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Form Part A 1 to be submitted in English language.

Form Part A 1Version 1.0 – June 2010

Project title: Austrian Panel on Climate Change Assessment Report

Project acronym: APCC

Mandatoryregistrationnumber at Climateand Energy Fund:

K10AC1K00037

Applicant: Vienna University of Technology, Institute of Power Systems andEnergy Economics

Project partner: BOKU University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences / Centreof Global Change and Sustainability

University of Graz / Wegener Center for Climate and GlobalChange

International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) /Energy Program

with participation of many researchers and institutions from theAustrian Climate Change Research Community

Thematic field: Thematic Area 1: Responding to Austria’s Policy Community Thematic Area 2: Understanding the Climate System and

Consequences of Climate Change Thematic Area 3: The Economics of Climate Change Thematic Area 4: The Political, Cultural and Social

Dimensions of Climate Change Thematic Area 5: Reshaping Science and Governance in the

Post-Copenhagen Environment

Description ofcosts:

Total costs [EUR]:

424.553

Requested funding [EUR]:

349.488

Declaration The applicant has submitted a proposal at the 1st Call of the ACRP (Project Number(s):____________) 2nd Call of the ACRP (Project Number(s):____________)


SYNOPSIS:

An assessment of climate change in Austria is proposed that has a number of related objectivesthat include (1) compilation and integration of up-to-date knowledge and expertise on climatechange and possible response strategies in Austria; (2) increasing the scientific robustness ofscientific findings by integrating those derived from different research approaches and methods andconducting independent peer-review of the APCC; (3) contributing to informed societal decisionmaking on climate change; (4) providing policy-relevant technical support for response strategies,implementation of national commitments and positioning within the European Union and otherinternational and global climate-related initiatives; and (5) to identify knowledge gaps for futureresearch and thereby advance an Austrian climate research agenda, scientific community buildingand develop a comprehensive literature and databases.

Keywords: please name 6 to 8 keywords for your project. Climate change; response strategies; impacts, adaptation and mitigation; literature assessment,scientific community building, stakeholder participation, IPCC

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Aims and Methodology

Technical and Scientific Content, Objectives and applied Methodology ofthe Project

1.1.1. Project objectives and their innovative aspects

Overall Concept

The project establishes the organizational environment in which the first national climate research

report is to be prepared, resulting from a collaborative effort of the Austrian climate change,

impacts, vulnerabilities and adaptation and mitigation science communities. A broad range of

national research institutions and scientists have formally declared their willingness to contribute to

collecting, assessing and synthesizing the current state of knowledge on the climatic situation in

Austria, its future projections as well as ecological, societal and economic implications and response

strategies.

The report represents a national counterpart to the international Intergovernmental Panel on

Climate Change (IPCC) assessment reports, filling the gaps of highly sought-after regional-scaled

knowledge that takes into account the specificities of the natural-physical as well as societal and

economic environment in Austria. This project is being set up acknowledging the principles,

procedures and products of the IPCC as role model. In this respect both the successes and

shortcomings of the IPCC process are being treated as an opportunity to learn within this project on

a national basis.

The project aims at sustainability through creating the structures and the procedural framework –

henceforth named Austrian Panel on Climate Change (APCC) – in which national assessment reports

can be prepared on a regular basis. The preparation of the first APCC assessment report in the

context of this project will enable community building, procedural learning and political and public

awareness of this novel mode of collaboration within the Austrian research community. The goal is

to provide policy-relevant analysis and capacity-enhancing guidance to the Austrian government,

decision-support material to the private sector (energy service companies, investors and others),

and analysis relevant to academic institutions.

The APCC project is intended to define and set up the procedures and framework within which the

first scientific national climate research report is to be developed and to facilitate and accompany

the implementation of this first report by providing the means for scientific and stakeholder

meetings and external reviews – it will not finance new scientific research. The report will aim at

presenting a coherent and complete analysis of the issues and options—based upon what can be

said from a scientific and analytical perspective.

The project thus is not the typical ACRP project, focussed on forwarding science centred on one

scientific question. Yet it fits most of the aims of ACRP very well:

Coordinating and strengthening existing climate research in Austria

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Promoting climate research that produces useful results for Austria’s scientific, business and

public policy communities and

Strengthening Austria’s capacity for advanced (interdisciplinary) analysis and integrated

assessment in areas of relevance for policymaking.

It also meets the aim of the ACRP steering committee to ensure the integration, mutual cooperation,

external visibility and international outreach of ACRP-funded research activities.

The importance of such a collaborative effort to gain the first comprehensive picture of climate

change and possible response strategies in Austria and the expectation of a considerable boost for

climate research through new collaborations in a more closely knit community are good reasons to

fund this exceptional proposal.

Background and Motivation

Demand for regional-scale knowledge on climate change and its societal implications:

The IPCC assessment reports currently represent a widely-accepted, reliable basis for policy making

from the global to the national level. However, the large-scale analyses are not able to take into

account the local, sub-scale geographical and topographical characteristics that contribute

considerably to the shaping of the local climatic situation. The same holds true for the assessment of

societal and economic triggers and responses to climate change that are influenced by a country's or

region's social and cultural environment.

In Austria, the local climate is particularly determined by its geographical position in the Alpine area

that results in frequent small-scale meteorological and climatic phenomena. Although the specific

climatic conditions in mountainous regions and the challenges they present for climate modelling

have been generally perceived, the IPCC plenary has not taken up the proposal to devote a specific

chapter to mountainous regions in its forthcoming Fifth Assessment Report (AR5).

For these reasons, the IPCC assessment reports cannot provide a comprehensive knowledge base

for decision-making or response strategies that are to become effective within the borders of

Austria. They therefore need to be supplemented by national assessment reports that follow the

same principles of collaborative scrutiny, broad involvement and transparency that lend authority to

the IPCC work. The APCC will provide a basis for policy formulation that recognizes all of the main

issues and competing requirements across the areas of economic and social development,

environmental protection and security, while at the same time providing a sufficient level of regional

focus and detail to provide relevant support to a range of decision makers.

Fragmentation and lack of accessibility of knowledge on climate change in Austria:

Climate research and climate impact research in Austria is being performed in a rather fragmented

and heterogeneous institutional environment in which 20 institutions (see figure 1 on page 9)

account for the bulk of national climate (impact and mitigation) research, accompanied by a number

of additional research institutions.

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On the positive side the overall output of climate (impact and mitigation) research in Austria is

characterized by a high diversity of perspectives and approaches as well as a high degree of

localized scientific expertise. However, no structures and procedures currently exist that allow one to

integrate and consolidate these rich knowledge sources. On the negative side therefore the

institutional fragmentation and distribution of expertise comes with the cost that the overall

expertise is hardly accessible to decision-makers, thereby reducing the societal value of the research

output.

In order to increase the value of Austrian climate (impact) research for informing and improving

societal decision-making, structures and procedures are urgently required that allow to compile a

joint, consolidated knowledge base on climate change, its impacts and societal implications in

Austria.

Moreover, a considerable share of climate (impact and mitigation) research outputs are found only

in the grey literature, which is subjected partially to the scrutiny of a scientific review process (e.g.

contract research reports like climate studies for Federal states, dissertation theses). Nevertheless,

these studies represent an up-to-date state of knowledge, providing highly localized expertise on

climate change in Austria. Structures and processes are required to make this expertise accessible

while, at the same time, assuring a high scientific standard is followed by subject this body of work

to a thorough and traceable review process.

Against the background of a strong demand for regional-scaled knowledge on climate change and its

societal implications, on the one hand, and the fragmentation and lack of access to knowledge on

climate change, on the other hand, the Austrian climate research community has expressed its

willingness to synthesize its current state of knowledge into a joint assessment report within the

structure of an Austrian Panel on Climate Change (see Annex II). The proposed project aims at

building up appropriate structures and processes in order to facilitate the success of this substantial

mission.

Key objectives

Against the background of the requirements enumerated above, the following key objectives for the

proposed project have been defined:

Compiling and integrating up-to-date expertise on climate change in Austria, interlinking

knowledge on physical phenomena with their societal implications (mitigation, adaptation) in a

manner that reflects what has been generally accepted by the national research community.

Increasing the scientific robustness of existing findings by integrating findings, derived from

different research approaches and methods and conducting independent peer-review of the APCC.

Preparing a national climate change assessment report (AR), documenting and integrating the

generally accepted, current state of scientific knowledge on climate change, its impacts and

societal implications for Austria.

Developing the structures and processes to prepare and update APCC AR on a regular basis, being

published regularly and in parallel to the IPCC assessment reports.

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Contributing to informed societal decision-making (in the domains of politics, business and civil

society) in the context of climate change by providing rigorous and balanced scientific information

to decision makers.

Providing technical support for the implementation of national commitments, for example those

aimed at mitigating and adapting to climate change.

Proposing a portfolio of policies that will address the global challenges related to climate

mitigation including energy and other domains of action.

Identify knowledge gaps and needs for future research as a basis to develop an Austrian climate

research agenda.

Key challenges

The following challenges have been identified as needing to be addressed in the context of the

proposed project. They also reflect the major criticism that has been raised against the procedures

of the IPCC.

The need to develop procedures that allow inclusion of research findings that provide localized,

up-to-date climate expertise but that are published only in grey literature (e.g. research reports,

dissertation theses) in a manner that does not infringe upon the scientific integrity and validity of

the overall effort while at the same time avoiding making the AR a marketing instrument for

personal research activities.

The need to develop procedures that facilitate coordination and address divergent, potentially

conflicting interpretations and conclusions as a key for broad acceptance of the AR.

The need to work towards elaborate interlinkages between individual chapters of the report,

assuring that findings on climate change impacts build on the current state of knowledge of the

physical science basis that is published in the AR. Moreover, societal responses (mitigation and

adaptation) that are being addressed in the AR need to be connected to the findings on impact

and will need to be considered as interrelated strategies.

The need to install a critical but constructive control, evaluation and feedback mechanism that

assures scientific scrutiny according to utmost scientific standards

The need to facilitate an intensive public communication during the process of preparing the AR in

order to increase the transparency, credibility and comprehensibility of the process without

jeopardizing scientific validity and neutrality of the reports.

Procedural Principles

The proposed project follows a set of procedural principles to guide the project towards meeting thedefined key objectives:

Building on the contributions of the research community: The AR as products of the APCC process

are solely based on contributions from the research community. The APCC as an institution does

not perform own research activities.

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As a consequence, the products are to be represented as the work of the broader scientific

community and not of individual institutions. However, individual contributors (authors and

coordinators) will receive credit for their efforts in accordance with the usual academic practice

and authorship attribution.

The APCC structures and procedures to prepare the AR are being developed based on the

following criteria: transparency, good scientific practice, broad involvement and commitment,

independent peer-review as well as shared responsibility.

An active and broad integration of non-academic stakeholder groups (e.g. politics, public

administration, civil society / NGOs, business associations), representing diverse facets of societal

decision-making is to orient the products toward existing societal demands and to increase the the

relevance and broader acceptance of the AR.

The activities of the proposed project are developed and implemented according to the

sustainability principle that is to design structures and procedures that are self supporting after

completing the proposed pilot project in order to prepare AR on a regular basis.

1.1.2. Methodology

Guiding Questions

Based on the stated key objectives and key challenges the following guiding questions have been

defined for the proposed project:

What organizational structure and which procedures facilitate the preparation (writing, review,

endorsement) of an assessment report that consolidates the current state of local-scale

knowledge on climate change in Austria as a joint effort and product of the Austrian climate

(impact, adaptation and mitigation) research communities?

In particular:

What organizational structure and which procedures facilitate an effective integration of an up-to-

date state of research, including the handling of literature of different scientific standards (e.g.

grey literature), the integration and interrelation among different chapters of the report as well as

that assures that authoring the report's chapters is carried out in line with high scientific

standards?

What organizational structure and which procedures facilitate a critical as well as constructive

external review of both the report contents and the preparation process, assuring high scientific

standards?

Through which procedures and by which institutional setting must the assessment report be

endorsed in order to facilitate a wide acceptance and credibility of the work both among the

scientific community and other important stakeholders?

Through which communicative and collaborative procedures can the dissemination and utilization

of the report by decision makers (politics, business, civil society) in Austria be fostered

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Anticipated Results

A National climate change assessment report (AR) is being prepared that documents and

integrates the current state of scientific knowledge on climate change, its impacts and societal

implications for Austria (see Annex II).

A structural and procedural framework is being set up that facilitates to prepare and update the

AR on a regular basis, being published in parallel with the IPCC assessment reports.

An active network of Austrian research institutions, individual scientists as well as non-academic

stakeholders is being formed around the pilot project of preparing the first National climate

change assessment report, building the basis for the maintenance of this and related activities

after the completion of the pilot.

Anticipated Co-Benefits

In addition to the listed results the proposed project is likely to result in the following co-benefits:

Community building: The comprehensive joint task of setting up structures and procedures to

prepare a joint AR climate change for Austria is likely to increase the cooperation and network

resources within the Austrian climate research community. The expected co-benefit is in line with

the current process of establishing a Virtual Climate Centre as a joint effort of the Austrian climate

research community to increase networking activities and coordination of national research on

climate change.

Building up a comprehensive literature base: The preparation of the AR draws on an extensive

body of literature, some of it not or not easily accessible to the Austrian research community.

Compiling the cited literature within a joint virtual library would make this essential literature

accessible to every institution, facilitating research in this field and simultaneously reducing the

efforts of preparing future ARs. After completing the proposed pilot project, the virtual library

could be administrated and updated by the Virtual Climate Centre Austria.

Approaches to achieve the results

Building on the contributions of the research community: The AR as products of the APCC process

are based on research contributions from the research community. The APCC as an institution

does not perform or financially support research activities.

Analysing and learning from the structures and procedures used by the IPCC and other

assessments such as the Millennium Ecosystems Assessment and the Global Energy Assessment,

being a central, albeit international, role-model, in order to build on positive and negative

experiences

It is planned to embed the project into the institutional structures of the Virtual Climate Centre

(VCC), once the VCC is established. The VCC is currently being established as a forum for

cooperation and coordination of climate (impact) research in Austria. It therefore represents an

appropriate institution to organize a comprehensive joint effort of the Austrian climate (impact,

adaptation and mitigation) research communities.

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The coordination and joint preparation of the stated work will be driven by a set of moderated

workshops. The project work on all levels will be consulted by an external advisory mechanism.

Importance and relevance

National activities in the science-policy interface like the ongoing preparation of a national

adaptation strategy and the development of a national climate strategy (2002, revised 2007) reveal

that a sound and commonly accepted knowledge base on the processes and societal implications of

climate change in Austria are urgently required. Given the scope and the importance of national

climate mitigation and adaptation strategies, from a scientific point of view they need to be based on

a sound and commonly accepted knowledge base. This important step that contributes considerably

to the credibility of these strategies has been neglected so far.

In Austria several joint initiatives, such as the national research network AustroClim as well as the

current efforts to establish a national Virtual Climate Centre, prove that a close cooperation among

scientists with the aim to create a joint product are both desired and feasible.

On the international level several examples exist that provide the concept of how a joint national

climate change assessment report can be organized and prepared: in the course of preparing four

assessment reports, (with the fifth being under way, accompanied by various special reports), the

institutional framework of the IPCC provides a role model for principles, procedures and products.

The experience with the IPCC activities – both positive and negative –is conceived as a valuable

opportunity for learning. As mentioned, other assessments such as the Millennium Ecosystems

Assessment and Global Energy Assessment also offer complementary models how APCC could be

organized and conducted. Additionally, in several countries (e.g., Spain, Switzerland, Finland, the

U.S.. cf., Moreno Rodríguez, J.M. 2005, OcCC/ProClim 2007, Karl, T.R et al, 2009) national climate

change assessment reports have already been prepared and allow insights for a related project in

Austria.

To render these experiences useful it is necessary to adaptat and reconciliate them with the national

institutional framework in Austria. This particularly holds true as the proposed project is strongly

based on a bottom-up involvement of the national research community that has already expressed

its high commitment to this project (cf. Annex IV). Therefore the analysis of prior experiences

represents an important initial step within the project, proposed here.

1.1.3. Links

The proposed project to a considerable part draws on the efforts and contributions of the Austrian

climate (impacts, adaptation and mitigation) science communities as well as of further research

institutions that provide insights on the processes and impacts of climate change in the European

Alps – particularly in Switzerland (e.g. NCCR on Climate Change) and Germany (e.g. MPI providing

regional model runs) and a number of other relevant international and national initiatives. The

incorporation of experts from international institutions in the APCC advisory board as well as

reviewers of the assessment report will guarantee scientific scrutiny on the project outputs in

accordance with high international scientific standards.

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Figure 1 depicts an overview of Austrian key research organizations that contribute to the

knowledge base on climate change, its ecological and socio-economical implications in Austria. So

far, 23 of these organizations have formally expressed their willingness to actively contribute to the

preparation of a first Austria assessment report on climate change and its implications by providing

personal resources as well as their institutional knowledge bases to author the report (cf. Annex III).

In addition, the proposed project will be institutionally closely linked to the Virtual Climate Centre

(VCC) Austria, currently being established as framework and network organization of the Austrian

climate (impact) research community. Now in the process of organizational constitution, the VCC,

the structure and the network established by the VCC provide a valuable resource for realizing the

first Austrian climate change assessment report.

The AR as the principle output of the proposed pilot project is a synthesis of the scientific state of

knowledge on climate change and its societal implications and response strategies in Austria.

However, the eventual goal of the report is to support decision-makers in making informed

decisions. Consequently, an important link of the proposed project goes to different groups of

societal decision-makers that need to be involved in the process from the beginning in order to

make sure that the assessment report links up with their knowledge demands.

Important groups of decision-makers on different levels (local, federal state's, national level)

involve:

Policy-makers and authorities : Government / public administration (e.g. ministries), etc.

Civil Society: NGOs, etc.

Business organisations: industry representatives (e.g. tourism associations), individual firms, etc.

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Figure 1: Key organizations in Austrian climate change research


1.1.4. Description of any pre-projects

In the year 1993 the Austrian Academy of Sciences published a first assessment of climate change

its effects and possible response strategies in Austria. (ÖAW (1993): Bestandsaufnahme.

Anthropogene Klimaänderungen Mögliche Auswirkungen auf Österreich - Mögliche Maßnahmen in

Österreich.). The assessment was made by a team of authors and did not include to full community.

It addressed a very limited number of issues as the research on this topic available at the time was

little compared to what exists now. APCC is a pilot project of organizing the preparation of a

assessment report research on climate change research in Austria as a joint community effort. It

builds on the individual contributions and the existing, but fragmented knowledge bases in the

scientific community in Austria. Essentially all prior climate research projects can be considered as

pre-projects contributing to the AR.

In several countries (e.g., Spain, Switzerland, Finland, the U.S.) national climate change assessment

reports have already been prepared and allow insights for a related project in Austria.

1.1.5. Applicability and use

The proposed project is directed towards two principle groups of stakeholders: the Austrian research

community and national societal decision-makers.

As it has been mentioned above, climate (impact) research in Austria has build up a considerable

expertise on climate change in Austria, the underlying physical processes, societal triggers and

implications of change. Compared to climate science on global and super-national scales,

synthesized in the works of the IPCC, the resources as well as the output for climate research on the

national scale of Austria still are much more limited. Due to the high degree of institutional

fragmentation the existing knowledge base is only partly accessible to the research community as a

whole. This situation conflicts with the societal mission of climate research in Austria to use its

resources in a way that climate impacts and societal implications are researched on a common, up-

to-date basis.

The proposed pilot project of preparing a joint climate change assessment report for Austria aims at

improving the current situation in that a common ground for climate (impact) research in Austria is

created. Furthermore the assessment of the state of knowledge also helps to identify critical

knowledge gaps where, so far, little or no research has been undertaken. Being the first joint effort

within the framework of the Virtual Climate Centre Austria, it is assumed that the proposed project

also holds the co-benefit of supporting community building between different research institutions

and individuals and thus facilitating similar projects in the future.

Climate change eventually comes with fundamental societal challenges – the discourse on both

mitigation and adaptation affects a number of different groups of stakeholders (e.g.

politics/government, civil society, business organizations). The decision-makers’ access to

knowledge about the phenomena and implications of climate change remains a critical bottleneck in

working towards a more responsive society. The access to knowledge is beset with a number of

shortcomings: The fragmentation of the Austrian climate research landscape makes it difficult for

users to identify adequate expertise consistent with their needs. Furthermore, the lack of a single

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voice makes it easy for lobby groups (e.g. climate sceptics / contrarians) to introduce factual

incorrect material into the discourse that does not represent scientific quality standards, yet is

reproduced and reinforced by the media.

The first Austrian climate change assessment report, being the principle product of the proposed

project, supports the national research community to speak with a single voice. This, in turn, makes

it easier for interested decision-makers to access the knowledge they need. In accordance with the

IPCC assessment reports, a summary section for policy makers reprocesses the key findings of the

report for non-scientists, however in agreement with high scientific quality standards. Climate

(impact) research itself is no homogeneous field and a synthesis of the individual knowledge bodies

will eliminate neither major uncertainties nor diverging positions. However, the joint assessment

report will permit the articulation of these positions in a transparent and balanced way and will

explain the discrepancies from a factual viewpoint. In order to ensure the societal utility and

applicability of the assessment report, stakeholders are actively involved in the process of organizing

and preparing the report by defining contents and structure of the report and establishing

dissemination channels.

Essential literature

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IIASA (Eds., in prep.): Global Energy Assessment (www.Globalenergyassessment.org).

InterAcademy Council (Eds., 2010). Climate Change Assessments. Review of the Processes and

Procedures of the IPCC. Report of the Committee to Review the IPCC. Prepublication Copy (August

2010).

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC, 1990). First Assessment Report. Cambridge

University Press. Cambridge.

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC, 1995). Second Assessment Report: Climate

Change 1995. Cambridge University Press. Cambridge.

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC, 2001). Third Assessment Report: Climate


Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC, 2007). Fourth Assessment Report: Climate


Karl, T.R; Melillo, J.M. & Peterson, T.C (Eds., 2009). Global Climate Change Impacts in the United

States. Cambridge University Press. Cambridge.

McIntyre. B.D. et al. (Eds., 2009). Agriculture at a crossroads. Global Report. International

Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science and Technology for Development. Island Press:

Washington D.C.

Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (2006). Millennium Ecosystem Assessment. Island Press:

Washington, D.C.

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Moreno Rodríguez, J.M. (Coord., 2005). Evaluación preliminar de los impactos en España por efecto

del cambio climático. Proyecto ECCE (Informe final). Ministerio de Medio Ambiente. Madrid.

OcCC/ProClim (Eds., 2007). Climate Change and Switzerland 2050. Expected Impacts on

Environment, Society and Economy. Berne.

ÖAW-Kommission für die Reinhaltung der Luft (1993): Bestandsaufnahme. Anthropogene

Klimaänderungen Mögliche Auswirkungen auf Österreich - Mögliche Maßnahmen in Österreich.

Dokumentation. Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften im Auftrag des Bundesministeriums

für Wissenschaft und Forschung und des Bundesministeriums für Umwelt, Jugend und Familie;

Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien.

UNDP (Eds., 2000). World Energy Assessment. Energy and the challenges of sustainability. United

Nations Development Programme: New York.

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Quality of Planning

1.2.1 Description of Work Packages and the Work Plan and Schedule

A. Overview

Please fill in Table 1 below:

Table 1

WPno.

TitleWork Package (WP)

Duration(months)

1 Organizational development and overall management 362 Science-Society Interface 333 Writing the Assessment Report 304 Review and quality development 24

Please indicate the amounts (in EUR) for the cost categories listed and for the total costsin the table below:

PLEASE NOTE: In principle, the value-added tax attributable to the services to be funded is not anexpenditure eligible for funding; Unless the funding recipient can prove that she or he is not entitledto value-added tax (i.e. input tax) reduction

The substantive effort to conduct the assessment by authors and reviewers will beprovided pro bono (without payment). The proposed budget covers partially costs relatedto the assessment process and includes costs of workshops, meetings, production of thereport (e.g. graphics, text processing and editing) and in some cases research assistanceand contractual work (e.g. specific research tasks going beyond assessment work,scientific editing or writing).

Table 2

WPno.

Personnelcostsincl. overheadrate

RTDinvestments

(depreciation)

Travelcosts

Costs ofmaterials

Thirdpartycosts

Total costs

1 39032 3400 4000 46.4322 11052 800 13000 24.8523 98075 800 40000 146900 285.7754 39494 5000 3000 20000 67.494Total 187653 10000 60000 166900 424.553

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B. Project Workflow Plan (PWP) – Gantt Diagram:

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C. Detailed Description of Individual Work Packages (WPs)

For describing the individual work packages, please use the structure below. For more than oneWork Package please copy the table below.(recommended length: 1 page per work package):

WP no. 1 Title of the WP: Organizational development andoverall management

Starts: 01/11Ends: 12/13

Total costs of the WP (EUR): 46.432

Work Package Leader (organisation’s name): BOKU University of Natural Resourcesand Life Sciences / Centre of Global Change and Sustainability

Name of participatinginstitute or enterprise

Share of total costs of theWP (euro)

Brief qualitativedescription of costs

(A) Vienna University ofTechnology, Institute ofPower Systems and EnergyEconomics

21% mainly personnel costs,travel costs

(P1) BOKU University ofNatural Resources and LifeSciences / Centre of GlobalChange and Sustainability

57% Personnel costs and costs forWorkshops, travel costs

(P2) University of Graz /Wegener Center 22% mainly personnel costs,

travel costs(P3) IIASA / EnergyProgram 0%

Objectives of the WP: Developing and implementing an adequate organizational structure and procedures to

prepare an Austrian climate change assessment report (AR) as a joint effort of the

national research community

Assuring an effective and efficient use of the overall budget

Establish a contact point (secretariat) and information hub project partners and

interested bodies.

Installing and administrating the virtual climate library from contributions from WP3

Coordinate and support partners in the accomplishment of the other work packages

Raising awareness on AR by providing continuous public information about the

preparation process

Increasing acceptance of AR contents based on procedural transparency

Providing general free access to the AR

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Content and description:The proposed project represents an extensive joint effort of members of the Austrian

Climate (impact) research community that agreed to contribute their individual resources

to prepare a common climate change assessment report on a national basis. In order to

succeed, the individual contributions require sophisticated coordination and integration

activities. A key task of WP1 is to establish an organizational structure and procedures in

line with the procedural principles formulated in 1.1.1. A preliminary structure includes an

APCC plenary, secretariat, a group of co-chairs, coordinating lead authors (CLA), a

scientific advisory board (SAB) and the group of stakeholder representatives. In this

respect important lessons can be drawn from both best practices and shortcomings of the

existing IPCC structure and procedures. The secretariat represents the central contact

point and information hub of the proposed project. It oversees and co-ordinates project

activities, manages the overall budget, supports other WP (e.g. organization of joints

sessions and workshops) and administrates the virtual library.

Broad knowledge about the process towards the AR among both the national scientific

community and decision-makers is the basis for the project's success. It allows for a high

degree of involvement in the process of developing the AR and – closely connected – the

acceptance and utilization of the report in these groups. The principle task of this WP is to

identify adequate channels and procedures to share information about the progress of the

proposed projects and eventually disseminate the AR in these groups. Dependent on the

project stage and demands for mutual information flows, the outreach activities are being

performed in either interactive ways (workshops), by unidirectional communication

(information websites) or a combination of both (webforums). Important contributions to

these tasks are being made by WP 2 (stakeholder information).

Methodology: Analysing best practice examples and shortcomings from IPCC organization

General project management and multi-channel communication

Cost accounting

Setting up and managing webpage and webforum as low-threshold platform for

continuous information exchange (in cooperation with partner institutions)

Interactive information workshops with representatives of the scientific community and

decision-makers (managed by WP2)

Open-access publishing of the report (identification of adequate publisher, ISSN

registration)

Milestones and results:2011, 02: Setting up an organizational structure and procedures to prepare the

assessment report

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2011, 03: Establishing a secretariat (in cooperation with partner institutions)

2011, 04: Nominating co-chairs and coordinating lead authors (CLA)

2011, 05: Kick-off workshop (approx. 40 persons) with representatives from Austrian

climate change research institutions

2011, 06: Stakeholder workshop (approx. 200 persons): information about the process,

assessing interests and information needs, formalizing collaboration with stakeholder

[WP2]

2012, 06: Stakeholder workshop (approx. 200 persons): results, information,

dissemination of AR [WP2]

2013, 03: Start of general dissemination of AR (without Summary for Policy-Makers)

2013, 07: Start of general dissemination of AR (with Summary for Policy-Makers)

continuously: supporting and contributing to other WP

WP no. 2 Title of the WP: Science-Society Interface

Starts: 01/11Ends: 09/13


Work Package Leader (organisation’s name): University of Graz / Wegener Center








(P2) University of Graz /Wegener Center 76% personnel costs and costs for

workshops, travel costs(P3) IIASA / EnergyProgram 1% travel costs

Objectives of the WP: conceptualization and preparation in line with stakeholder interests and information

needs

raise acceptance, credibility and utility of the prepared assessment report among

societal decision-makers

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WP no. 2 Title of the WP: Science-Society Interface

Content and description:Societal decision-makers are considered to be principle beneficiaries of the proposed

project. In this WP the relevant stakeholder groups and their representatives are

identified and integrated in to the process of conceptualizing, reviewing and disseminating

the prepared climate change assessment report. Given that this project represents a pilot

project procedures and structures need to be developed and implemented that allow to

integrate the different interests of stakeholders into this process. In this respect particular

importance is assigned to the organization of mutual learning, information exchange and

communication among scientists and stakeholders, to make sure their voice and

perspectives are integrated in the orientation of the report.

Methodology: Organization of mutual learning environments among scientists and stakeholders (e.g.

workshops, open space, focus groups)

Analysis of best practice examples of stakeholder integration into scientific processes

Facilitating an active communication and information exchange among scientist and

stakeholders by establishing low-threshold channels of communication (moderated

mailing lists)

Milestones and results:2011, 05: Identification of relevant stakeholder groups and their representatives

2011, 06: Stakeholder workshop (approx. 200 persons): information about the process,

assessing interests and information needs, formalizing collaboration with stakeholder

2012, 06: Stakeholder workshop (approx. 200 persons): results, information,

dissemination of AR

2012, 06-09: Discussion forums with individual stakeholder groups as input for the

Volume 'Summary for policy makers'

WP no. 3 Title of the WP: Writing the Assessment Report

Starts: 06/2011Ends: 07/2013


Work Package Leader (organisation’s name): Vienna University of Technology,Institute of Power Systems and Energy Economics





80% Personnel costs and costs forSubcontractors, travel costs

(P1) BOKU University ofNatural Resources and Life


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Sciences / Centre of GlobalChange and Sustainability(P2) University of Graz /Wegener Center 9% mainly personnel costs,

travel costs(P3) IIASA / Energy Program 0%

Objectives of the WP: Organizing and conducting the writing process of the assessment report

Organizing and implementing an integration strategy between the individual report

volumes

Finalizing the AR: compiling volumes and chapters, consistent and user-friendly

layout

Content and description:The first Austrian Climate Change Assessment Report represents the principle outcome of

the proposed project. The structure (volumes, chapters) of the report as well as the

contents are being prepared by a strong and active involvement of the community by

which the scientific validity, acceptance and integrity are guaranteed. The writing process

is based on contributions of a large group of Austrian researchers. It is financially and

personally managed by a group of Co-Chairs (at least two per volume) and coordinating

lead authors (CLA, at least two per chapter). The Co-Chairs and CLAs represent key

institutions of Austrian climate (impact, adaptation and migitation) research as well as the

array of the national expertise in this field. This WP is closely linked to WP2 'Science-

Society Interface' and WP4 'Review and quality development' that ensure the soundness

of the report from a scientific and a stakeholders' perspective.

The AR represents a compendium of the state of knowledge on climate change and its

implications in Austria. It is considered to provide both researchers and decision-makers

access to former fragmented scientific information sources. In order to provide this access

to a broad group of potential users a clear and consistent layout of the report is crucial to

guide the reader through the considerable amount of complied information. In this respect

international standards have been set by the published IPCC reports.

Methodology: Organization of mutual learning environments among authors and coordinating lead

authors (e.g. workshops, open space, focus groups)

Analysing best practice examples and shortcomings from IPCC report writing

Facilitating an active communication and information exchange among authors, co-

chairs and coordinating lead authors by establishing different channels of

communication (moderated mailing lists, joint server spaces)

Applying professional text editing and graphic design for document layout

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Milestones and results:2011, 06: Editorial start workshops (1 per volume + CLAs) with authors and CLA

2011, 06: Notification for authors on structural and graphical guidelines, provision of

document templates to facilitate final report processing

2011, 11: First draft of volumes

2012, 03: Second draft of volumes (integration between volumes' chapters)

2012, 06: Third draft of volumes (integration between volumes)

2012, 06: Editorial integration workshops (1 per volume + CLAs) with authors and CLA

2012, 11: Final draft (including external revisions and workshop results, without summary

for policy makers, no final layout)

2012, 10-12: layout AR (without Summary for Policy-Makers)

2013, 02: Draft Summary for Policy Makers

2013, 05: Final version Summary for Policy Makers

2013, 07: final layout AR (with Summary for Policy-Makers)

WP no. 4 Title of the WP: External Review

Starts: 04/2011Ends: 03/2013


Work Package Leader (organisation’s name): International Institute for AppliedSystems Analysis (IIASA), Energy Program





0%


0%

(P2) University of Graz /Wegener Center 0%

(P3) IIASA / EnergyProgram 100% mainly personnel costs,

costs for subcontractsObjectives of the WP: Assuring scientific validity of assessment report (AR) contents according to

international scientific standards through an independent and anonymous peer-review

process coordinated by Review Editors

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Developing and implementing quality control procedures for included literature

(particularly 'grey literature')

Assuring practical utility of report contents according to stakeholders' (e.g. policy-

makers') demands

Content and description:The report's soundness from both a scientific and stakeholders' perspective are a key

factor for its perceived credibility, acceptance and – as a consequence – societal utility.

The thematic conceptualization, therefore, is developed in close cooperation with national

decision-makers and the national climate change research community, accompanied by

an scientific advisory board (SAB), consisting of international lead experts. In a multi-

stage review process, expert reviewers are invited to comment on the accuracy and

completeness of the content and the overall balance of the drafts. The CLA of the report

make sure that all comments are well taken into account. A summary for policy-makers is

derived from the assessment report under active stakeholder participation in order to

ensure a sound translation of scientific findings and concepts into a rationale of decision-

making. The proposal partners will seek for substantial additional funding for the project.

The complexity of the review process, methods and milestones described in WP4 will thus

be adapted given available financial resources.

Methodology: Active learning from best-practise and criticism of the IPCC quality development

principles

Assigning clear responsibilities to CLA to make sure that all comments are well taken

into account

Nomination of a Scientific Advisory Board, consisting of international lead experts in

climate change research

Selecting anonymous peer-reviewers through a transparent and independent process to

be coordinated by Review Editors who would be leading national and international

scientists but not involved as authors in APCC

Retaining review comments with responses from the APCc authors in an open archive

on completion of a report for a period of at least 5 years.

Developing and implementing multi-stage review procedures of both national and

international experts

Milestones and results:2011, 04: Nomination SAB, initial SAB workshop – Concept and contents of AR

2011, 11-2012, 01: Internal (national research community) review of AR 1st draft on

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overall balance and integration between volumes' chapters

2012, 03-04: Internal review of AR 2nd draft on integration between volumes

2012, 07: SAB review meeting on AR's accuracy and completeness – key improvement

opportunities

2012, 07-09: Internal review of AR 3rd draft on accuracy and completeness of the content

2012, 07-09: External (SAB, external experts) review – AR 3rd draft on accuracy and

completeness of the content

2013, 03: Expert and stakeholder review – Summary for Policy-Makers 1st draft on

accuracy and utility

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Suitability of Funding Applicants /Project Partners

Overview

Please note that this data has to be matched with Form B (Sheet “9 Total Costs and Funding”)!

Table 3

Applicant (A) /Partner no. (Px)

Type oforganisation*

Federalstate**

Share of costs intotal costs [EUR]

[%] Fundingapplied for[EUR]

[%]

TU Vienna (A) RI-U W 240.558 57 221.313 63

BOKU Vienna(P1)

RI-U W 60.454 14 42.318 12

Uni Graz (P2) RI-U ST 55.547 13 41.660 12

IIASA (P3) RI-N NÖ 67.994 16 44.196 13

Sum of total costs 100% 100%

* Add type of organisation: Please use the following acronymsLarge enterprises LEMedium-sized enterprises MESmall enterprises SEResearch institutions – universities, universities of applied sciences RI-UResearch institutions – non-university research institutions RI-NResearch institutions – individual researchers RI-IResearch institutions – others RI-O

** Add Federal state: Please use the following acronymsB: Burgenland, K: Carinthia, NÖ: Lower Austria, OÖ: Upper Austria, S: Salzburg, ST: Styria, T: Tyrol, V: Vorarlberg, W: Vienna, A: Abroad

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Table 4

Applicant (A) /Partner no. (P x)

Main task in the project

TU Vienna (A) Lead WP 3

BOKU Vienna (P1) Lead WP 1

Uni Graz (P2) Lead WP 2

IIASA (P3) Lead WP 4

Applicant and Partners (1 page maximum per partner)

1. Name of institution or enterprise, or name of scientist

(L) Vienna University of Technology, Institute of Power Systems and Energy Economics

Univ. Prof. Dr. Nebojsa Nakicenovic, ao Univ. Prof. Dr. Reinhard Haas

2. Information on the scientific competence of the organisation and of the persons participating in

the project (if international partners, please indicate how they will contribute to building Austrian

research competence). Focus on know-how relevant to the project

(CVs are to be enclosed in the annex)

The Institute of Power Systems and Energy Economics at Vienna University of Technology

complements it teaching activities though a wide range of related research activities including

extensive externally sponsored projects both from the private and public sector. The Institute

includes 40 researches, divided almost equally between Power Systems and Energy Economics

Groups working on transitions toward more sustainable energy. The Energy Economics Group (EEG)

research activities focus on (1) measures and strategies for mitigation and adaptation to climate

change on national level, EU27 and in the world through vigorous efficiency measures, enhanced

role of renewable energy, decarbonization of fossil energy sources and a wide range of energy end

use from electric mobility to advanced energy carriers such as hydrogen; (2) international energy

markets including topics like regulation, power trading, balancing markets, market concentration,

RES-E generation, grid access, incentive regulation, grid tariff design, customer tariffs, load

analyses; (3) the future role of renewable energy systems including their economic viability,

technological performance and a variety of social and institutional issues surrounding their adoption

and widespread diffusion; and (4) energy modelling ranging from end-use sectors such as industry,

transport, households and services to electric and energy systems. EEG researchers co-operate with

many research organizations in Europe (among others EU Framework Programs, IEA in Paris,

Postdam Institute for Climate Impact Research), the US (among others Lawrence Berkeley National

Lab, Renewable National Research Lab, Stanford, Princeton or Yale Universities) and many

international programs such as the IPCC, Millennium Ecosystems, World Energy and Global Energy

Assessments. Members of EEG work very closely with other international science organizations

among others ICSU, World Energy Council, or InterAcademy Council and most of UN organizations

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(among others UNIDO, UNDP, UNDESA, UNEP, WMO) and also serve on various national and

international scientific bodies such as the United Nations Secretary General’s Advisory Group on

Energy and Climate Change.

3. Description of existing project-relevant infrastructure and other aspects of capacity for carrying

out the project.

EEG has managed and carried out many international as well as national research projects funded

by the European Commission, national governments, public and private clients in several fields of

research, especially focusing on renewable and new energy systems. EEG employs a permanent

scientific staff of 20 people covering a wide range of disciplines and talent.

EEG coordinates and has coordinated several international assessments, from IPCC Special Report

on Emissions Scenarios and the Global Energy Assessment to a number of chapters on many IPCC,

Millennium Ecosystems and World Energy Assessments; EU-projects in the field of RES (e.g. ALTER-

MOTIVE; Green-X, GreenNet, Invert, GreenNet-EU27 ) as well as contributes to many other ongoing

EU-projects (also tenders) as a core partner in the field of RES-E in general (e.g. REPAP, RE-

SHAPING, FORRES 2020, OPTRES) and grid integration in particular (e.g. SUSPLAN, RE-XPANSION).

Both Nebojsa Nakicenovic and Reinhard Haas have led many national and international research

projects as well as sponsored research activities especially in the energy economics and climate

research areas. Vienna University of Technology has all of the facilities required for teaching and

conducting research projects, from excellent computational facilities and meeting and lecture rooms

to a very modern library and other scientific support facilities.

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Name of institution or enterprise, or name of scientist

(P1) BOKU University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences / Centre of GlobalChange and Sustainability

Univ. Prof. Dr. Helga Kromp-Kolb, Dr. Herbert Formayer

Information on the scientific competence of the organisation and of the persons participatingin the project (if international partners, please indicate how they will contribute to buildingAustrian research competence). Focus on know-how relevant to the project(CVs are to be enclosed in the annex)

The BOKU Centre of Global Change and Sustainability was founded in July 2010. It supports theUniversity of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences in realizing its societal responsibility.It provides impetus for ideas regarding topics of global change and sustainable development.The Centre is a place of interdisciplinary, scientific debate and offers a learning environment forcomplex relationships and innovative ideas. As such the Centre contributes towardcommunicating concepts for the future to society.

The Centre networks between institutes, departments, platforms and initiatives at the Universityof Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, in their research and teaching in the areas ofglobal change and sustainability (e.g. climate change and climate protection, sustainableconcepts for securing global food security, transportation, waste management, water supply anduse). This work involves research as well as teaching, policy advice and public relations.Furthermore, these cooperative and networking activities of the Centre extend to national andinternational research institutes and organisations.

Currently the Centre employs seven researchers and one member of staff dealing withadministrative duties.

Description of existing project-relevant infrastructure and other aspects of capacity forcarrying out the project.

The Centre for global Change and Sustainability is equipped with staff and infrastructure tomanage projects and network groups of people, to organise workshops and events. It is entitledto make use of the facilities of the BOKU, e.g. meeting rooms or lecture halls.

Helga Kromp-Kolb has ample experience in managing large projects and co-ordinating manypartners within interdisciplinary projects. She has for many years been one of the driversfostering co-operation within the scientific climate community (e.g. founding member ofAustroClim together with Stefan Schleicher), organising funding for the community (e.g. ACRP)and contributing to the Austrian climate research agenda (e.g. scientific head of StartClim).

Herbert Formayer has supported many in the climate impact community with data and knowhowand has a good understanding of which climate competence can be found where. He is involvedin many climate research projects and has a good overview of the existing Austrian climatechange literature (exposure, impacts and adaptation)

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(P2) University of Graz / Wegener Center for Climate and Global Change

Information on the scientific competence of the organisation and of the persons participating inthe project (if international partners, please indicate how they will contribute to building Austrianresearch competence). Focus on know-how relevant to the project(CVs are to be enclosed in the annex)

The Wegener Center is an interdisciplinary, internationally oriented research center which combines

the competences of the University of Graz in the research areas "Climate, Environmental, and Global

Change". The center brings together about 40 scientists from fields such as geophysics and climate

physics, meteorology, economics, geography, and regional sciences. The research interests extend

from monitoring, analysis, modeling and prediction of climate and environmental change, via climate

impact research to the analysis of adaptation to and mitigation of climate change.

The Wegener Center has extensive experience in quantitative economic and GHG emission

modelling, in GHG adaptation and mitigation policy analysis both at the international and national

level. In particular the involved researchers have cooperated in the analysis of Austrian climate

policy scenarios in research projects within StartClim and Kli:En programms. Extensive experience in

research project management for both small and large consortia for the European Union (up to FP7),

the OECD and national research funding organisations (FWF, FFG) and ministries.

K. Steininger, Univ. of Graz, Department of Economics, Head of the Economics of Climate and Global

Change research group (EconClim) at the Wegener Center, has long-lasting research experience in

inter- and transdisciplinary climate and energy research, in particular in empirical macroeconomic

and GHG emission quantitative modelling. He has authored or edited 4 international books on

climate change and lead various climate policy research and stakeholder analyses. He will lead the

science-stakeholder interface, WP2.

B. Gebetsroither, member of the EconClim research group, has project experience in climate policy

and in transport analysis. She has particular experience in structuring stakeholder integration, most

recently she managed the extensive stakeholder integration within the Climate Action Plan Styria.

She will support WP2.

Description of existing project-relevant infrastructure and other aspects of capacity for carryingout the project.

The Wegener Center supplies an excellent research infrastructure in a building close to theUniversity central campus, including the necessary communication, room, server and computercapacity, software and data access.

The Wegener Center is inherently constructed to foster inter- and transdisciplinary research, that iscompiled within this project. WegCenter, and in particular it´s EconClim research group haveextensive experience in stakeholder involvement processes in climate policy. In June 2010 forexample, the Climate Action Plan for the province of Styria passed the legislative and government,even though for the first Austrian province it establishes quantitative strict and explicit emission

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objectives. This was enabled by a careful decision maker involvement, the two year process of whichwas structured by WegCenter, by the very same staff responsible for the current project proposal –according to WegCenters objective in the current project.

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(P3) International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Energy Group

Information on the scientific competence of the organisation and of the persons participating inthe project (if international partners, please indicate how they will contribute to building Austrianresearch competence). Focus on know-how relevant to the project(CVs are to be enclosed in the annex)

Founded in 1972, IIASA is an international scientific institute that conducts policy-oriented research

into problems that are too large or too complex to be solved by a single country or academic

discipline. Problems like climate change that have a global reach and can be resolved only by

international cooperative action. Or problems of common concern to many countries that need to be

addressed at the national level, such as energy security, population aging, and sustainable

development. Funded by scientific institutions in Africa, the Americas, Asia and Europe, IIASA is also

independent completely unconstrained by political or national self-interest. IIASAs mission is to:

provide science-based insight to policy and decision-makers;

develop tools, options and decision support systems from sound systems analysis; and

address global and multinational issues.

Description of existing project-relevant infrastructure and other aspects of capacity for carryingout the project.

Some 200 mathematicians, social scientists, natural scientists, economists and engineers from over

35 countries carry out research at IIASA in Laxenburg, Austria, at the heart of Europe. These range

from world-renowned scholars four Nobel Prize laureates have worked at IIASA to young scientists

just embarking on their careers. In addition, IIASA-related research networks around the globe

collect and process local and regional data for integration into IIASAs advanced scientific models.

Through such scientific collaboration IIASA also builds bridges among countries.

IIASA researches real world problems using cutting-edge science. It provides practical and

independent insights into todays most pressing global issues relating to the environment, society

and technology. It has also been a leading contributor for 30 years to the development and

refinement of assessment and decision-support methodologies, global databases, and analytical

tools. The institute concentrates its research efforts within three core research themes:

Environment and Natural Resources;

Population and Society;

Energy and Technology.

IIASA recovers overhead at the rate of 55% on all direct research costs. Overhead costs cover

computer services, publication services, scientific library and bibliographic services, the Directorate,

the Office of Sponsored Research, the Human Resources Department, the Department of Finance

and Budget, and technical maintenance and upkeep. This rate is the real overhead rate and is

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calculated from externally audited financial statements following the International Accounting

Standards and management principles. In the case of this proposal overhead is only applied to staff

costs and not to other cost categories.

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Subcontractors

Please list the following information for all subcontractors with subcontracts > EUR 2,000.

1) Basic information

Relevant WP(s) 3 Subcontractor to A/Px A

Name of subcontractor See below

Subcontractor’s address

Costs of the subcontract [EUR] 140.400

Types of costs (stated in %) 100% personnel costs

2) Description of the subcontracted activity

The Austrian Climate Assessment Report (AR) is based on pro bono work by a large part of theclimate research community. The APCC project funds e.g. workshops and travel and the costs of aminimum scientific coordination support to Co-Chairs and Lead Authors. This support will befinanced through subcontracts. As the determination of the final structure of the AR and thereforealso the co-chairs and lead authors will be determined within the APCC WP 1, and the co-Chairs andLead authors must be free to select persons of their choice for support, the subcontractors cannotyet be named. They will most likely all be institutions mentioned in Figure 1. The same holds true forthe size of the subcontracts. This will depend on the chapters for which Co-Chairs and Lead authorstake responsibility. Most of the subcontracts will however be higher than 2000 €.

A list can be provided with the names of the subcontractors and the costs after the pertinentdecision have been taken (about March 2011).

3) Offer (if available)


Relevant WP(s) 3 Subcontractor to A/Px A

Name of subcontractor NN (see below)





The lay-outing of the report and the preparation of crucial graphs will be subcontracted in the year2013. A selection of one or more suitable contractors will be made in 2013.


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Relevant WP(s) 4 Subcontractor to A/Px P3

Name of subcontractor See below





A Scientific Advisory Board, consisting of 5 internationally distinguished lead experts in climateresearch and climate impact research, will be appointed in the initial phase of the APCC process.Each board member will be rewarded with in total 4.000€ as compensation for intensivelyaccompanying the process of conceptualizing, writing and reviewing the assessment report. Theboard members will also be appointed external lead reviewers to ensure a high internationalscientific standard of the work, conducted in this project.

3) Offer (if available)

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Consortium and Management (2 pages maximum)

The consortium consists of three leading Austrian research institutions in the field of climate change

and an international partner based in Austria responsible for quality assurance. The applicant and

the international partner have ample experience with the IPCC procedure that serves as a model for

the procedure established within APCC. The other two partners have also participated in the IPCC

process in various functions.

The involved institutions have long lasting and repeated experience in common project work,

currently for example, there are two ongoing projects between WEGC and BOKU, two between

WEGC and TUW, and one between WEGC and IIASA.

The team responsible for APCC has the full support of their institutions, as well as the Austrian

climate science community. The composition of the team is such that natural sciences, socio-

economics and technology - following one type of classification - and exposure, sensitivity,

adaptation and mitigation of climate change - following another - are represented.

All key players in climate change research in Austria will be tied into the AR, as a rule through co-

chairs or lead authors. Most of these have already agreed to take over such responsibilities.

The preconditions for success are in place and funding by ACRP would get the process started. The

consortium is confident of finding additional funding once the project is on its way. Special reports

addressing specific sectors or specific regions that could be produced with little additional effort

could be one way of raising additional funds.

A constant review of the process will be guaranteed though our international Partner 4 and WP 4.

The long-term advantages of APCC are obvious: better cooperation and integration of the Austrian

climate change community, better visibility of Austrian climate research within Austria and on the

international level, a better and more comprehensive understanding of climate change and response

strategies in Austria, a more informed climate policy and higher awareness in the public, to name

just some of the more important effects.

The Austrian climate research community is to strongly gain from the intensification of result

exchange and discussion. This will benefit all institutions involved, both applying directly for this

project and contributing via sub-contracts.

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Dissemination and Economic Potential(3 pages maximum)Expected publications

The main publication is the APCC in from of a book and associated databases. In addition, the

assessment report would be made available by download from an appropriate website. The

Synthesis report would be published separately as a stand-alone document with a very wide

dissemination. Other summary documents for policymakers and various stakeholders are also

possible publications.

APCC will also encourage the Austrian scientific community to publish their research findings and

joint, interdisciplinary papers that develop in the process of the assessment exercise in peer-

literature .

Expected resulting data sets and / or tools

APCC will collect data, publications and other relevant materials on climate change and human

response strategies in Austria that would constitute an important contribution in itself. These would

be made available on the Internet and other suitable media. In doing so, APCC will develop and

provide access to large climate-related literature: The preparation of the AR draws on an extensive

body of literature, some of it not or not easily accessible to the Austrian research community.

Compiling the cited literature within a joint virtual library would make this essential literature

accessible to every institution, facilitating research in this field and simultaneously reducing the

efforts of preparing future ARs. After completing the proposed pilot project, the virtual library could

be administrated and updated by the Virtual Climate Centre Austria.

Contribution to the Objectives of the Programme and user value

The Synthesis report and the underlying assessment would provide information of high policy-

relevance for decision makers, private sector, NGOs, other stakeholders, education and the public in

general. It will be a basis for further, more detailed analysis and it will identify knowledge gaps. As

stakeholders are included in the process, the appropriateness of the issues addressed is assured.

Thus it supports the Austrian climate and energy policies.

The data and literature basis that is created in the process will facilitate future research on relevant

climate issues in Austria. It will help to coordinate and strengthen existing climate research in

Austria, it will promote climate research that produces useful results for Austria’s scientific, business

and public policy communities and it strengthens Austria’s capacity for advanced (interdisciplinary)

analysis and integrated assessment in areas of relevance for policymaking – all superordinate aims

of the ACRP Program. It also meets the aim of the ACRP steering committee to ensure the

integration, mutual cooperation, external visibility and international outreach of ACRP-funded

research activities.

The APCC can be considered to be a forerunner of the Virtual Climate Centre that is currently being

set up as a joint effort of the Austrian climate research community to increase networking activities

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and coordination of national research on climate change. APCC will greatly boost these efforts and

increase the cooperation and network resources within the Austrian climate research community.

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Annex

Annex I: CVs

(L) Vienna University of Technology, Institute of Power Systems and Energy Economics,Energy Economics Group

Nebojsa Nakicenovic, Univ. Prof. Dr. Dr.h.c. (Head)

Nebojsa Nakicenovic is Professor of Energy Economics at the Vienna University of Technology,

Deputy Director of the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) and Director of

the Global Energy Assessment (GEA).

Among other positions, Prof. Nakicenovic is member of the United Nations Secretary General

Advisory Group on Energy and Climate Change; Member of the Advisory Council of the German

Government on Global Change (WBGU); Member of the Advisory Board of the World Bank

Development Report 2010: Climate Change; Member of the International Council for Science (ICSU)

Committee on Scientific Planning and Review, and Member of the Global Carbon Project; Member of

the Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP) Expert Panel on Sustainable Energy

Supply, Poverty Reduction and Climate Change; Member of the Panel on Socioeconomic Scenarios

for Climate Change Impact and Response Assessments; Lead Author of Fifth Assessment Report of

the IPCC; Member of the Mitigation Board of the Global Network for Climate Solutions.

Prof. Nakicenovic was a Coordinating Lead Author of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate

Change (IPCC), the Fourth Assessment Report, 2002 to 2007, Coordinating Lead Author of the

Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, 2001–2005, Director, Global Energy Perspectives, World Energy

Council, 1993 to 1998, Convening Lead Author of the Second Assessment Report of the

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, 1993 to 1995, Convening Lead Author of the IPCC

Special Report on Emissions Scenarios, 1997 to 2000, Lead Author of Third Assessment Report of

the IPCC, 1999 to 2001.

Reinhard Haas, ao. Univ.Prof. Dr. (Head)

Reinhard Haas is associate professor of Energy Economics at Vienna University of Technology in

Austria. He is teaching Energy Economics, Regulation and Competition in Energy markets, and

Energy Modeling

His current research interests are (i) the evaluation and modelling of dissemination strategies for

renewables; (ii) econometric analyses regarding the impact of prices and efficiency on energy

(service) demand and straightforward the effects of policy instruments like taxes and standards; (iii)

modelling paths towards sustainable energy systems; (iv) liberalisation vs regulation of energy

markets; (v) general energy policy strategies. He works in these fields since more than 15 years and

has published various papers in reviewed international journals. Moreover, he has coordinated and

coordinates projects for Austrian institutions as well as the European Commission and the

International Energy Agency.

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Regarding service to the community he is the general secretary of AAEE, the Austrian affiliate of the

IAEE ( International Association of Energy Economists) and he served as international council

member of the IAEE in 2008 and 2009. With respect to conferences he is one of the organisers and

head of scientific committee of the bi-annual conferences IEWT in Vienna (since 1999 to 2011) and

he was/is Member of Scientific committees of IAEE world conferences 1996, 2003, 2006; 2009,

2010 and 2011. Moreover he was the chair of the scientific committee of the IAEE European

conference 2009 in Vienna. Since 2009 he is member of the Editorial Board of the journal “ENERGY

EFFICIENCY” and since 2010 member of the board of Associate Editors of “ENERGY - The

International Journal”.

Selected Publications

Haas Reinhard, Gustav Resch, Christian Panzer a, Sebastian Busch, Mario Ragwitz, Anne Held:

Efficiency and effectiveness of promotion systems for electricity generation from renewable energy

sources – Lessons from EU countries, ENERGY-The international journal 2010.

Auer Hans, Gustav Resch, Haas Reinhard, Anne Held, Mario Ragwitz: “Regulatory instruments to

deliver the full potential of renewable energy sources efficiently”, in: special issue of the European

Review of Energy Markets (EREM) journal, on "Incentives for a low-carbon energy future", EREM,

2009.

Redl Christian, Reinhard Haas, Claus Huber, Bernhard Böhm: " Electricity forward markets – Price

formation and the relevance of forecast errors and risk considerations ", Energy Economics 31,

2009.

Haas, R., Nakicenovic, N., Ajanovic A., Faber T., Kranzl L., Mueller A., Resch G.: Towards

sustainability of energy systems: a primer on how to promote the concept of energy services to

identify necessary trends and policies, Energy Policy, 36, 11/2008, 4012-4021

Haas Reinhard, Niels I. Meyer, Anne Held, Dominique Finon, Arturo Lorenzoni, Ryan Wiser, Ken-

ichiro Nishio: Promoting electricity from renewable energy sources – lessons learned from the EU,

U.S. and Japan, in F.P.Sioshansi “Electricity market reforms”, Elsevier Publishers, 2008.

Nakicenovic, N., and Riahi, K. (eds): 2007, Integrated assessment of uncertainties in greenhouse

gas emissions and their mitigation, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Special Issue,

74(7), September 2007, 234 pp.

Grübler, A., N. Nakicenovic, and W.D. Nordhaus (eds): 2002, Technological Change and the

Environment, Resources for the Future Press, Washington, DC, USA, 407 pp. (ISBN 1-891853-46-5)

Grübler, A. and N. Nakicenovic: 2001, Identifying dangers in an uncertain climate, Nature, 412, 15.

(ISSN 0028-0836; Citation index: SCI)

Nakicenovic, N., Alcamo, J., Davis, G., de Vries, B., Fenhann, J., Gaffin, S., Gregory, K., Grübler, A.

et al.: 2000, Special Report on Emissions Scenarios, Working Group III, Intergovernmental Panel on

Climate Change (IPCC), Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 595 pp. (ISBN 0 521 80493 0).

(http://www.grida.no/climate/ipcc/emission/index.htm)

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Nakicenovic, N., A. Grübler and A. McDonald (eds.): 1998, Global Energy Perspectives, Cambridge

University Press, Cambridge, UK, 281 pp. (ISBN 0-521-64200-0).

(P1) BOKU University for Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Centre for Global Changeand Sustainability

Helga Kromp-Kolb, Univ. Prof. Dr. (Head)

Helga Kromp-Kolb, born in Vienna 1948, graduated from the University of Vienna in Meteorology in

1971, specialized in environmental meteorology (Habilitation 1982) and was appointed Professor at

the Institute of Meteorology of the BOKU-University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences

in Vienna in 1995. She heads the Institute of Meteorology and the newly established Centre for

Global Change and Sustainability. Her fields of research include climate change, especially

downscaling of GCM results to the regional and local level in the alpine area, air pollution dispersion

in the atmosphere and nuclear risks. In these fields she has coordinated and participated in many

national, EU- and international programmes and projects.

She is scientific consultant to the Austrian government in climate change, air pollution and nuclear

risk topics and member of scientific councils and steering committees of research institutions such

as the Meteorological Service of Austria or the Potsdam Institute of Climate Research and companies

such as the Bank Austria. She is the author of a large number of publications in reviewed and other

journals and of several contributions to books. She has been awarded a number of prizes for her

scientific work and was elected “Scientist of the Year 2005” by the Austrian Science Journalists

Association.

Herbert Formayer, Mag. Dr. (Research Scholar)

Diploma (Mag.) in Meteorology at the University of Vienna (1995). Doctoral Thesis at the University

of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU) (2001).

Mag. Dr. Herbert Formayer: Meteorologist, researcher and teacher at the Institute of Meteorology,

University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU) since 1998. Head of the

Working Group Climatology at the Institute of Meteorology. Main research focus on applied climate

analyses, regionalization of climate change scenarios, climate impact assessments. Research

experience in several national and international programs as 6th and 7th EU framework program,

INTERREG-ERDF, Man and Biosphere, ProVision, Austrian Climate Research Program (ACRP),

StartClim. Since July 2010 member of the Center for Global Change and Sustainability of the BOKU.


Yaqub A., · P. Seibert · H. Formayer (2010): Diurnal precipitation cycle in Austria. Theor Appl

Climatol., DOI 10.1007/s00704-010-0281-z Published online: 27. April 2010

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Kromp-Kolb, H. (2009): Welches Wachstum lässt der Klimawandel zu? Friedrich Hinterberger, Harald

Hutterer, Ines Omann, Elisabeth Freytag (Hg.), Name des Buches: Welches Wachstum ist

nachhaltig? Ein Argumentarium, 7; Mandelbaum Verlag, Budapest; ISBN: 978385476-296-6

Kromp-Kolb, H. und W. Kromp (2009): Kalte oder heiße Kriege - Lösung des Ressourcenproblems?

Österreichisches Studienzentrum für Frieden und Konfliktlösung (Hg.), Buchname: Auf dem Weg

zum neuen Kalten Krieg? 15/306; LIT Verlag Gmbh&Co, KG Wien, Wien; ISBN: 978-3-643-50061-8

Trnka, M; Eitzinger, J; Hlavinka, P; Dubrovsky, M; Semeradova, D; Stepanek, P; Thaler, S; Zalud,

Z; Mozny, M; Formayer, H (2009): Climate-driven changes of production regions in Central Europe.

PLANT SOIL ENVIRON. 2009; 55(6): 257-266.

H. Formayer, P., Haas,M., Hofstätter, S. Radanovics, H., Kromp-Kolb (2008): Räumlich und zeitlich

hochaufgelöste Temperaturszenarien für Wien und ausgewählte Analysen bezüglich

Adaptionsstrategien.. Endbericht einer Studie im Auftrag der Wiener Umweltschutzabteilung - MA 22

der Stadt Wien gemeinsam mit der MA 27 - EU-Strategie und Wirtschaftsent wicklung., 82

Kromp-Kolb, Helga and Andreas Molin (2007): Nuclear Power, Climate Policy and Sustainability. An

Assessment by the Austrian Nuclear Advisory Board, 292 S., BMLFUW, Vienna

Seibert, P., A. Frank, and H. Formayer (2007): Synoptic and regional patterns of heavy precipitation

in Austria. Theor. Appl. Climatol., 87 (1-4), 139-153, DOI 10.1007/s00704-006-0198-8

Matulla, C., Formayer, H., Haas, P., Kromp-Kolb, H.. (2004): Mögliche Klimatrends in Österreich in

der ersten Hälfte des 21. Jahrhunderts. Österreichische Wasser- und Abfallwirtschaft, 56, 1-2, 1-9;

0945-358X

Matulla, Ch., Penlap, E.K., Haas, P. and H. Formayer (2003): Comparative Analysis of Spatial and

Seasonal Variability: Austrian Precipitation during the 20th Century. International Journal of

Climatology, 23, 13, 1577--1588

Kromp-Kolb, H., Formayer, H. (2005): Schwarzbuch Klimawandel. Wieviel Zeit bleibt uns noch?

ecowin, Salzburg; ISBN 3-ISBN 902404-14-0

(P2) University of Graz, Department of Economics and Wegener Center for Climate andGlobal Change

Karl Steininger, Ao.Univ.Prof. Mag. Dr. (Co-Head)

Academic Education and Professional Development: Master in social sciences (combined programme

Computer Science and Economics), Univ. of Vienna and Technical University of Vienna, Austria,

Graduate studies at UC Berkeley (Resource Economics), Fulbright Scholar, Ph.D. Social Sciences,

Univ. of Vienna, Austria (1994), Venia docendi Economics (habilitation), University of Graz (1999),

Consultant, Environment Dept., World Bank, Washington, D.C. (1990, 1992), Assist. Professor

UniGraz (1994), Guest Professor Univ. of Triest (1997), Assoc. Professor UniGraz (1999), Social

Science Delegate National Global Change Committee, Austrian Academy of Sciences (2000-present),

Head of the Human Dimensions Programme (HDP) and WegCenter Deputy Director (2005-present).

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Main research areas: Quantitative economic analysis. Focus on modelling of climate change and

climate policy, and spatial economic models.

Further project specific qualifications: Research management of projects on behalf of the OECD,

World Bank and various national research funding agencies. Leading national and international inter-

and transdisciplinary research projects on climate change.

Brigitte Gebetsroither, Mag. (Staff Scientist)

Academic Education and Professional Development: Master in Economics and Environmental

sciences, Univ of Graz

Main research areas: environmental economics and econometrics, i.e. reduction of Greenhouse Gas

emissions, transport economics and transport econometrics. She worked on these topics in several

research projects

Selected publications

Bednar-Friedl, B., Muñoz Jaramillo, P., Schinko, T., Steininger, K. (2009), The Carbon Content of

Austrian Trade Flows in the European and International Trade Context, FIW Research Report

2009/5, Vienna.

Bednar-Friedl, B., Koland, O., and K.W. Steininger, Urban Sprawl and Policy Responses: A General

Equilibrium Analysis of Residential Choice, forthcoming in Journal of Environmental Planning and

Management 54(1) January 2011, accepted May 14, 2010.

Cogoy, M. and K.W. Steininger (Eds.) (2007), The Economics of Global Environmental Change:

International Cooperation for Sustainability, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.

Farmer, K., and K.W. Steininger (1999), Reducing CO2-Emissions Under Fiscal Retrenchment: A

Multi-Cohort CGE-model for Austria, Environmental and Resource Economics, 13, 309-340.

Grossmann, W.D., Grossmann, I., and K.W. Steininger, Indicators to determine winning renewable

energy technologies with an application to photovoltaics, Environmental Science and Technology,

2010, 44 (13), pp 4849–4855.

Grossmann, W.D., Steininger, K.W., Grossmann, I., and L. Magaard, Indicators on Economic Risk

from Global Climate Change, Environmental Science and Technology, 2009, 43 (16), pp 6421–6426

Köppl, A. und K.W. Steininger (Hrsg.), Reform umweltkontraproduktiver Förderungen in Österreich.

Energie und Verkehr. Graz: Leykam, 2004, 204 S.

Munoz, P, Steininger, K.W., Austria´s CO2 responsibility and the carbon content of its international

trade, forthcoming in Ecological Economics, accepted May 26, 2010.

Steininger, K.W., and H. Voraberger (2003), Exploiting the Medium-term Biomass Energy Potentials

in Austria: A Comparison of Costs and Macroeconomic Impact, Environmental and Resource

Economics, 24, 359-377.

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Steininger, K.W., Weck-Hannemann, H. (eds.) (2002), Global Environmental Change in Alpine

Regions: Recognition, Impact, Adaptation and Mitigation. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar

Steininger, K.W. (2001), International Trade and Transport. Spatial Structure and Environmental

Quality in a Global Economy. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.

Trink, T., Schmid, C., Schinko, T., Steininger, K.W., Kettner, C., Loibnegger, T., Pack, A., Töglhofer,

C., Regional Economic Impacts of Biomass Based Energy Service Use: A Comparison Across Crops

and Technologies for East Styria, Austria, Energy Policy, Volume 38, Issue 10, October 2010, Pages

5912-5926.

(P3) International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Energy Program

Keywan Riahi, Prof. Dr. (Head)

Keywan Riahi is a Senior Research Scholar and Acting Leader of the Energy Program. In addition he

holds a part-time position as Visiting Professor in the field of energy systems analysis at the Graz

University of Technology, Austria.

Professor Riahi is the author of many scientific journal articles and has coauthored and guest-edited

books and Special Journal Issues in the fields of energy and climate change. Since 1998 he has

served as a Lead Author to various Assessment Reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate

Change (IPCC), including the IPCC's Third and Fourth Assessment Reports, the IPCC's Special Report

on Emissions Scenarios (SRES), and the Special Report on CO2 Capture and Storage (SRCCS). He

has also been appointed as a Lead Author of the Fifth Assessment Report of Working Group III.

Professor Riahi’s main research interests are the long-term patterns of technological change and

economic development and, in particular, the evolution of the energy system. His present research

focuses on energy-related sources of global change and on future development and response

strategies for mitigating adverse environmental impacts, such as global warming and acidification.

Volker Krey, Dr. (Research Scholar)

Volker Krey graduated in theoretical physics from the University of Dortmund (Germany) in 2002. In

2003 he joined the Institute of Energy Research - Systems Analysis and Technology Evaluation (IEF-

STE) of the Jülich Research Centre, where he continued to work until 2007. Since 2006 he has held

a PhD in mechanical engineering from the Ruhr-University of Bochum (Germany). Dr. Krey first

visited IIASA as a participant of the Young Scientists Summer Program in 2004. He joined IIASA's

Energy Program in October 2007.

Dr. Krey’s main fields of scientific interest include the assessment of climate and energy policies and

the development and application of integrated assessment models with different regional focuses

(national to global scale) and time horizons. In addition, decision making under uncertainty, in

particular in the context of future energy transitions and climate change mitigation strategies by

means of stochastic modeling techniques has been a focus of Dr. Krey's recent research activities.

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He has been appointed a Lead Author of the IPCC Special Report on Renewable Energy Sources and

Climate Change Mitigation, a Lead Analyst of the Global Energy Assessment (GEA), and a Lead

Author of the IPCC 5th Assessment Report.


Moss, R.H., Edmonds, J.A., Hibbard, K.A., Manning, M.R., Rose, S.K., Van Vuuren, D.P., Carter,

T.R., Emori, S., Kainuma, M., Kram, T., Meehl, G.A., Mitchell, J.F.B., Nakicenovic, N., Riahi, K.,

Smith, S.J., Stouffer, R.J., Thomson, A.M., Weyant, J.P., Wilbanks, T.J. The next generation of

scenarios for climate change research and assessment (2010) Nature, 463 (7282), pp. 747-756.

O'Neill, B.C., Riahi, K., Keppo, I. Mitigation implications of midcentury targets that preserve long-

term climate policy options (2010). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United

States of America, 107 (3), pp. 1011-1016.

Clarke L, Edmonds J, Krey V, Richels R, Rose S, Tavoni M (2009). International climate policy

architectures: Overview of the EMF 22 International Scenarios. Energy Economics, 31(Supplement

2):S64-S81 (December 2009).

Krey V, Riahi K (2009). Implications of delayed participation and technology failure for the

feasibility, costs, and likelihood of staying below temperature targets -- Greenhouse gas mitigation

scenarios for the 21st century. Energy Economics, 31(Supplement 2):S94-S106 (December 2009).

Krey V, Riahi K (2009). Risk Hedging Strategies under Energy System and Climate Policy

Uncertainties. IIASA Interim Report IR-09-028 [August 2009, 42 pp].

Keppo, I., O'Neill, B., Riahi. K., (2007). Probabilistic temperature change projections and energy

system implications of greenhouse gas emission scenarios. Technological Forecasting and Social

Change (Special Issue: Greenhouse Gases - Integrated Assessment), 74(7):936-961.

[doi:10.1016/j.techfore.2006.05.024].

Krey V, Martinsen, D, Wagner, H.-J (2007). Effects of stochastic energy prices on long-term energy-

economic scenarios. Energy 32(12):2340-2349.

Martinsen, D, Krey, V, Markewitz, P (2007). Implications of high energy prices for energy system

and emissions - The response from an energy model for Germany. Energy Policy 35(9):4504-4515.

Rao, S., Keppo, I., Riahi, K. (2006) Importance of technological change and spillovers in long-term

climate policy. The Energy Journal, Endogenous Technological Change and the Economics of

Atmospheric Stabilisation Special Issue, The Quarterly Journal of the IAEE's Energy Economics

Education Foundation, Volume 27: 123-140.

Riahi, K., Roehrl, R.A., (2000). Greenhouse gas emissions in a dynamics-as-usual scenario ofeconomic and energy development. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 63(2-3):175-205

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Annex II: Preliminary structure of the APCC assessment report and sharedresponsibilities

Volume (1) Synthesis Report – Major Findings for Austria

Responsible:

Committee of all Co-Chairs

Covered key issues:

Synthesis: Climate Change major findings and implications for Austria

Volume (2) “Science” of Climate Change: Austrian and Global Perspectives

Co-Chairs:

Andreas Gobiet, Wegener Center University of Graz (WEGC)

Helga Kromp-Kolb University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU)

Reinhard Böhm, Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics (ZAMG)

Preliminary structure of covered key issues:

Regional Climate Change: Determinants, Variability and Uncertainties

Observations of Climate Change and Proxy Information

Anthropogenic GHG emissions

Detection and Attribution of Climate Change

Near-term Climate Change: Projections and Predictability

Long-term Climate Change: Projections, Commitments and Irreversibility

Volume (3) Impacts of Climate Change in Austria and Key Vulnerabilities

Co-Chairs:

Herbert Formayer (BOKU)

Franz Prettenthaler, Joanneum Research (JR)

Hans Stötter, University of Innsbruck

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Detection and attribution of observed impacts

Water Resources

Terrestrial Ecosystems

Biodiversity

Geographical differences (Urban Areas, Alpine Valleys High alpine Areas, The Pannonian Region)

Emergent Risks and Key Vulnerabilities

Volume (4) Needs and Options for Adaptation and Mitigation

Co-Chairs:

Angela Köppl, Austrian Institute for Economic Research (WIFO)

Nebosja Nakicenovic, Technical University of Vienna

Karl Steininger, Wegener Center (WEGC)

Jürgen Schneider, Environmental Agency (UBA)


Adaptation and Mitigation: Needs and Opportunities, Constraints and Limits

Adaptation and Mitigation: Planning and Implementation

Food Production Systems, Agriculture and Forestry

Energy, Water and Transport

Health and Tourism

Production and Construction

Assessment of Transformation Pathways

Climate Resilient Pathways: Adaptation, Mitigation and Sustainable Development

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Annex IIIa: Formal declaration of authors to contribute to the AssessmentReport (as of Sept. 09, 2010)

In addition to the project partners, the following research institutions and individuals have formally

declared their collaboration in the preparation of an Austrian climate change assessment report. The

invitation as well as the form of declaration can be found at the end of this document.

Research institutionsNumberof listedauthors

1 Academy of Lower Austria 12 Agricultural Research and Education Centre

Raumberg-Gumpenstein 1

3 AlpS – Centre for Natural Hazard and RiskManagement

9

4 Austrian Academy of Sciences – Institute forLimnology of the Austrian Academy ofSciences

2

5 Austrian Agency for Health and Food Savety(AGES) 1

6 Austrian Federal Environmental Agency 17 Austrian Institute of Technology (AIT) 68 BOKU University of Natural Resources and Life

Sciences 11

9 Central Institute for Meteorology andGeodynamics. Austria (ZAMG) 9

10 Climate Alliance Austria 311 Danube University Krems 212 e7 Energie Markt Analyse GmbH 313 Federal Forest Office (BFW) 514 Geological Survey of Austria (GBA) 215 Joanneum Research 117 Technical University of Graz - Inter-University

Research Centre for Technology, Work andCulture

2

16 University of Frankfurt 118 University of Graz 419 University of Innsbruck 120 University of Klagenfurt 621 University of Linz 122 University of Vienna 223 University of Würzburg 1

Total 75

Further institutions have indicated strong interest to collaborate.

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für Globalen Wandel und Nachhaltigkeit

Zentrum für Globalen Wandel undNachhaltigkeit

Universität für BodenkulturBorkowskigasse, Baracke 4

1190 WienTel.:+43-1-47654-7703

Betrifft: Anfrage zur Bereitschaft sich an einem IPCC-ähnlichen Bericht für Österreich zu beteiligen.

Wien, 12.8.2010

Sehr geehrte KollegInnen!

Im Rahmen eines Workshops zur Errichtung eines Virtuellen Klimazentrums in Österreich ist die Idee entstanden,als eine erste gemeinsame Aktivität einen IPCC-ähnlichen Bericht für Österreich zu machen, der bestehendesWissen zum Klimawandel, seinen Auswirkungen, sowie den Erfordernisse und Möglichkeiten der Minderung undAnpassung zusammenfasst. Damit könnte mehreres erreicht werden, darunter:

Es gäbe einen konsolidierten Überblick über den Stand des Wissens zum Klimawandel in Österreich. Durch Zusammenführen von mit verschiedenen Ansätzen und Methoden erarbeiteten Erkenntnissen

könnten Ergebnisse robuster werden, bzw. wenig robuste erkannt werden Der Forschungsbedarf träte klar zum Vorschein und könnte die Basis für eine österreichische Research

Agenda bilden. Die Österreichische Klimaforschungscommunity gäbe ein starkes und sichtbares Lebenszeichen von sich,

das sich auf die künftige Forschungsförderung positiv auswirken sollte. Die Klimaforschungscommunity würden zusammenwachsen und könnte von bisher nicht erkannten

Synergien profitieren.

Dementsprechend soll das Produkt als Leistung der Community, nicht einzelner Institutionen kommuniziert werden- wiewohl die Beteiligten und Verantwortlichen natürlich angeführt werden.

Ein kleines Redaktionsteam (Helga Kromp-Kolb, Nebojsa Nakicenovic und Karl Steininger) hat einen erstenVorschlag für eine Struktur gemacht, den Sie im Attachment finden. Die endgültige Struktur wird von denBeteiligten festzulegen sein.

Es ergeht nun eine Einladung an die gesamte Community sich an dem Vorhaben zu beteiligen und ihre Bereitschaftzur Mitwirkung zu signalisieren. Leiten Sie daher bitte dieses Schreiben an KollegInnen weiter, die Interesse habenkönnten.

Wie beim IPCC Bericht, muss die fachliche Arbeit unentgeltlich erfolgen. Es wird zwar ein Finanzierungsantrag anden KLIEN gestellt, das beantragte Projekt finanziert jedoch lediglich die Workshops und die Produktion desBerichtes (z.B. Graphiker, Druck), sowie eine wissenschaftliche Assistenz für die einzelnen „Bände“ und den einenoder anderen Werkvertrag, etwa zur Zusammenstellung von Daten oder Graphiken.

Es soll zwei (komplementäre) Hauptautoren für die einzelnen "Bände" geben, nur für die Synopsis sollte einRedaktionsteam mit allen Hauptautoren verantwortlich sein. Die Hauptautoren organisieren die Arbeit innerhalbihres Bandes mit allen jenen, die bereit sind einen Beitrag zu leisten. Zu diesem Zweck, ist diesem Schreiben eine

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Tabelle angefügt, in die wir Sie bitten einzutragen, zu welchen Themen Sie/Ihre Arbeitsgruppe beizutragen bereitist und in welchem Umfang.

Das Projekt soll 3 Jahre laufen, aber aus taktischen Überlegungen muss nach zwei Jahren bereits ein greifbaresErgebnis vorliegen – z.B. der Rohentwurf, der dann noch mit einem externen Steering Committee und/oderösterreichischen Stakeholdern diskutiert wird.

Wir bitten Sie auch anzugeben, ob Sie vor dem 15. September 2010 an der Antragserstellung mitzuarbeiten in derLage und bereit sind.

Für den Antrag beim KLIEN (deadline 15. September 2010!) benötigen wir auch eine schriftliche Bestätigung derBereitschaft im angegebenen Ausmaß mitzuarbeiten – ebenfalls beiliegend.

Angesichts der knappen Zeit bis zur Einreichung wären wir für sehr rasche Rückmeldungen dankbar.Rückmeldungen, die nach dem 7. September kommen, können im Antrag keine Berücksichtigung mehr finden.Vieles kann erst nach der Einreichung geklärt werden, aber die grundsätzliche Bereitschaft der Communityzusammenzuarbeiten muss im Vorfeld geklärt und dokumentiert sein.

Rückmeldung erbeten an obige Adresse oder [email protected].

Mit freundlichen Grüßen,

Prof. Helga Kromp-KolbUniversität für BodenkulturWien

Prof. Karl Steininger Wegener CenterUniversität Graz

Prof. Nebojsa Nakicenovic Technische Universität Wien

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Annex IIIc: Formal declaration of contribution (form)

An das Redaktionskommittee des IPCC ähnlichen Berichtes für Österreichper Adresse: BOKU Zentrum für Globalen Wandel und Nachhaltigkeit

Borkowskigasse, Baracke 4 A-1190 Wien

oder: [email protected]

Erklärung zur Bereitschaft zur Mitwirkung an einem IPCC-ähnlichen Bericht für Österreich

…………………………………………. (Name)

erklärt sich bereit, unentgeltlich an einem IPCC-ähnlichen Bericht für Österreich, der von einschlägig tätigenWissenschafterInnen Österreichs gemeinsam erstellt wird, mitzuarbeiten. Die Themenbereiche, zu denen einBetrag geleistet werden kann, und der mögliche Umfang sind in der beigeschlossenen Tabelle angeführt. DieMitwirkung inkludiert die Teilnahme an vorbereitenden und inhaltlichen Workshops zur Abstimmung der Arbeitenund die zur Verfügungstellung der eigenen einschlägigen Publikationen.

Das Projekt soll über 3 Jahre laufen, wobei ein wesentlicher Teil der Arbeit in den nächsten zwei Jahren anfallenwird.

Ort, Datum Unterschrift

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Annex IV: Virtual Climate Centre Austria – Letter of Intent

Virtuelles Österreichisches Klimazentrum

Letter of Intent(August 2009)

Die unterzeichneten Universitäten sind überzeugt, dass angesichts der Dimension des Klimaproblems eineinstitutionalisierte Kooperation der Klima- und Klimafolgenforschung in Österreich dringend erforderlich ist.

Sie sind daher übereingekommen, sich gemeinsam für die Errichtung eines Klimazentrums einzusetzen und diesesin der Folge auch gemeinsam zu betreiben.

Ziele des Zentrums sind: Möglichst effizienter Einsatz von Forschungsmitteln; Stärkung der österreichischen Klimaforschungskompetenz durch Ermöglichung von Spezialisierungen; Hebung der internationalen Sichtbarkeit und verstärkte Einbindung der österreichischen Klimaforschung in

internationale Programme; gemeinsames Lehrangebot auf hohem Niveau (in Regelstudien und/oder der Weiterbildung); Betrieb eines gemeinsamen Datenzentrums, das vor allem die Ergebnisse von regionalisierten

Klimaszenarienberechnungen für Österreich für Forschung und Praxis zugänglich macht; Entwicklung eines Systems der Qualitätssicherung in der Klimaforschung.

Das Zentrum soll im Wesentlichen virtuellen Charakter haben; die Abgrenzung des Themenfeldes und die formalenRahmenbedingungen werden gemeinsam erarbeitet. Der Beitritt weiterer einschlägig tätigerForschungseinrichtungen als Partner wird angestrebt.

Für die Universität für Bodenkultur

Für die Universität Graz

Für die Universität Innsbruck

Für die TU Graz

Für die TU Wien

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Annex V: Certificates of Registration, annual accounts of the last 3 years(ONLY for enterprises)

Please fill in the table below:

Px / A

Certificate of Registration Annual accounts

Year: 2009 Year: 2008 Year: 2007

Enclosure no. xy Enclosure no. xy

If no: Will be filedsubsequently on:

Enclosure no. xy

If no: Will befiledsubsequentlyon:

Enclosure no. xy

If no: Will be filedsubsequently on:

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Information on Exclusion of Evaluators

Please indicate here if there are any evaluators/enterprises/organisations that you wish to excludefrom evaluating your project („blocking note“). Please indicate the name of the evaluator / theenterprise / the organisation, including a short justification for excluding them.

I request evaluator / enterprise / organisation (title, name, first name, address,institution, if applicable) to be excluded for the following reason:

Enterprise /organisation: Title Name First name Address

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