2nd EMODnet-Copernicus Marine Thematic Workshop on Coastal Issues

2^nd EMODnet-Copernicus Marine Thematic Workshop on Coastal Issues

Date: 22 September 2022 14:00-17:15 CEST

Location: Hybrid in Brussels (Tribes offices, Rue des Colonies 56, 1000 Brussels; room Sumanga (2.11) on second floor) and online (Zoom)

Invited Participants (see Annex I for names and affiliations):

• EMODnet: Secretariat, thematic and data ingestion Coordinators, technical experts & Sea-basin Checkpoint Coordinators
• Copernicus Marine Service: Mercator Ocean International and Copernicus Marine Service INSTAC
• European Commission: DG MARE, DG DEFIS, CINEA

Main aims of the workshop: The workshop will be an invitation-only, focused on dialogue between the two EU marine data services EMODnet and Copernicus Marine Service with a specific focus on the coastal area. The meeting will bring together EMODnet, Copernicus Marine, and inter-DG representation to discuss marine data and data products and information on Coastal behavior. Prior to the meeting, input will be gathered by MOi from Copernicus Land and Emergency Management Services (EEA and JRC).

Objectives include assessing existing capabilities and emerging areas for collaboration across EMODnet themes and between EMODnet and Copernicus Marine, in particular with a regional focus, and defining concrete joint contributions to European (e.g. EU DTO, Green Deal) and global (UN Ocean Decade) initiatives/strategies. This will build on the first joint workshop on coastal issues on 16 June 2020.

Outputs: Key messages on joint/aligned coastal activities of EMODnet and Copernicus Marine Service will be produced.

Moderator Chair: Zoi Konstantinou (DGMARE) and Fabienne Jacq (DG Defis) (to be confirmed)

Platform: Physical meeting in Brussels (TRIBES, Rue des Colonies 56/Kolonienstraat 56, Brussels) with online platform hosted by EMODnet Secretariat (to be confirmed).

Draft agenda

• Welcome, scope of the meeting and updates from the EC (Zoi Konstantinou, DGMARE; Fabienne Jacq, DG DEFIS) - 5’
• Brief overview/summary of the actions and decisions taken at the 2020 coastal workshop (30/09/2020)
• Copernicus Marine Service (Pierre-Yves Le Traon, MOi, others tbc) – 10’
  • Status
    Copernicus: status of the marine service
  • Coastal extension of marine service
  • Copernicus Coastal thematic hub
• European Marine Observation and Data Network (EMODnet) (Kate Larkin / Conor Delaney / Jan-Bart Calewaert, EMODnet Secretariat) – 10’
  • Overview/Status on EMODnet centralization
    EMODnet overview
  • Update on EMODnet data and data products related to coastal area
• Thematic dialogues to align EU service activities (short presentations & discussion) (EMODnet Coordinators; Copernicus Marine Service, All) – 30’
  In situ Copernicus
  • Gathering in situ marine environmental data
    • Chemistry EMODnet Chemistry
    • Geology EMODnet Geology
    • Physics EMODnet Physics
    • Bathymetry EMODnet Bathymetry
  • Structured discussion: Rivers (EMODnet Physics, Chemistry; Copernicus Marine Service, Copernicus Land Service, Copernicus Emergency Management Service, All) – 20’
    EMODnet: River and Ocean Interface component
    • River run-off and sediment loss
    • Contaminants
    • River models
  • Structured discussion: Coastal dynamics (EMODnet Bathymetry, Geology; Copernicus Marine Service, Copernicus Land Service, All) – 20’
    • Mapping and dynamic bathymetry: In situ and satellite-derived
    • Shoreline position
    • Coastal erosion

Comfort break – 10’

• Continued: Thematic dialogues to align EU service activities (short presentations & discussion) (EMODnet Coordinators; Copernicus Marine Service, All) – 25’
  • Gathering in situ marine environmental data
    • Biology EMODnet Biology
    • Seabed Habitats EMODnet Seabed Habitats

• • Coastal Human Activities /Coastal Management (EMODnet Human Activities; Copernicus Marine Service)
• Structured Discussion (All) - 25’ to identify:
  • Complementarities and interoperability of both initiatives for coastal behavior information;
  • Other areas for collaboration (e.g. using EMODnet data and data products for Copernicus Marine Service modelling efforts at a regional level; Copernicus Marine Service outputs to validate EMODnet data products etc.);
  • Collaboration/connection with other EU initiatives e.g., ICES, JPI-Oceans;
  • Supporting EU Green Deal, Digital Twin Ocean and supporting EU policies, as MSFD and MSP.

• Global context: EU marine data services contribution (ongoing/future) to UN Ocean Decade - 15’
  • EMODnet (Jan-Bart Calewaert, co-Chair UN OD Data Coordination Group)
    EMODnet for Global
  • Copernicus Marine Service (Enrique Alvarez, Coordinator DCC Ocean Prediction)
  • Discussion (All)
• A look forward to the Coastal Ecosystem workshop, October 2022 (Fabienne Jacq) – 5’
• Final comments and considerations from participants (All participants) - 5’
• Conclusions and next steps (Zoi Konstantinou, DG MARE; Fabienne Jacq, DG Defis) – 5’

The minutes of the meeting are available for download: EMODnet-Copernicus coastal meeting minutes