Delta Alliance News and Events Archive | World Water Forum 8: World Water Atlas gathers compelling stories on urgent water issues Presentation of the World Water Atlas in the Netherlands Pavilion at the World Water Forum 8, attended by Dutch special water envoy Henk Ovink. He is also a member of the Delta Alliance International Governing Board. Cees van de Guchte, Deltares and partner Delta Aliance, showed the first stories that have now been entered. So far eight organisations, including the International Water Association and KWR City Blueprint, shared their stories. Delta Alliance International Secretariat, Tuesday 27 March 2018 | | Pavel Kabat, chair DA International Governing Board, appointed as new chief scientist and research director at WMO Pavel Kabat, chair Delta Alliance International Governing Board, has been appointed by WMO as its first chief scientist and research director. He will lead the overall strategic direction of the WMO science, and its underlying research activities, including the World Climate Research Programme, the World Weather Research Programme and WMO’s Global Atmosphere Watch, which monitors greenhouse gas concentrations, air quality and the ozone layer.
Delta Alliance International Secretariat, Thursday 22 March 2018 | | Publication: Adaptive delta management: a comparison between The Netherlands and Bangladesh Delta Program Publication: Adaptive delta management: a comparison between The Netherlands and Bangladesh Delta Program Thursday 8 March 2018 | | New book: Too Big. Rebuild by Design: A Transformative approach to Climate Change A guide for to politicians, designers, change managers, community leaders, researchers, activists and others.
Rebuild by Design (RBD) was developed for the ‘Presidential Hurricane Sandy Rebuilding Task Force’ after hurricane Sandy hit. One of the authors is Henk Ovink, IGB member of the Delta Alliance. Thursday 1 March 2018 | | Annual meeting on Urbanising Deltas of the World (21 January 2018) On 21 January 2018, over 50 researchers and government representatives from Bangladesh and the Netherlands attended the annual meeting of the Urbanising Deltas of the World research and innovation programme in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The aim of the meeting was to enhance exchange and to strengthen community building, as well as to reflect on the Pathways to Impact of the projects in order stimulate the relevance and potential use of UDW research in Delta planning in Bangladesh. The meeting was excellently hosted by prof. Isa Baud, chair of the UDW steering committee. NWO Urbanising Deltas of the World, Monday 12 February 2018 | | Report: The coastal system of the Volta delta, Ghana: Strategies and opportunities for development This report is written for the Delft Deltas Infrastructure and Mobility Initiative (DIMI) Volta delta special case. In extension on the workshop in the Volta delta, early October 2017, a literature review is produced to bundle the existing knowledge of the coastal system of the Volta delta and to process this knowledge in practical handles for design. TU Delft / DIMI, Tuesday 30 January 2018 | | Thesis: Turning the Tide? The role of Participation and Learning in Strengthening Tidal River Management in the Bangladesh Delta Wageningen University and Research, Tuesday 30 January 2018 | | Future Deltas Highlights, newsletter January 2018 With an update on: highlights last 4 years, announcements meetings, symposias, master class. And articles a.o. on: Land subsidence threatens to submerge the Mekong Delta, Peat soil in the countryside is subsiding faster than in the city. Future Deltas / Utrecht University, Monday 29 January 2018 | | Reporting progress of wings 2016/2017 Key message and outlook are presented in the report, with the objective to inform and learn from each other, and to provide a basis for discussion with the wings and the Delta Alliance Advisory Board about future activities. Delta Alliance Secretariat, Tuesday 19 December 2017 | | Report: Reflection on Learning Deltas Asia Initiative Results GWP pilot Learning Deltas Asian Initiative. Delta Alliance secretariat, Friday 1 December 2017 |
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