scholarly journals Wetlands and Water Framework Directive: Protection, Management and Climate Change

2015 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Ignar ◽  
M. Grygoruk
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Water Framework Directive

Risks posed by climate change to the delivery of Water Framework Directive objectives in the UK

2006 ◽  
Vol 32 (8) ◽  
pp. 1043-1055 ◽  
Author(s):  
R.L. Wilby ◽  
H.G. Orr ◽  
M. Hedger ◽  
D. Forrow ◽  
M. Blackmore
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Water Framework Directive ◽  
The Uk

Water-Related Tools for Climate Change Adaptation in the Flemish Region: The Art of Linking Water Quality Standards to Spatial Planning

2010 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 287-301
Author(s):  
Peter De Smedt
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Water Quality ◽  
Water Framework Directive ◽  
Spatial Planning ◽  
Water Policy ◽  
Quality Standards ◽  
Water Bodies ◽  
Water Quality Standards ◽  
Environmental Objectives ◽  
The Impact

AbstractThe Water Framework Directive (2000/60/EC) establishes a framework for integrated water management and functions as a major legal frame for the protection of water bodies in Europe. In the Flemish Region the Directive has been implemented by the Decree of 18 July 2003 on Integral Water Policy. As climate change affects the quality and quantity status of water bodies, the question arises whether the Water Framework Directive (WFD) and the Flemish implementation legislation are well-suited to handle climate change impacts. Although climate change concerns are not explicitly incorporated in the text of the WFD and the Flemish Decree, this author believes that the main components for an effective adaptation strategy are included in the above mentioned legislation. More in particular, this is achieved by the environmental objectives which have to be elaborated in environmental quality standards (EQS) on the one hand, and the integrated approach on the other hand. Water quality management on the basis of a high level of protection of the aquatic environment is indispensable for adapting to climate change, as ecosystem-based adaptation is most cost-effective. Therefore spatial planning should integrate water quality concerns, as spatial planning may be critical for spatial quality and more specific for the achievement of the environmental objectives. Consequently this contribution focuses on the impact of water quality standards on permit decision-making and spatial planning. In this context some legal instruments anchored in the Flemish legislation on integral water policy will be highlighted, especially the 'watertoets' (translated as the water checkup), which may be useful to facilitate adaptation to climate change.

scholarly journals The eu Water Framework Directive – Challenges, Gaps and Potential for the Future

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 249-268 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Hendry
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Water Framework Directive ◽  
Unintended Consequences ◽  
Eu Water Framework Directive ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Policy Perspective ◽  
Water Users ◽  
Court Of Justice ◽  
The Eu

This article assesses the progress of the European Union’s Water Framework Directive from a legal and policy perspective. Emerging judgments from the Court of Justice of the European Union are providing new clarity, for example on cost recovery for water services and the application of the ‘no deterioration’ principle. The article reflects on transposition, especially in the uk; analyses several aspects that have been especially challenging, for policy-makers, regulators and water users; and identifies some missing elements. Challenges include the meaning of ‘good status’ and the derogations to achieving the same; the article will suggest that the derogations are needlessly complex, and that ‘good status’ as a binding obligation has had unintended consequences. Absent from the text currently is provision for drought, climate change and ecosystem services, and it concludes that each of these could usefully be part of the Commission’s review in 2019.

Integrating climate change mitigation into river basin management planning for the Water Framework Directive – A Danish case

2016 ◽  
Vol 55 ◽  
pp. 141-150 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bjarke Stoltze Kaspersen ◽  
Torsten Vammen Jacobsen ◽  
Michael Brian Butts ◽  
Eva Boegh ◽  
Henrik Gioertz Müller ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Water Framework Directive ◽  
River Basin ◽  
Climate Change Mitigation ◽  
River Basin Management ◽  
Basin Management ◽  
Management Planning ◽  
Change Mitigation

Climate change policy and water resources in the EU and Spain. A closer look into the Water Framework Directive

2017 ◽  
Vol 69 ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gonzalo Escribano Francés ◽  
Philippe Quevauviller ◽  
Enrique San Martín González ◽  
Elisa Vargas Amelin
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Water Resources ◽  
Water Framework Directive ◽  
Climate Change Policy ◽  
Change Policy ◽  
The Eu

scholarly journals Good Status in the Changing Climate?—Climate Proofing Law on Water Management in the EU

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 517
Author(s):  
Suvi-Tuuli Puharinen
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Water Management ◽  
Water Framework Directive ◽  
Surface Waters ◽  
Water Policy ◽  
Climate Change Impacts ◽  
Eu Water Framework Directive ◽  
Management Objectives ◽  
Policy Objectives ◽  
The Eu

Climate change impacts constitute a major risk to the attainment of water policy objectives. This article analyses the resilience of the EU Water Framework Directive (WFD) in the light of the challenges that climate change brings to achieving the Directive’s objectives, no-deterioration and good status of surface waters and groundwater. The WFD includes mechanisms to adapt the water management objectives to climate change impacts, including redefining good status and application of exemptions. However, more harmonised efforts at the EU level would be needed to ensure an equal level of ambition and continuity in the water management objectives capacity to steer towards sustainable regime shifts.

Climate change and the EU Water Framework Directive: how to deal with indirect effects of changes in hydrology on water quality and ecology?

2007 ◽  
Vol 56 (4) ◽  
pp. 19-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
G.N.J. ter Heerdt ◽  
S.A. Schep ◽  
J.H. Janse ◽  
M. Ouboter
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Water Framework Directive ◽  
Nutrient Balance ◽  
Ecological Status ◽  
Ecosystem Model ◽  
Lake Ecosystems ◽  
Chl A ◽  
Turbid State ◽  
Increasing Precipitation

In order to set ecological goals and determine measures for the European Water Framework Directive, the effects of climate change on lake ecosystems should be estimated. It is thought that the complexity of lake ecosystems makes this effect inherently unpredictable. However, models that deal with this complexity are available and well calibrated and tested. In this study we use the ecosystem model PCLake to demonstrate how climate change might affect the ecological status of a shallow peaty lake in 2050. With the model PCLake, combined with a long-term water and nutrient balance, it is possible to describe adequately the present status of the lake. Simulations of future scenarios with increasing precipitation, evaporation and temperature, showed that climate change will lead to higher nutrient loadings. At the same time, it will lead to lower critical loadings. Together this might cause the lake to shift easier from a clear water to a turbid state. The amount of algae, expressed as the concentration Chl-a, will increase, as a consequence turbidity will increase. The outcome of this study; increasing stability of the turbid state of the lake, and thus the need for more drastic measures, is consistent with some earlier studies.

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