quick scan
scan for   wiwe wi we advanced
WI-WE Progress
Progress: 57.08%   WWI-WE Version: 1
0 mandatory questions pending
19 questions total
11 questions answered
11 questions completed
8 questions pending
Popular WI-WE Tags
Analysis Back

Mapping Weak Signals

Inspired by: FP7 » Real-time water stress responses

version: 1 / created: 2009-10-24
id: #203 / version id: #203
mode: VIEW

Originally submitted by: Graciela Sainz
List of all contributors by versions (mouse over)
Last changed by: Graciela Sainz
WI-WE status:
submitted unpublished archived

Source of inspiration

European Commission Framework Programme for RTD (FP7)

Theme/activity of inspiration

Theme 6 - Environment (including Climate Change)

Sub-theme/area of inspiration

Natural hazards

Optional reference/s to FP7 project/s

Use the following format: Project Acronym (Project Reference No.). Use commas if more than one project is associated to this Wild Card, for example: ALFA-BIRD (213266), SAFAR (213374), LAPCAT-II (211485)
WISER (226273)

Signal's headline

(max. 9 words)
Real-time water stress responses

Signal's description

(approx. 150 words)
Please describe the Weak Signal (approx. 150 words)
The Water Framework Directive (WFD) is a legislation produced by the European Commission to achieve sustainable management of water across European Member States. The directive aims to achieve healthy water environment by taking account of environmental, economic and social considerations. The WISER project aims to develop integrated tools for assessing the ecological status of European surface waters and evaluate recovery processes in rivers, lakes and coastal/transitional waters under global change constraints. These challenges will lead to the development of integrative systems that will measure levels of Biological Quality Elements (BQE) and deliver real-time strategies to tackle associated water problems.

Keywords

early warning, water stress, environment

Under what assumption the Weak Signal might evolve.

It reveals environmental anomalies. It shows a possibly new or emerging trend: Need to find real-time strategies to face fast-growing environmental problems.

Importance

please specify
please select
Level 1: important for a particular country
Level 2: important for a particular world region
Level 3: important for the European Union
Level 4: important for the whole world

Filters preventing the signal's monitoring

scientific filters (knowledge/technology access)

Key driving forces of this signal

Please use these boxes to provide up to 2 drivers of HIGH importance. Click on HELP to see examples:
Driver 1 Driver 2
Social Water Shortage
Economic Economic losses associated to the water shortages
Environmental Changing ecosystems due to the lack of water

Potential stakeholders' actions

short-term actions
(now-2015) 		longer-term
(after 2015)
Policy actors (at the international, European and national levels) should be interested and prepare precautionary action should be interested and prepare precautionary action should be interested and prepare precautionary action
Business actors (incl. SMEs) should be interested and prepare precautionary action
Academic/Research sector should be interested and prepare precautionary action
Non-for-profit organisations (e.g. NGOs, political parties, social movements, voluntary associations) should be interested and prepare precautionary action
Media should be interested and prepare precautionary action
General public should be interested and prepare precautionary action

Signal's relevance for thematic research areas

please justify:
particularly relevant
Health Water scarcity has a direct impact on health
Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, and Biotechnology Water scarcity has also a direct impact n agriculture and fisheries
Environment (including Climate Change) Water shortage damages the environment

Pan-European strategies influencing the signal

please justify:
particularly relevant
Facilitating and promoting knowledge sharing and transfer Reinforcing - before 2013
Increasing the efficiency and impact of public research through Joint Programming (i.e. combining national and pan-European research efforts) or the optimisation of research programmes and priorities, for example. Reinforcing - before 2013
Fostering and facilitating coherent international cooperation in science and technology Reinforcing - before 2013