1. ACCENT-­‐Plus
Linking
Science
and
Policy
Sandro
Fuzzi
Coordinator

2. The
Project
• THEME:
Networking
ac@vi@es
on
atmospheric
composi@on
and
climate
change
for
research
collabora@on
and
policy
making
• Coordina0on
and
support
ac0on
• Funding:
998,352
Euro
• Dura0on:
1
November
2010
–
31
October
2014

3. The
legacy
of
ACCENT
• The
proposal
builds
on
the
successful
efforts
of
the
Network
of
Excellence
ACCENT
which
over
the
past
six
years
has
brought
together
the
atmospheric
science
community
engaged
in
global
change
and
air
pollu0on
studies
• Some
numbers
on
ACCENT
outcome:
– three
major
European
Symposia
organized
on
atmospheric
composi0on
change;
– 135
topical
workshops
organized;
– 33
exchange
programs
funded
–
mainly
concerning
young
scien0sts
–
involving
127
researchers;
– more
than
500
young
scien0sts
funded
to
aTend
Interna0onal
Conferences;
– 68
science
reports
published,
including
29
ACCENT
series
reports;
– over
900
papers
contributed
in
peer
reviewed
interna0onal
journals;
– over
1500
conference
presenta0ons.

4. From
ACCENT
to
ACCENT-­‐Plus
• The
general
concept
for
ACCENT-­‐Plus
is
to
extend
the
breadth
of
ACCENT
to
reach
out
more
strongly
to
the
policy
community
to
facilitate
the
transfer
of
research
results
into
policy
development
and
decision
making
• ACCENT-­‐Plus
aims,
through
the
research
efforts
of
the
whole
community,
at
answering
the
general
ques0on:
“How
can
Europe
control
the
composi4on
of
its
atmosphere
under
a
changing
climate?”,
and
to
transfer
the
science
results
to
the
policy/decision
making.
Simple,
authorita0ve
and
well
ar0culated
documents
will
be
communicated
to
stakeholders
and
used
in
support
of
the
decision
making
process.
A
wide
range
of
dissemina0on
and
training
ac0vi0es
will
transfer
this
informa0on
to
different
levels
of
stakeholders

5. ACCENT-­‐Plus
Web
Portal
hGp://www.accent-­‐network.org/

6. Ac0ons
planned
• involving
the
atmospheric
chemistry
community
at
large
in
the
planned
networking
ac0vity,
providing
the
required
cri0cal
mass.
This
will
be
accomplished
by
associa0ng
the
partners
and
associates
of
the
previous
ACCENT
phase;
• maintaining
and
extending
the
ACCENT-­‐Plus
Web
Portal
ac0vi0es
which
include
sharing
of
informa0on
within
the
science
community,
ac0vity
planning,
and
outreach
to
stakeholders;
• providing
informa0on
on
policy
relevant
issues
dealing
with
atmospheric
composi0on
changes
in
the
wider
context
of
food
security,
energy,
ecosystem
services,
human
health;
• maintaining
the
European
IGAC
office
to
provide
the
interna0onal
context
for
ACCENT-­‐Plus
science
and
policy
oriented
outputs;
• organising
a
biennial
conference
of
the
en0re
European
science
community
involved
in
atmospheric
composi0on
change
research,
con0nuing
the
successful
series
of
Urbino
Symposia;
• organising
topical
workshops
on
relevant
aspects
of
atmospheric
composi0on
changes
and
their
policy
implica0ons;
• promo0ng
the
ACCENT-­‐Plus
Summer
School
to
contribute
developing
a
skilled
genera0on
of
scien0sts
and
policy
makers;
• producing
four
high
profile
review
papers
(ACCENT-­‐Plus
Topical
Papers)
on
key
topical
issue
from
both
scien0fic
and
policy
perspec0ves
and
a
policy
oriented
synthesis
paper/book;
• coordina0ng
the
efforts
with
other
FP7
projects
funded
within
the
specific
field
of
science.

7. INVOLVING
THE
ATMOSPHERIC
CHEMISTRY
COMMUNITY
AT
LARGE
The
call
for
associates,
permanently
open,
is
available
at:
www.accent-­‐network.org

8. Management
of
ACCENT
Plus

9. ACCENT-­‐Plus
Topical
Papers
• Ozone
– The
emissions
of
precursors
have
decreased
significantly
in
Europe
over
the
last
two
decades.
These
changes
have
reduced
peak
concentra0ons,
but
mean
concentra0ons
have
increased.
Why
has
the
ozone
concentra0on
not
decreased
more
substan0ally?
How
well
do
we
understand
the
cause
of
increases
in
background
ozone?
Are
the
trends
in
background
ozone
sufficiently
well
understood?
How
well
do
we
understand
the
interac0ons
between
tropospheric
ozone
and
changes
in
climate?
• Par0culate
MaTer
– How
well
are
we
able
to
quan0fy
sources
of
PM
in
Europe?
What
species/types
of
aerosols
should
be
regulated?
What
are
the
most
damaging
compounds?
What
is
the
importance
of
primary
vs.
secondary
aerosols
for
health
and
climate
change?
What
is
the
combined
impact
of
the
different
types
of
aerosols
on
climate?
What
is
the
impact
of
changes
in
the
concentra0ons
of
par0cles
on
clouds
and
precipita0on?
Can
win-­‐win
strategies
for
climate
and
air
quality
be
developed?
• Methane
– The
trends
in
global
atmospheric
methane
since
the
early
1990s
have
fluctuated
substan0ally
and
none
of
the
several
hypotheses
are
adequate
to
explain
the
observa0ons.
What
is
the
current
understanding
of
natural
and
anthropogenic
sources
of
methane?
Which
are
the
chemical
sinks
in
the
atmosphere,
and
which
the
oxida0on
sink
in
soils?
What
will
be
the
feedbacks
of
climate
changes
onto
sources
and
sinks
of
atmospheric
methane?
• Nitrogen
Cycle
– How
well
do
we
understand
the
global
cycle
of
fixed
nitrogen
compounds?
What
is
the
impact
of
food
produc0on
on
the
global
and
regional
nitrogen
budget?
What
is
the
impact
of
nitrogen
compounds
on
aerosols?
How
will
climate
change
impact
emissions,
atmospheric
processing,
concentra0ons
and
deposi0on
of
nitrogen
compounds?
How
are
nitrogen
levels
changing
in
ci0es/megaci0es
and
what
is
the
impact
on
health?
The
human
modifica0on
of
the
nitrogen
cycle
has
a
profound
effect
on
the
carbon
cycle,
but
how
well
is
this
quan0fied
at
global
and
regional
scales?

10. Schedule
to
prepare
the
topical
papers

11. ACCENT-­‐Plus
Summer
School
“Chemistry-­‐
Climate
Interac0ons”
• It
is
important
to
develop
a
skilled
genera0on
of
scien0sts
and
policymakers
who
understand
the
issues
related
to
climate
change
and
their
rela0on
to
atmospheric
chemistry.
• The
summer
school
will
assemble
a
group
of
natural
and
social
scien0sts
and
will
address
ques0ons
at
the
interface
between
physical,
chemical,
biological,
social
and
poli0cal
sciences.
• To
op0mise
resources
the
venue
will
be
either
before
or
aher
the
next
Urbino
Symposium
(September
2013)