EPA H2020 SC5 Info Day: Involving stakeholders to ask the right questions, Heleen de Coninck, Radboud University

EPA H2020 SC5 Info Day: Involving stakeholders to ask the right questions, Heleen de Coninck, Radboud University

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  A H orizon2020 Coordination and Support Action Heleen de Co ninck, Ra dbo ud U nivers ity Involving stakeholders to ask the right questions
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  2 Outline Introduction to CARISMA:some key features Policy context Asking the right questions? Communication and stakeholder involvement
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  3 Introduction to CARISMA Coordinationand Assessment of Research and Innovation in Support of climate Mitigation Actions Aim: to help decision-makers in the public and private sector to resolve implementation issues, with a specific focus on: • Research and innovation, including international cooperation, around climate change mitigation options (WP3&7) • Economic costs, social aspects, and environmental impacts of climate change mitigation options (WP4) • Existing mitigation policies and how these interact with other environmental and climate policies (WP5) • How the success of policies for climate change mitigation depends on their socio-economic implementation contexts and policy implementation cycles (WP6)
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  4 Intro ductio nto CARISMA Structure of the project The CARISMA project is structured along 8 work packages, the core content formed by work packages: 3. Research & innovation 4. Assessment of technologies 5. Policy 6. Governance and contextual factors 7. International collaboration WP3: Research and Innovation - Overview of mitigation options - Contribution to mitigation - R&I priorities WP4: Assessment of technologies Assess mitigation options against costs, socio-economic and environmental benefits WP5: Policy - Mapping of policies - Policy interactions - Policy effectiveness WP6: Governance - Governance aspects - Contextual factors WP 1 Project management WP 2 Communication and stakeholder consultation WP 8 Synergies with related policy areas & synthesis of project results WP7 International collaboration on innovation and policies
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  5 Intro ductio nto CARISMA Project partners Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) Stockholm, Sweden / Oxford, UK University of Piraeus Research Center (UPRC) Piraeus, Greece Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) Mannheim, Germany JIN Climate and Sustainability Groningen, Netherlands Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) Brussels, Belgium Institute for Climate Economics (I4CE) Paris, France ENVIROS, s.r.o. Prague, Czechia University of Graz Graz, Austria UNEP DTU Partnership Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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  6 Intro ductio nto CARISMA Key data and other activities Coordination and Support Action: seeking interaction with decision-makers - Business Advisory Board & Policy Advisory Board - Stakeholder database - Stakeholder check-ins Serving the European Commission - Setting up an EU climate change mitigation platform, with publications, case studies, data from various FP7 and Horizon 2020 projects - Participating in DG R&I discussions on future programmes February 2015 – August 2018 Total budget ca. 2 M€
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  7 Policy context Some developmentsinclude: • IPCC Special Report on the impacts of global warming of 1.5 °C above pre- industrial levels and related global greenhouse gas emission pathways • Embedding the Paris Agreement (incl. the 1.5 °C target) in national, regional, and local planning, taking into account domestic social, economic, and environmental criteria • Developing the technology framework and enhancing the Technology Mechanism under Article 10 of the Paris Agreement • Mission Innovation and the Breakthrough Energy Coalition European Commission: • Strives for more continuity in research • Asking for input on processes, such as HLP on decarbonisation pathways, Horizon 2020 Work Programme, ...
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  8 As king theright ques tio ns? Research and innovation WP3 objective: What type of innovation policy makes the EU ‘2050-proof’ from a mitigation perspective? What needs to be done? • CARISMA has created databases of: • Mitigation options, both technologies and practices • EU research and innovation (R&I) projects (draft version) • Both databases are forthcoming on CARISMA-project.eu. Preliminary results: • Information on R&I funding is difficult to find, let alone assess • Several technologies – bioenergy and CCS - seem to be favoured in the European Commission’s FP7 and Horizon 2020 research funding
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  9 As king theright ques tio ns? Research and innovation (2) Next steps: • Present and discuss early findings on the state of the EU innovation system on mitigation with innovation policy makers and business stakeholders • Finalise R&I project database, also for EU Member States (amap) • Work on demand side for R&I: • Identify priority areas for R&I based on climate change mitigation targets and R&I requirements explicitly expressed in policy documents, sector-level technology roadmaps, business strategies, and briefs by NGOs and knowledge institutes
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  10 Communication & stakeholder engagement •Stakeholder consultation takes place throughout the project, for collection of tacit knowledge and validation of results • 280 stakeholders have been recruited from countries throughout the EU and beyond. • Balanced representation of stakeholders in energy, environment, industry, transport, regional development, agriculture/forestry, and finance/trade sectors • Weak on Ireland! Leave your card with me! Number of EU-based stakeholders per country
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  11 CARISMA co mmunicatio n Climate Change Mitigation Monitor Integrated publication with commentaries on current climate change mitigation topics, overview of key mitigation publications, and CARISMA project news. • First four issues published by POLIMP project (2015), fifth issue jointly by POLIMP and CARISMA (March 2016) • Sixth issue published by CARISMA (July 2016), with a commentary on guidance for Technology Action Plans • Download the CARISMA Climate Change Mitigation Monitor issues here.
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  12 CARISMA co mmunicatio n Climate Change Mitigation portal • CARISMA has taken the initiative to develop an online knowledge portal on EU-funded research on climate change mitigation. • Mitigation options • Scenarios, models and data • Case studies • Policies and governance • Stakeholder engagement • Rather than a platform specifically on CARISMA, collaboration has been initiated with other EU-funded mitigation research projects: ADVANCE, TRANSrisk, PATHWAYS, CD-LINKS, and GREEN-WIN. • Expected release: November 2016 Beta version of the Mitigation Portal
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  13 Preliminary key messages 1.Research & innovation (R&I) for mitigation • Information on Member States’ and EU R&I funding is difficult to find • EU R&I funding gravitates towards bioenergy and CO2 capture and storage 2. Policies for climate change mitigation • Information on mitigation policies is hard to find, poorly organised and the quality is difficult to assess • Mitigation policies often interact with energy policies as they target similar stakeholders. This could lead to synergies, but it is important to have provisions in place in case of unanticipated and undesired effects of policy interactions. 3. Global climate mitigation R&I networks are emerging • Benefits for European firms are: access to emerging markets, stronger R&I efficiency and higher innovation quality • Disadvantages are: EU knowledge industries may lose employment, knowledge base and intellectual property
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  15 Thank you! Heleen deConinck (Radboud University) [email protected] CARISMA project coordinator www.carisma-project.eu The CARISMA project team at the project meeting in Prague, February 2016