Partnership for European Environmental Research (PEER) is a network of seven European environmental research centres, created in 2001.
One of the aims of PEER is to foster innovative interdisciplinary research and cross-cutting approaches in support of national and EU policy-makers, industry and society. Member institutes employ about 5,000 persons and have a combined annual budget of 340 Million Euro.
Member institutes have for example training and research co-operation. Through its METIER courses, PEER centres have trained young researchers.
In recent climate change projects, PEER studied climate policy integration and compared adaptation strategies in European countries. The final reports of these projects deal with several aspects of implementing climate policy in Europe. The first report analyses the adaptation strategies of the EU member states, identifying a number of common strengths and weaknesses of the current strategies in the countries studied.[1] The second report assesses the degree of climate policy integration in six different European countries, at national and local levels, as well as within key policy sectors such as energy and transport. It analyses measures and means to enhance climate policy integration and improve policy coherence.[2] The reports show that communication and awareness raising is going to be important to get public support for adaptation measures, and to help stakeholders to adapt. Since adaptation is very different from mitigation, communication should be designed specifically for that purpose, including exchange of experiences on adaptation practices.[3] Although the inclusion of climate change mitigation and adaptation in general governmental programmes and strategies has substantially increased in recent years, much more is needed in terms of integrating climate issues into specific policy measures. Annual budgets, environmental impact assessments and spatial planning procedures are three examples of existing measures which we believe have significant potential to be climate policy instruments.[4]
PEER Research on EcoSystem Services (PRESS) initiative addresses the existing knowledge gaps in land-use information to perform a spatially-explicit, biophysical, monetary and policy assessment of ecosystem services in Europe. Also, it aims to reflect the social and economic values of ecosystem services. The third PEER report[5] demonstrates methodologies to map at different spatial scales the role of ecosystems as providers of recreation to citizens and the function of river networks in providing clean water. The report investigates how ecosystem services can be mainstreamed into agriculture, fisheries or forestry policies. It includes an analysis of policy options and shows that the perception of what services are provided by ecosystems varies according to the respondents, the region and the scales of decision-making. A fourth report[6] summarizes the final results of the PRESS projects for policy makers. The full technical version of the same report is also available at the PEER website.
Member centresedit
Alterra – The Institute for Applied Environmental Research of Wageningen University and Research Centre, The Netherlands
^PEER Publications Europe Adapts to Climate Change: Comparing National Adaptation Strategies
^PEER Publications Climate Policy Integration, Coherence and Governance
^COP15 website "Green frontrunners are behind on adaptation", 24 June 2009
^COP15 website "When climate policy hurts", 24 April 2009
^PEER Publications A spatial assessment of ecosystem services in Europe: Methods, case studies and policy analysis - phase 1
^PEER Publications A spatial assessment of ecosystem services in Europe: Methods, case studies and policy analysis - phase 2
External linksedit
PEER website
May 08, 2024
partnership, european, environmental, research, peer, network, seven, european, environmental, research, centres, created, 2001, aims, peer, foster, innovative, interdisciplinary, research, cross, cutting, approaches, support, national, policy, makers, industr. Partnership for European Environmental Research PEER is a network of seven European environmental research centres created in 2001 One of the aims of PEER is to foster innovative interdisciplinary research and cross cutting approaches in support of national and EU policy makers industry and society Member institutes employ about 5 000 persons and have a combined annual budget of 340 Million Euro Member institutes have for example training and research co operation Through its METIER courses PEER centres have trained young researchers Contents 1 Joint projects 2 Member centres 3 References 4 External linksJoint projects editIn recent climate change projects PEER studied climate policy integration and compared adaptation strategies in European countries The final reports of these projects deal with several aspects of implementing climate policy in Europe The first report analyses the adaptation strategies of the EU member states identifying a number of common strengths and weaknesses of the current strategies in the countries studied 1 The second report assesses the degree of climate policy integration in six different European countries at national and local levels as well as within key policy sectors such as energy and transport It analyses measures and means to enhance climate policy integration and improve policy coherence 2 The reports show that communication and awareness raising is going to be important to get public support for adaptation measures and to help stakeholders to adapt Since adaptation is very different from mitigation communication should be designed specifically for that purpose including exchange of experiences on adaptation practices 3 Although the inclusion of climate change mitigation and adaptation in general governmental programmes and strategies has substantially increased in recent years much more is needed in terms of integrating climate issues into specific policy measures Annual budgets environmental impact assessments and spatial planning procedures are three examples of existing measures which we believe have significant potential to be climate policy instruments 4 PEER Research on EcoSystem Services PRESS initiative addresses the existing knowledge gaps in land use information to perform a spatially explicit biophysical monetary and policy assessment of ecosystem services in Europe Also it aims to reflect the social and economic values of ecosystem services The third PEER report 5 demonstrates methodologies to map at different spatial scales the role of ecosystems as providers of recreation to citizens and the function of river networks in providing clean water The report investigates how ecosystem services can be mainstreamed into agriculture fisheries or forestry policies It includes an analysis of policy options and shows that the perception of what services are provided by ecosystems varies according to the respondents the region and the scales of decision making A fourth report 6 summarizes the final results of the PRESS projects for policy makers The full technical version of the same report is also available at the PEER website Member centres editAlterra The Institute for Applied Environmental Research of Wageningen University and Research Centre The Netherlands Centre for Ecology amp Hydrology CEH United Kingdom National Research Institute of Science and Technology for Environment and Agriculture IRSTEA France Joint Research Centre Institute for Environment and Sustainability JRC IES European Commission DCE Danish Centre for Environment and Energy Aarhus University Aarhus University Denmark Finnish Environment Institute SYKE Finland Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research UFZ GermanyReferences edit PEER Publications Europe Adapts to Climate Change Comparing National Adaptation Strategies PEER Publications Climate Policy Integration Coherence and Governance COP15 website Green frontrunners are behind on adaptation 24 June 2009 COP15 website When climate policy hurts 24 April 2009 PEER Publications A spatial assessment of ecosystem services in Europe Methods case studies and policy analysis phase 1 PEER Publications A spatial assessment of ecosystem services in Europe Methods case studies and policy analysis phase 2External links editPEER website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Partnership for European Environmental Research amp oldid 1180610103, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
