CEH Water Resources
Lead Research Organisation:
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Department Name: UNLISTED
Abstract
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Organisations
- Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (Lead Research Organisation)
- KENYA MARINE AND FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE (Collaboration)
- Kenya Agriculture & Livestock Research Organization (KALRO) (Collaboration)
- Tanzania Forestry Research Institute (Collaboration)
- KENYA FORESTRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE (Collaboration)
- National Museums of Kenya (Collaboration)
- Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (Collaboration)
- Ministry of Water Resources (Collaboration)
People |
ORCID iD |
| Hefin Rees (Principal Investigator) |
Publications
Bachiller-Jareno N
(2019)
A novel application of remote sensing for modelling impacts of tree shading on water quality.
in Journal of environmental management
Crossman J
(2019)
Optimizing land management strategies for maximum improvements in lake dissolved oxygen concentrations
in Science of The Total Environment
Horan R
(2021)
A Comparative Assessment of Hydrological Models in the Upper Cauvery Catchment
in Water
Jiang S
(2019)
Phosphorus footprint in China over the 1961-2050 period: Historical perspective and future prospect.
in The Science of the total environment
Krajenbrink HJ
(2019)
Macroinvertebrate community responses to river impoundment at multiple spatial scales.
in The Science of the total environment
Simoncelli S
(2018)
Effect of temperature on zooplankton vertical migration velocity
in Hydrobiologia
Tang X
(2019)
Influence of turbid flood water release on sediment deposition and phosphorus distribution in the bed sediment of the Three Gorges Reservoir, China.
in The Science of the total environment
| Description | Some of the research and development highlights from the Science Area are described briefly below. 1. Monitoring, making the data available, and understanding observed variability and change COSMOS-UK: A network of new instrumentation known as Cosmic-ray Soil Moisture Observing Systems is being deployed by CEH across the UK with co-located Automatic Weather Stations to provide measurements of near-surface soil moisture, a key variable in the control of land-surface-atmosphere interactions. Instillation began in 2013, with 45 stations now operational and providing near real-time data freely available via the internet. 2. Information services - adding value to data Hydrological Outlook UK: The Hydrological Outlook UK has been publicly available since November 2013. The outlook (http://www.hydoutuk.net/) presents regional seasonal forecasts of river flows and groundwater levels across the UK, and users also have access to model forecasts at selected river flow gauging sites and groundwater boreholes. In the past 12 months (5th March 2017 to 4th March 2018), the site has received 2,618 unique visitors. To-date the site has had 20,671 unique visitors, with peak visitor numbers occurring during the 2014 floods. Insights into the biogeography of bacterioplankton across the Thames catchment: CEH research has highlighted that there was a large gradient in bacterial community composition linked to the location of the sampling site within the Thames catchment, which was largely independent of water chemistry. This study has given us a valuable insight into riverine bacteria and will provide a baseline for future studies into the functional capabilities and resilience across the community gradient. 3. Supporting the better management of water resources Time for space: detecting stratification from high frequency surface measurements of temperature. The onset of stratification, which usually occurs in spring, is one of the key events that controls seasonal changes to the structure, function and phenology of aquatic systems. As part of the CEH-led NERC Sensor Network project UKLEON we showed that wavelet analysis of high frequency surface temperature measurements could be used to detect stratification onset with an accuracy of about 2 days. This not only improves the temporal resolution of stratification detection, it might also allow the onset of stratification to be detected using satellites. Ensemble modelling to assess phytoplankton biomass: The CEH Lake Model, PROTECH, was part of an ensemble lake modelling study. This is the first multi-model ensemble approach applied for some of the most complex aquatic ecosystem models available. We consider it sets a precedent for what will become commonplace methodology in the future, as it enables increased robustness of model projections, and scenario uncertainty estimation due to differences in model structures. 4. Enabling and supporting national, regional and global water resources communities to work better by providing opportunities for collaboration, tools, and evidence Helping to build capacity in water management internationally: CEH continues to play an important role internationally, particularly at the UN and most recently in China and India. a)CEH facilitates input to UN freshwater sciences and management (UNESCO and the World Meteorological Organization); b) CEH is involved in an EU-China Aid programme, which seeks to aid China to realise the environmental objectives of its "12th Five-Year Plan"; c) As part of the World Bank-funded India Hydrology Project, CEH has been providing technical assistance to 13 States and eight Central Agencies in India to improve the monitoring, management, analysis, and dissemination of surface water, groundwater, hydrometeorology and water quality data. Tools for water resource management: Environmental flows functionality has been added to GWAVA, CEH's global-scale water resource modelling capability, enhancing our capacity for water resource assessment and management for basins, regions and worldwide and providing a tool to examine the trade-offs between water development, water management and ecosystem services. |
| Exploitation Route | Contribute to scientific understanding of the hydrological cycle and how it affects WRM. Superseded through NC commissioning by NC-LTS UK-SCAPE & SUNRISE and relevant LTS-Ms (e.g. LOCATE) |
| Sectors | Agriculture Food and Drink Chemicals Construction Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software) Education Energy Environment Financial Services and Management Consultancy Healthcare Government Democracy and Justice Manufacturing including Industrial Biotechology Pharmaceuticals and Medical Biotechnology Transport |
| Description | Many findings likely to have affected WRM in UK and internationally. Some of the research and development highlights from the Science Area are described briefly below. 1. Monitoring, making the data available, and understanding observed variability and change COSMOS-UK: A network of new instrumentation known as Cosmic-ray Soil Moisture Observing Systems is being deployed by CEH across the UK with co-located Automatic Weather Stations to provide measurements of near-surface soil moisture, a key variable in the control of land-surface-atmosphere interactions. Instillation began in 2013, with 45 stations now operational and providing near real-time data freely available via the internet. 2. Information services - adding value to data Hydrological Outlook UK: The Hydrological Outlook UK has been publicly available since November 2013. The outlook (http://www.hydoutuk.net/) presents regional seasonal forecasts of river flows and groundwater levels across the UK, and users also have access to model forecasts at selected river flow gauging sites and groundwater boreholes. In the past 12 months (5th March 2017 to 4th March 2018), the site has received 2,618 unique visitors. To-date the site has had 20,671 unique visitors, with peak visitor numbers occurring during the 2014 floods. Insights into the biogeography of bacterioplankton across the Thames catchment: CEH research has highlighted that there was a large gradient in bacterial community composition linked to the location of the sampling site within the Thames catchment, which was largely independent of water chemistry. This study has given us a valuable insight into riverine bacteria and will provide a baseline for future studies into the functional capabilities and resilience across the community gradient. 3. Supporting the better management of water resources Time for space: detecting stratification from high frequency surface measurements of temperature. The onset of stratification, which usually occurs in spring, is one of the key events that controls seasonal changes to the structure, function and phenology of aquatic systems. As part of the CEH-led NERC Sensor Network project UKLEON we showed that wavelet analysis of high frequency surface temperature measurements could be used to detect stratification onset with an accuracy of about 2 days. This not only improves the temporal resolution of stratification detection, it might also allow the onset of stratification to be detected using satellites. Ensemble modelling to assess phytoplankton biomass: The CEH Lake Model, PROTECH, was part of an ensemble lake modelling study. This is the first multi-model ensemble approach applied for some of the most complex aquatic ecosystem models available. We consider it sets a precedent for what will become commonplace methodology in the future, as it enables increased robustness of model projections, and scenario uncertainty estimation due to differences in model structures. 4. Enabling and supporting national, regional and global water resources communities to work better by providing opportunities for collaboration, tools, and evidence Helping to build capacity in water management internationally: CEH continues to play an important role internationally, particularly at the UN and most recently in China and India. a)CEH facilitates input to UN freshwater sciences and management (UNESCO and the World Meteorological Organization); b) CEH is involved in an EU-China Aid programme, which seeks to aid China to realise the environmental objectives of its "12th Five-Year Plan"; c) As part of the World Bank-funded India Hydrology Project, CEH has been providing technical assistance to 13 States and eight Central Agencies in India to improve the monitoring, management, analysis, and dissemination of surface water, groundwater, hydrometeorology and water quality data. Tools for water resource management: Environmental flows functionality has been added to GWAVA, CEH's global-scale water resource modelling capability, enhancing our capacity for water resource assessment and management for basins, regions and worldwide and providing a tool to examine the trade-offs between water development, water management and ecosystem services. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2017 |
| Sector | Agriculture, Food and Drink,Chemicals,Construction,Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software),Education,Energy,Environment,Financial Services, and Management Consultancy,Healthcare,Government, Democracy and Justice,Manufacturing, including Industrial Biotechology,Pharmaceuticals and Medical Biotechnology,Transport |
| Impact Types | Economic Policy & public services |
| Description | Assessment Panelist, NERC-DFID El Niño Programme, Gwyn Rees |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guideline committee |
| Description | CIWEM Water Resources Panel, Gwyn Rees |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guideline committee |
| Description | Co chair, Internatoinal Society of Limnology, Working Group on Lake Restoration, Bryan Spears |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guideline committee |
| Description | Committee Membership - IRSTEA (Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologie pour l'environnement et l'agriculture) - formerly CEMAGREF Virginie Keller |
| Geographic Reach | Europe |
| Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guideline committee |
| Description | Committee Membership - Water stakeholder Forum and Better Thames Network (Defra & EA), Francois Edwards |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guideline committee |
| Description | Committee Membership, CPI/113 Hydrometry Standards, Harry Dixon |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guideline committee |
| Description | Committee Membership, Health Department Blue-Green Algae Working Group, UK Eutrophication Forum, Lomond and Trossachs Research Group, Laurence Carvalho |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guideline committee |
| Description | Committee Membership, Steering Committee of Northern European FRIEND, Harry Dixon |
| Geographic Reach | Europe |
| Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guideline committee |
| Description | Committee Membership, UK Committee for National and International Hydrology (incorporating UK national committee for the International Hydrological Programme of UNESCO), Harry Dixon |
| Geographic Reach | Europe |
| Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guideline committee |
| Description | Committee member - European Water JPI Alignment Task Force Graham Leeks |
| Geographic Reach | Europe |
| Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guideline committee |
| Description | Committee membership , NERC, The Probability, Uncertainty & Risk in the Environment (PURE) Proj Exec Board, Graham Leeks |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guideline committee |
| Description | Committee membership - GLEON (Global Lake Ecological Observatory Network) Collaborative Climate Committee, Jamie Hannaford |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guideline committee |
| Description | Committee membership UK branch of the "International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage, Irrigation and Water Forum, Jamie Hannaford |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guideline committee |
| Description | Drought Impact and Vunerability Assessment - Available Approaches and Policy Recommendations (UNCCD/FAO/GWP/WMO policy brief by Caroline King-Okumu, with contributiions from T Warnaars, J Hannaford, R Ragab, G Rees) |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Implementation circular/rapid advice/letter to e.g. Ministry of Health |
| Impact | UNCCD/FAO/GWP/WMO policy brief by Caroline King-Okumu (lead author), with contributions from T Warnaars, J Hannaford, R Ragab, G Rees (CEH) inter alia. Published at UNCCD-COP14, New Delhi, India, September 2019. This policy brief's recommendations influenced resolutions passed at the COP (e.g. on establishment of Intergovernmental Working Group on Drought and its ToRs); also is a contribution to the GWP/WMO Integrated Drought Management Programme (IDMP). |
| URL | https://www.unccd.int/sites/default/files/relevant-links/2019-09/190828%20UNCCD%20Available%20Englis... |
| Description | Editorial board, Journal of Agricultural Science, Cambridge, Ragab Ragab |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guideline committee |
| Description | European Inland Fisheries and Aquaculture Advisory Commission (EIFAAC) , Scientific Committee of the 2017 EIFAAC Symposium on Adaptation of Inland Fisheries to Climate Change, Ian Winfield |
| Geographic Reach | Europe |
| Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guideline committee |
| Description | European Parliamentary Committee addressed re Water Framework Directive |
| Geographic Reach | Europe |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Impact | tbc |
| URL | http://ec.europa.eu/environment/water/water-framework/index_en.html |
| Description | Governing Board Member, The University of Dundee, Centre for Water Law, Policy and Science, Harry Dixon |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guideline committee |
| Description | Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Ph.D Examiner |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
| Description | International Water Association, Guest Editor of special issue, Water Research, Bryan Spears |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guideline committee |
| Description | Journal of LimnologyMember of Editorial Board, Iam Winfield |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guideline committee |
| Description | Member of editorial board, Biology Letters, Stephen Maberly |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guideline committee |
| Description | UK Environmental Observation Framework (UKEOF), Coordinating Climate Observations Group, Gwyn Rees |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guideline committee |
| Description | UNEP - Global Partnership for Nutrient Management, Phosphorus Task Team, Bryan Spears |
| Geographic Reach | Europe |
| Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guideline committee |
| Description | CEH sign MoU with Changjiang River Scientific Research Insitute |
| Organisation | Ministry of Water Resources |
| Department | Changjiang Water Resources Commission |
| Country | China |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | The parties will collaborate on world class research on terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems; Catchment monitoring and observation systems; Management of water resources and water ecological restoration |
| Collaborator Contribution | The parties will collaborate on world class research on terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems; Catchment monitoring and observation systems; Management of water resources and water ecological restoration |
| Impact | Proposals submitted for project funding |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | CEH sign MoU with the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee |
| Organisation | Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee |
| Country | India |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The parties will collaborate on: • water-, energy- and food-security, including integrated water resources management, floods and drought risk prediction & management, freshwater ecosystems & water quality monitoring & modelling, land use & land cover dynamics, fluvial hydraulics, glacial hydrology, hydropower estimation, agriculture water management; • environmental change assessment, impacts and mitigation; • environmental monitoring and data management, including remote sensing/earth observation, field-, reach- and catchment-scale experimentation & monitoring. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The parties will collaborate on: • water-, energy- and food-security, including integrated water resources management, floods and drought risk prediction & management, freshwater ecosystems & water quality monitoring & modelling, land use & land cover dynamics, fluvial hydraulics, glacial hydrology, hydropower estimation, agriculture water management; • environmental change assessment, impacts and mitigation; • environmental monitoring and data management, including remote sensing/earth observation, field-, reach- and catchment-scale experimentation & monitoring. |
| Impact | non yet |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Memorandum of Understanding with KALRO |
| Organisation | Kenya Agriculture & Livestock Research Organization (KALRO) |
| Country | Kenya |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | an MoU has been signed between CEH and KALRO. It outlines ares and mechanisms for ambitions to collaborate together including freshwater research ecosystems and water resources research |
| Collaborator Contribution | an MoU has been signed between CEH and KALRO. It outlines ares and mechanisms for ambitions to collaborate together including freshwater research ecosystems and water resources research |
| Impact | none as yet |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | MoU with KEFRI |
| Organisation | Kenya Forestry Research Institute |
| Country | Kenya |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | CEH and KEFRI have signed an MoU outlining ambitions for collaboration including catchment monitoring, freshwater research and water resources management. |
| Collaborator Contribution | CEH and KEFRI have signed an MoU outlining ambitions for collaboration including catchment monitoring, freshwater research and water resources management. |
| Impact | none as yet |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | MoU with KMFRI |
| Organisation | Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute |
| Country | Kenya |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | CEH and KMFRI have signed an MoU outlining ambitions for areas of collaboartion |
| Collaborator Contribution | CEH and KMFRI have signed an MoU outlining ambitions for areas of collaboartion |
| Impact | none as yet |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | MoU with National Museums Kenya |
| Organisation | National Museums of Kenya |
| Country | Kenya |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | An MoU has been signed outlining ambitions for collaboration including freshwater ecosystems, catchment management, water resources management |
| Collaborator Contribution | An MoU has been signed outlining ambitions for collaboration including freshwater ecosystems, catchment management, water resources management |
| Impact | none as yet |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | MoU with TAFORI |
| Organisation | Tanzania Forestry Research Institute |
| Country | Tanzania, United Republic of |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | CEH and TAFORI have signed an MoU which outlines ambitions for future collaboration including freshwater ecosystems, water resources, catchment management |
| Collaborator Contribution | CEH and TAFORI have signed an MoU which outlines ambitions for future collaboration including freshwater ecosystems, water resources, catchment management |
| Impact | none as yet |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Title | GWAVA - Narmada |
| Description | Macro-scale hydrological model capable of assessing effects of artificial influences (abstractions, discharges and impoundments) on water availability in large river basins. This version was developed in collaboration with the National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee, India, for application in the Upper Narmada Basin. |
| Type Of Technology | Software |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Impact | Enables various water supply availability and demand scenarios to be played out, to enable improved water management by basin authorities. |
| Description | A group of our scientists presented at the About Drought Showcase in Birmingham |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | CEH scientists presented at the About Drought Showcase in Birmingham, an event which highlights the latest developments and hands-on access to outputs from the £12million Research Councils-funded UK Droughts and Water Scarcity programme (DWS). The DWS programme supports improved decision-making through research outputs from four major interdisciplinary projects investigating relationships between the multiple drivers and impacts of drought and water scarcity. The About Drought Showcase event highlighted those projects to a range of sectors involved in decision-making and communication in relation to droughts and water scarcity including regulators, representatives from agriculture, business and industry, water and energy suppliers and environmental stakeholders. As well as researchers from the various projects. Interactive sessions are focused on Business & Communities, Agriculture, Data, Drought Narratives, Environment, Water Supply and Monitoring & Early Warning. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.ceh.ac.uk/news-and-media/news/showcasing-drought-and-water-scarcity-science-and-data |
| Description | Co-convenor at UNCCD-COP14 of side event on "Hydro-climate Services to Improve Decision-making on Drought", New Delhi, India, 12 September, 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Side event CEH staff (G Rees and C King-Okumu) co-convened with the Integrated Drought Management Programme (IDMP) of the Global Water Partnership & WMO, and the Asian Disaster Prevention Centre (ADPC) at the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) 14th Conference of the Parties (COP14). The session aimed to demonstrate how drought managers from different parts of the world are finding new ways to capture the hydrological and ecological processes that buffer human vulnerability to drought. The discussion identified practical options that are available for adoption by national and regional decision-makers and international financing agencies. Presentations and subsequent discussions possibly influenced subsequent plenary discussions at the COP, e.g. on Intergovernmental Working Group on Drought. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | International Expert Contribution to Special Session on India's National Mission for the Clean Ganga, at Roorkee Water Conclave, 28 February, 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | One of three invited talks from international experts to provide feedback to NMCG Director General and Technical Director on the progress of the initiative. Highlighted areas where international support, research & development may help delivery. DG & TD invited HGR to submit ideas & observations in writing. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://nmcg.nic.in/ |
| Description | Keynote presentation at Roorkee Water Conclave, 27 February 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Keynote talk to an audience of c.400 attending the Roorkee Water Conclave (to celebrate the 150-year anniversary of IIT-Roorkee). The talk described 25 years' collaboration between UKCEH & IIT-Roorkee (including activities funded by DFID,NC-ODA (SUNRISE), Newton-Bhabha (UPSCAPE), and GCRF) and considered prospects for future collaboration. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.iitr.ac.in/rwc2020/ |
| Description | Member of UK delegation at UNCCD COP14, New Delhi, India, 2-13 September, 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Attended UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) 14th Conference of the Parties (COP14) as an official member of the UK national delegation, headed by Julian Wright (DFID). Provided technical insight on drought, drought management and desertification to various policy-relevant discussions. Invited to join Intergovernmental Working Group on Drought, contribute to the development of the Drought Toolbox and definition of suitable drought indicators. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Presentaion at UNCCD-COP14 side-event, 3 September 2019: "Perspectives on enhancing agriculture's resilience to drought" (G Rees) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Presentation by G Rees, "Perspectives on enhancing agriculture's resilience to drought" at the side-event on "Integrated Drought Risk Management (IDRM) for enhancing agricultural resilience" at the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) 14th Conference of the Parties (COP14), 3 September, 2019. The aim of the presentation was to inform participants of the new methods and technologies for monitoring, providing early warning and characterising droughts (e.g. indicators) for improved decision-making. Interest was expressed by several, including IWMI, Sri Lanka (Giriraj Amaranth) and Weather Risk Management Services Pvt Ltd (Anuj Kumbhat), who were interested in SM-India (SUNRISE-WP1.1) ; FAO (Eduardo Mansur); Asian Disaster Prevention Centre, Thailand (Hans Guttman, Senaka Basanayke). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Presentation at UNCCD-COP14 side event, 12 September, 2019: "HydroSOS: a new hydro-climate service to support drought and water management globally" (G Rees) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Presentation by G Rees, "HydroSOS: a new hydro-climate service to support drought and water management globally" at side-event "Hydro-climate Services to Improve Decision-making on Drought" at the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) 14th Conference of the Parties (COP14), 12 September, 2019. The aim of the presentation was to inform participants of the new WMO-led HydroSOS initiative that is supported by SUNRISE and to encourage engagement in the global, African or South Asian pilots. Interest was expressed by several, including Karnataka State Natural Disaster Monitoring Centre (Dr. CN Prabhu), who are keen to contribute to the South Asia pilot (SUNRISE WP1.2); the Indian Space Research Organisation (K Srinivas); FAO (Tmoio Shichiri); New South Wales Government, Australia (Annette Cowie), etc. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | UK-Finland Sustainability Knowledge Exchange,19-21 October 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | The workshop covered wide range of issues, challenged and solutions suggestions related to sustainability, natural resources and climate change mitigation and adaptation. The workshop was targeted to sustainability researchers and experts and aimed to build bilateral relationships on shared sustainability challenges. Outcomes of SUNRISE presented. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.lyyti.fi/reg/UKFinland_Sustainability_Knowledge_Exchange_7858 |
| Description | UKSCAPE Launch |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The event presented an overview of the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, its national capability work including the UK-SCAPE Programme, its objectives and planned outcomes. There was also an opportunity to engage with and find out more about four components of the Programme |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.ceh.ac.uk/news-and-media/news/innovative-environmental-research-programme-launched |
| Description | UPSCAPE Stakeholder Consultation Workshop: Bangalore, 23 October 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Stakeholder consultation workshop to present findings of UPSCAPE to an audience of c.30 practitioners, policy makers and academics from Karnataka, convened at IISc-Bangalore. The meeting discussed the policy implications of the findings and considered different management options to improve future water availability/security. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | UPSCAPE Stakeholder Consultation Workshop: Chennai, 25 October 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Stakeholder consultation workshop to present findings of UPSCAPE to an audience of c.40 practitioners, policy makers and academics from Tamil-Nadu, convened at IIT-Madras, Chennai. The meeting discussed the policy implications of the findings and considered different management options to improve future water availability/security. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | UPSCAPE findings at SWR End-of-Programme Special Session, at the WaterFuture Conference, Bangalore, 25 September 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Approaching the end of the three-year Sustaining Water Resources programme, a Special Session was organised as a side-event at the WaterFuture Conference - Towards a Sustainable Water Future - in Bangalore on 25 September 2019. The SWR end-of-programme event gave opportunity to project the programme's scientific findings and to explore their policy implications with as wide an audience as possible at a single event. UPSCAPE's findings were presented by Dr Gwyn Rees; several posters were also presented of different aspects of the project. Several UPSCAPE participants further took advantage of the Conference's many technical sessions to present specific outcomes and achievements of their research. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |