Pathway 1 – Business as usual

In this pathway all planned and financed measures for enhancing environmental conservation within key programs e.g. Water Directive, Flood Directive, Rural Development Plan up to 2020 (in some cases e.g. private sewage emission reduction to 2027) are implemented.

Pathway 2 – Ecosystem services approach in River Helge

This pathway includes a number of measures in the agricultural landscape aimed to promote ecosystem services.

Pathway 3 – Improved water management in the forestry sector

This pathway is targeting specific measures in the forest landscape.

NOTE: All pathways were calculated with climate change forcing data for the 2020s impact period (2011 to 2030). Forcing data from two models from the EURO-CORDEX ensemble were used to cover ensemble spread, both driven with the RCP8.5 scenario. The models used were WRF-IPSL-CM5A-MR and RCA4-CanESM2. Baseline results were calculated with the 2010s reference period (2001 to 2020). All climate change forcing data was bias-corrected to WATCH Forcing Data – ERA INTERIM (WFDEI) reanalysis forcing data.