Contribution Deltares to Climate Adaptation Summit
The Climate Adaption Summit (CAS) 2021, organized by the Netherlands, will take place on 25 and 26 January. This event is completely online due to Covid-19. Many heads of government, such as French President Macron, British Prime Minister Johnson and Prime Minister Mark Rutte, take part in this first international meeting on the theme of adaptation.
Watch the video message from Mark Rutte here.
The CAS is the prelude to the UN Climate Conference (CoP-26) in Glasgow in November. The aim of the CAS is to start a comprehensive adaptation agenda and a series of action programs, to be able to make concrete work towards climate-resilient cities by 2030.
To follow the sessions and the CAS2021 TV, please register on www.cas2021-onlinesummit.com
Deltares is substantively involved in the program of this Summit, with numerous contributions. Below is a brief overview.
Water, Cities and Infrastructure Anchoring Events
In the Water Anchoring Event, Annemieke Nijhof (Managing Director Deltares), together with a high representative of the World Bank, introduces the World Bank-Deltares Flagship Report Averting Disaster: Innovative Governance for Hydro-Climatic Risk Management. During this event, we will also launch two communities of practice with Deltares as co-lead. One about inclusivity (Deltares expert Stephanie Janssen) and one about water and adaptation in cities (Deltares expert Hans Gehrels). We therefore demonstrate the new version of the World Water Atlas.
In the Cities Anchoring Event, Hans Gehrels takes part in a panel on capacity building for resilient cities. Deltares projects in Bangladesh and Tanzania are highlighted during the Infrastructure Anchoring Event.
Deltares expert Bregje van Wesenbeeck is speaker on January 25th during the CAS talk ‘Accelerating African Adaptation, Disaster Risk Management, and Nature-Based Solutions”.
Various side events on CAS TV
Deltares experts are also involved in a number of side events about:
- Water resilience for economic resilience: Building resilient economies for an uncertain future. Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management and Deltares. Partners: Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management, Spanish Ministerio para la transición ecológica, Alliance for global water adaptation (AGWA), OECD, ADB, World Bank, Wetlands international. (Deltares expert Harm Duel).
- Investments in Nature Based Solutions, upscaling along coasts in emerging countries. Organized by the Ecoshape Foundation with a contribution from Deltares: Sien Kok, Luca Sittoni and Stephanie Janssen.
- Hydro-climatic risk management: shared responsibilities and hidden connections. Organized by the World Bank and Deltares. (Partners: WMO, IDMP, AFMP, GWP, UNCCD, ICHARM). (Deltares colleagues Ana Nunez, Eelco van Beek, with a contribution by Annemieke Nijhof).
- Water Peace and Security, Side Event. Speakers: Annemieke Nijhof, Henk Ovink, Dr. Haider Mofa (First Secretary, Embassy of Iraq in the Netherlands), Susanne Schmeier (IHE / WPS Project Manager).
