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DELTAS IN TIMES OF CLIMATE CHANGE II OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE, SCIENCE, CITIES AND BUSINESS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ROTTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS 24 – 26 SEPTEMBER 2014 Meeting report Meeting report Deltas in Times of Climate Change 24 – 26 September 2014 Rotterdam, the Netherlands DELTAS IN TIMES OF CLIMATE CHANGE II OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE, SCIENCE, CITIES AND BUSINESS COLOPHON CONTENTS 10 Plenaries 10 Plenary Wednesday “The ‘soft’ side of adaptation” 14 Plenary Thursday “Adapting now: Necessity as the Mother of Investment” 17 Plenary Friday “Transformative change in the making” 20 Deltas in Depth Theme 1. Climate projections and extremes 20 DD 1.1 Climate change scenarios 21 DD 1.2 Sea level rise and impacts 23 DD 1.3 Changing weather and impacts (continues 1.4) 25 DD 1.4 Changing weather and impacts 27 Deltas in Depth Theme 2. Flood risk management 27 DD 2.1 Analyses and mitigation of social disruption 28 DD 2.2 Making room for water 30 DD 2.3 Improved decision support in flood risk management 32 DD 2.4 Novel flood damage mitigation and precautionary measures 33 DD 2.5 Innovations in flood risk analyses 35 DD 2.6 Flood risk management challenges in national policies 37 Deltas in Depth Theme 3. Fresh water management 37 DD 3.1 Surface water quantity and quality 39 DD 3.2 Salinity, drinking water, adaptation practices 40 DD 3.3 Groundwater, salinity intrusion 42 DD 3.4 Agriculture-water quantity, salinity, adaptation 44 DD 3.5 Adaptation policy and practices 46 Deltas in Depth Theme 4. Coastal systems and wetlands 46 DD 4.1 Sustainable management of delta’s – a tour around a changing world 47 DD 4.2 Climate change and delta ecosystem functioning 49 DD 4.3 Sustainable deltas 2015 (SD2015) initiative 52 DD 4.4 Sediment supply, loss and accumulation 53 DD 4.5 Building with nature 55 DD 4.6 Ecosystem values and the coupling of human and natural dynamics 57 DD 4.7 Wetlands as natural flood protection Editors Florrie de Pater, Ottelien van Steenis, Knowledge for Climate 58 DD 4.8 Coasts between conservation and realignment With contributions from Christina Boomsma, Netherlands Water Partnership (Delta Sessions) Willemijn Ruell, City of Rotterdam (Deltas in Practice sessions) 60 Deltas in Depth Theme 5. Urban adaptation to climate change Maartje Smeets, Synergis communicatie (plenaries) 60 DD 5.1 Urban adaptation to climate change: introduction and keynotes Photo’s © Maartje Strijbis / Floor Fortunati 62 DD 5.2 Urban adaptation tools and strategies Layout www.lijnontwerp.nl 64 DD 5.3 Approaches to urban resilience 65 DD 5.4 Economics of urban adaptation Contact Organising Committee 67 DD 5.5 Managing urban water under changing climate conditions Programme Office Knowledge for Climate 68 DD 5.6 Lessons from cities in developing countries The Netherlands +31 317 48 6540 [email protected] www.climatedeltaconference2014.org 4 DELTAS IN TIMES OF CLIMATE CHANGE II 24 – 26 SEPTEMBER 2014 ROTTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS 5 CONTENTS CONTENTS 70 Deltas in Depth Theme 6. Rural development and food security 119 Deltas in Practice Theme 2. Adaptation strategies 70 DD 6.1 Opportunities for socio-ecological landscape development 119 DP 2.1 Migration as an adaptation to climate change: The best option for deltas? 72 DD 6.2 Strategies to increase food security 122 DP 2.2 Regional adaptation strategies: Tips and tricks from three inspiring delta regions 73 DD 6.3 Strategies to increase food security (6.2 continued) 124 DP 2.3 Learning from the practical experiences in the science policy interface in Delta Cities 126 DP 2.4 Creating and managing subsurface water buffers as a solution for fresh water shortage 75 Deltas in Depth Theme 7. Port development and infrastructure in coastal areas 75 DD 7.1 Systems of systems approach for climate resilient multi-infrastructure 128 DP 2.5 Resilient cities talk: Best practices and remaining challenges on creating resilient urban 76 DD 7.2 Extreme weather impacts on critical infrastructures: international lessons to improve analysis waterfronts 130 DP 2.6 Towards an integrated estuarine management: Examples of innovative approaches 79 Deltas in Depth Theme 8. Disaster reduction and emergencies 133 DP 2.7 Weathering the storms 79 DD 8.1 Disaster reduction and emergencies, regional perspectives 135 DP 2.8 Extreme weather impacts on critical infrastructures: International lessons to improve analysis 81 DD 8.2 Positive, reality based approaches to regional and global resilience 137 DP 2.9 Decision making in an uncertain world 83 Deltas in depth Theme 9. Governance of adaptation 139 Deltas in Practice Theme 3. Urban design and infrastructure 83 DD 9.1 Adaptation governance in comparative context 139 DP 3.1 Developing multipurpose infrastructure for climate resiliency 85 DD 9.2 Governing adaptation in the city 141 DP 3.2 Creating floating cities: A dream or a new perspective for the future of the planet? 86 DD 9.3 Knowledge and policy for governing adaptation in coastal regions 144 DP 3.3 Room for the River presents: Learning from flood resilient cities Nijmegen and Mainz, 88 DD 9.4 Innovation and experimentation in governing adaptation combining flood management and urban development 89 DD 9.5 Actors and agendas in the governing adaptation 146 DP 3.4 Brisbane watershed design charrette 91 DD 9.6 Engaging the public in adaptation governance 148 DP 3.5 Multifunctional water storage: Eendragtspolder 93 DD 9.7 Multilevel governance of adaptation in the Netherlands 150 Deltas in Practice Theme 4. Green adaptation / building with nature 96 Deltas in Depth Theme 10. Economics and finance of adaptation 150 DP 4.1 How to find the balance between economic and natural sustainability – 5 WWF delta cases 96 DD 10.1 Financing adaptation 152 DP 4.2 Making the business case for building with nature 97 DD 10.2 Economic impacts of climate risks 154 DP 4.3 Green solutions for resilient cities 98 DD 10.3 Evaluation of adaptation tools 156 Deltas in Practice Theme 5. Food security and the rural landscape 101 Deltas in Depth Theme 11. Decision support tools and risk assessment 156 DP 5.1 Towards a climate adaptive integrated approach of the food chain 101 DD 11.1 Risk assessment and management 103 DD 11.2 Pathways for adaptation to an uncertain future 158 Deltas in Practice Theme 6. Awareness, capacity building and community resilience 104 DD 11.3 Decision support and risk assessment in Asian deltas 158 DP 6.1 Resilient adaptation: How to practice what is preached 106 DD 11.4 Decision support tools and risk assessment in the Netherlands 160 DP 6.2 Water & Heritage: Protecting deltas, heritage helps 108 DD 11.5 Decision analysis and support 161 DP 6.3 Science-to-Action: Aligning science with stakeholder and community needs in the Mekong 110 DD 11.6 Visualisation and mapping and other delta systems 165 DP 6.4 Deltas en estuaries in peril: Towards a global “Community of Practice” on the 113 Deltas in Practice Theme 1. Risk assessment ecosystem-based-management of deltas under global and climate change 113 DP 1.1 Future weather: A new instrument for policymakers and risk analysts 167 DP 6.5 Landscape level planning to reduce disaster risk and enhance community resilience 115 DP 1.2 Extreme weather impacts on critical infrastructures: international lessons to improve analysis in delta areas 117 DP 1.3 How the world’s largest deltas are learning to learn from each other 6 DELTAS IN TIMES OF CLIMATE CHANGE II 24 – 26 SEPTEMBER 2014 ROTTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS 7 CONTENTS 169 Deltas in Practice Theme 7. Governance and finance 169 DP 7.1 In search of new (public-private) partnerships for resilient delta cities: practices in Rotterdam and New York: Unique or ‘a few of many?’ 171 DP 7.2 Mainstreaming flood resilience and green infrastructure with investment and renewal programmes: Best practices and challenges form vanguards cities across the globe 174 DP 7.3 Economic assessment of inner-city climate adaptation strategy 176 DP 7.4 How sustainable is your city water management? 177 DP 7.5 Cross sector collaborations: Using strength in partnerships and design to catalyse change 179 DP 7.6 Feasibility of long-term adaptation measures: How to develop a strategy that is cost-effective and reflective of stakeholder values 181 DP 7.7 Centuries of experience taking care of the future: What regional water authorities do to help making cities resilient to climate change 183 Deltas in Practice Theme 8. Post disaster preparedness and recovery 183 DP 8.1 Exercising decision-making during flood disasters by the use of ‘Flood Simulators’ 184 DP 8.2 How to mobilise humanitarian funding based on flood risk 187 Delta Sessions 187 DS 1 Mozambique: Integrated approach: the city of Beira 188 DS 2 USA: Developing resilient communities 190 DS 3 Indonesia: NCICD, from planning to implementation 191 DS 4 The Netherlands 193 DS 5 Bangladesh delta plan 2100 195 DS 6 Vietnam: Shared framework for development 196 DS 7 Colombia: Room for the river, implementation in the Cauca Valley and other regions 197 DS 8 Egypt: Integrated coastal zone management 198 DS 9 Myanmar: Developing an integrated water management plan in Myanmar 201 Urbanising Deltas of the World 201 UDW 1 How research and practice meet and feed each other to develop new delta management approaches 203 UDW 2 Urbanising deltas of the world: Launch second call for proposals 205 Round Tables 205 RT 1 If mayors ruled the world 206 RT 2 Adaptation finance 208 RT 3 Community based adaptation: Bridging of local and global actions, linking of scales 210 International Climate Adaptation Business Challenge 2014 8 DELTAS IN TIMES OF CLIMATE CHANGE II 24 – 26 SEPTEMBER 2014 ROTTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS 9 MEETING REPORT PLENARIES Plenary Wednesday Minister Schultz van Haegen: The worlds of science and practice have to work “The ‘soft’ side of adaptation” together in order to achieve smart deltas In her remarks on the first day’s plenary, Dutch Minister of Infrastructure and Adapting to climate change means much more than building dikes and dams and other infrastructure.
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