Water and aquatic environments
Public policy support – Water and aquatic environments
INRAE scientists and their partners talk about the research, expertise, training and joint management activities carried out together to inform public policies to boost the quality of aquatic ecosystems, integrated management of water resources and aquatic biodiversity in the regions, as well as flood and drought prevention.
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Scientists talk about their public policy support activities
Our partners talk about their collaboration with scientists
Determining the volumes of water that can be abstracted on a regional scale
“…] What we are interested in is being able to assess the impact of climate change on water resources at a local level. […] ”
Olivier Canlers
DREAL Hauts-de-France, Artois-Picardie basin delegation
From the dossier: The Explore2 project, hydrological projections to adapt water resource management – Open thematic
Read the testimonial: Determining the volumes of water that can be abstracted on a regional scaleUnderstanding flow evolution in watercourses to assess the volumes that can be abstracted
“…] We all want simple answers to our questions about the water available in the future, but we have to recognise that some decisions have to accept a degree of uncertainty […]”.
Mireille Brun
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Regional Chamber of Agriculture
From the dossier: The Explore2 project, hydrological projections to adapt water resource management – Open thematic
Read the testimonial: Understanding flow evolution in watercourses to assess the volumes that can be abstractedProducing climate simulations to forecast water resources
“[…] we have been working on correcting the biases associated with the regional climate models used to produce hydrological…”
Jean-Michel Soubeyrou
Deputy Scientific Director, Climatology and Climate Services Division, Météo-France
From the dossier: The Explore2 project, hydrological projections to adapt water resource management – Open thematic
Read the testimonial: Producing climate simulations to forecast water resourcesBringing the worlds of scientists and results-users closer together
“[…] Communication between [scientists and users] is not natural, but fundamental to better guarantee the relevance of choices and the appropriation of results. […] ”
Sonia Siauve
Coordinatrice du projet LIFE Eau&Climat, OiEau
From the dossier: The Explore2 project, hydrological projections to adapt water resource management – Open thematic
Read the testimonial: Bringing the worlds of scientists and results-users closer togetherFacilitating water managers’ appropriation of scientific results
“[…] The MOOC was created in collaboration with the users’ committee in order to offer content that meets their needs […]”.
Natacha Jacquin
responsable de projets, OiEau
From the dossier: The Explore2 project, hydrological projections to adapt water resource management – Open thematic
Read the testimonial: Facilitating water managers’ appropriation of scientific resultsWater resources in the face of climate change: characterising territories’ vulnerability
“[…] We are using Explore2 modelling in the new adaptation plan for the Rhône-Méditerranée basin to characterise the vulnerability of territories to the effects of climate change”.
Anne Pressurot
Rhône-Méditerranée-Corse Water Agency
From the dossier: The Explore2 project, hydrological projections to adapt water resource management – Open thematic
Read the testimonial: Water resources in the face of climate change: characterising territories’ vulnerabilityFocus on …
INRAE’s support for the Water Framework Directive in 5 minutes
The European Water Framework Directive of 2000 has been a formidable transmission belt between research and environmental public policy.
Water and aquatic environments in our dossiers at the interface between science and public policy
Thematic dossier
The MIAME Research & Development Centre: science supporting diadromous fish management
Whether eels, salmon or lamprey, these diadromous fish spend some of their lives in the sea and the rest in freshwater. These species, which are highly …
Thematic dossier
The ECLA R&D Centre: Scientific support for lacustrine ecosystem management
The ECLA R&D Centre is now identifying new management needs, coordinating the scientific work required to meet them and making the results available to public stakeholders. This report reviews the major achievements and outputs of this collaboration.
Thematic dossier
The Explore2 project, hydrological projections to adapt water resource management
The Explore2 project, to be carried out between 2021 and 2024, aims to describe the climate and water resources for the whole of the 21st century in mainland France…
Thematic dossier
Regional natural parks and INRAE, a partnership for regional transition
The regional nature parks (PNR), set up in 1967 and now numbering 58, are important partners for INRAE. This partnership …
Thematic dossier
From the European “Nitrates” Directive to green algae plans in Brittany: INRAE scientists’ contributions
Since the 1970s, researchers at the Institute have been studying the flow of nitrates of agricultural origin from the plot to the catchment area and their impact …
Thematic dossier
Science and the Water Framework Directive: 20 years of hydrobiology research for aquatic environments’ good ecological status
The challenge set in 2000 by the European Water Framework Directive was to restore European water bodies to good status within twenty years…
Thematic dossier
30 years of flood prevention research
Flooding is the leading natural hazard in France in terms of impact and extent. As experts in water-related risks, six teams …
