Climate Change Impacts on the Water Cycle, Resources and Quality

Proceedings of an expert workshop organised in Brussels on 25 and 26 September 2006 by the European Commission (Directorate-General for Research - Environment-Climate Unit; Directorate-General for Environment, Protection of Water and Marine Environment Unit; and the Joint Research Centre - Institute for Environment and Sustainability, the Climate Change Unit, the Rural, Water and Ecosystem Resources Unit and the Land management and Natural Hazards Unit). Scientists, experts and policy makers discussed on climate change impacts on the water cycle, resources and quality. The workshop proceedings comprise a summary of the sessions, discussions held during the round tables as well as abstracts of the contributions to sessions from speakers. Contributions and discussions during the workshop are feeding the 7th Research Framework Programme and the European Policy on water and climate change. They are also a direct input to the International Symposium on Climate Change and the European Water Dimension organised under the German presidency of the European Union on February 2007.