCP/SIP Action Plan (DG ENV) INSPIRE (DG ENV, ESTAT) GEO (DG RTD) e-government (DG INFSO) GMES (DG ENTR) EU Marine strategy (DG ENV, MARE) An EU Biodiversity Strategy to 2020 (DG ENV) Soil Thematic Strategy (DG ENV) Water Blueprint – 2050 (DG ENV) EU Air Policy (DG ENV) UNCCD UNCBD Cohesion funds (DG REGIO) 20/20/20 targets (DG CLIMA) UNFCCC EU strategy for adaptation to climate change (DG CLIMA, ECHO) REDD Greening the CAP (DG AGRI) G20 Action Plan Global agri. monitoring (DG AGRI, DEVCO) Green production & consumption Managing our natural resources Living with climate change Food Security Digital Earth

7. Resource efficiency → Greener & sustainable growth Priorities ICT for the environment → Digital Earth Innovation and bio-economy Food security & greening the CAP Clean and plentiful water for all Sustainable urban living Climate-resilient society Assessing regional investment polices Integrating Strategies’ assessment Building climate resilience for growth & development Keep the planet blue (integrating marine, coastal and inland waters) Global forecasting of crop production Integrated sustainability assessments Vulnerability/Resilience assessment (case studies) Adaptation to climate change Mapping distribution of well-being Sustainable consumption and production BIG data analytics C-fr Preserving natural capital: ecosystem services Info services for weather/climate sensitive sectors Balancing supply and demand Information system for urban air pollution Innovation technology for monitoring & controlling CAP reform Citizens and open digital science Management of natural resources (air, land, soil, forest, water..) Integrating climate change impact modelling & observations Respond to climate & global change Preserving natural conditions Forecasting crop yields EU-27, early warning of food insecurity in Africa Standards for growth Geo-information and tools for CAP implementation Alert systems for weather-driven disasters Air pollution mitigation assessment Safeguarding Europe’s water resources (Blueprint) Cities of today INSPIRE and Reference data Monitoring targets of the WFD Prospects for water Agricultural production & sustainable supply Climate change mitigation & adaptation Future expansion Already deployed

8. Collaborations of JRC/IES IES Information Systems • Community Image Data Portal (CID) • Digital Observatory for Protected Areas (DOPA) • Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric • Research (EDGAR) • Environmental Marine Information System (EMIS) • European Drought Observatory (EDO) • European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS) • European Forest Data Centre (EFDAC) • European Flood Alert System (EFAS) • European Soil Data Centre (ESDAC) • European Platform on Life Cycle Assessment • Fate and Impact of pollutants in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems (FATE) • INSPIRE Geo-portal • MARS global crop monitoring databases and yield forecasting systems  (GW, MCYFS) • Ocean Colour Data Portal EU Member States (Networks) • Air Quality Reference Laboratories – AQUILA • ECMWF • EEA • EMEP • ESA • European Soil Bureau Network – ESBN • UNECE • European Business Associations International organisations • FAO • GEO / GEOSS • IIASA • IPCC • WHO • WMO • AUC • CSIR • RCMRD

9. Outlook IES: foreseen areas of expansion • Moving to global coverage of forecasting systems - floods, droughts crop monitoring • Building an integrated sustainability assessment platform • Bio-based economy • Food security – foresight studies • Enhancing the Biodiversity Hub • Integrated modelling for impact assessments

10. Biodiversity at the JRC-IES • Implementation of Horizon 2020 (FP7), • JRC Key Orientations for 2014 – 2015 set out the priorities for the JRC's Work Programme- six policy clusters: 1. Economic and Monetary Union 2. Single market, growth, jobs and innovation 3. Low-carbon economy and resource efficiency 4. Agriculture and global food security 5. Public health, safety and security 6. Nuclear safety and security (EURATOM programme) 3.1. Environment 3.1.1.Natural resources management 3.1.1.d.Implementation of the EU 2020 Biodiversity Strategy including mapping and assessment of ecosystem services in the EU. Monitoring and modelling biodiversity in the EU and globally.

11. DG JRC/IES Biodiversity Hub • A Biodiversity Hub has been created in the JRC-IES in spring 2013 to cover the main issues related to Biodiversity and Ecosystems services, serving as a one-stop-shop or point of contact, internally and externally, namely to its stakeholder DGs. • The Biodiversity Hub is a cross-cutting activity at the JRC-IES. • This support is namely provided to DG ENV, under a recently signed MoU (32799-2012). • Additional information is provided in the Annex – last 6 slides

12. H08 - Sustainability Assessment Unit: From Natural Resource Efficiency towards Sustainable Development • EU 2020: Sustainable Growth • A Resource Efficient Europe • An industrial policy for the globalization era • Innovating for Sustainable Growth: A Bio-economy for Europe • Our life insurance, our natural capital: an EU biodiversity strategy to 2020 • SCP/SIP Action Plan • Sustainable Development Strategy • The 7th Environmental Action Plan EU Policy Setting for H08 Territorial (land use) modelling platform European Platform for Life Cycle Assessment Monitoring tools and methodologies: indicators, model databases and scenarios, integrated sustainability assessment methods. Results • Environmental sustainability assessments for e.g.: raw materials, processes, products, services, shale gas, bio-mass; • Research-based methodological supportto SCP product policies (eg. Eco-design, Eco-label); • Harmonised Environmental Footprint method. • Assessment of policy options for regional development. • Assessment of resource efficiency measures • Mapping and economy valuation of ecosystem-services • Bio-economy Observatory Monitoring • Support to the EU lead Resource Efficiency Indicators • Scenario modelling for integrated impact assessment http://sa.jrc.ec.europa.eu

13. Thank you for your attention!

14. Biodiversity in the JRC WP 2014-2016 • EURO-FRESHWATERS, Futures of European Freshwaters; with Mapping of freshwater ecosystem services, Economic analyses of pressures & water allocation, Prospective analyses of water supply and demand. • SEACOAST, Monitoring, modelling and assessment of environmental status of marine and coastal waters; with Early Warning System for alien species, Early Warning System for Invasive Alien Species, Report on marine and coastal ecosystem services, Progress on knowledge for marine alien species.

15. Biodiversity in the JRC WP 2014-2016 • FISE, Forest Information System for Europe; with Prototype FISE-Ecosystem Services module, Analysis of forest fragmentation in Europe, Feasibility study about thematic modules of FISE. • GTCAP, Guidance and Tools for CAP implementation; with GTCAP workshops and reporting in 2014, 2015, 2016, Guidelines for Ecological Focused Area (EFA).

16. Biodiversity in the JRC WP 2014-2016 • AGRI4BES, Assessment of agro-ecosystems as providers of biodiversity and ecosystem services; with MAES from agriculture, Impact of farming on habitats, Ecosystem services in agricultural outlook models, Agricultural landscape ES integrated modelling, Prioritising areas for ES provision, Agricultural lands and Green Infrastructure. • SRA, Soil Resource Assessments; with Soil data collection LUCAS, Global assessment of soil biology and biodiversity. • TOGA-EOS, Towards Operational Global Land Assessments from Earth Observation satellite; with Fitness-for-purpose of Global Land service product. (Land Use/Cover Area frame Statistical Survey)

17. Biodiversity in the JRC WP 2014-2016 • GLOBE4DEV, Global Observatories of Biodiversity and Environment for Development; with Digital Observatory for Protected Areas V1.0, and V2.0. • ALaRM, African Caribbean and Pacific Land Resource Monitoring; with Protected area pressure index. • LDNC, Land Degradation and land’s changing Natural Capital; with Improved Indicators of Land Degradation Neutrality. • DRDSI, Danube Reference Data and Service Infrastructure; with Pilot on Monitoring Biodiversity of Danube Delta, Monitoring Danube's Delta Biodiversity prototype.

18. Biodiversity in the JRC WP 2014-2016 • ESM & EO, Assessment of climate – ecosystem interactions through Earth System Modelling and Earth Observation; with Quantification of current climate impacts 2014, 2015, 2016, Assessment of the future impacts of climate trends. • MAES_EU, Mapping of ecosystems and ecosystem services across Europe; with Horizontal synergies in biodiversity activities, Integrated assessment ecosystem services, Benefits-costs: investing in ecosystem restoration, First EU wide assessment of ecosystems services, Consolidated assessment and economic evaluation.

19. Biodiversity in the JRC WP 2014-2016 • ECO-WATER, Ecological and hydro-morphological monitoring and assessment of surface waters; with ECOSTAT coordination and intercalibration – 2014, WFD Ecological Status methods information system, Guidance document on Ecological Flow, Ecological flow definitions for water modelling. • OPENNESS, Operationalization of natural capital and ecosystem services: from concepts to real-world application – FP7 project: Develop innovative and practical ways of applying them in land, water and urban management. • BESAFE, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services: Arguments for Our Future Environment – FP7 project: case studies - how much importance people attribute to alternative arguments for the protection of biodiversity (in particular relation to ecosystem services)