Delta Alliance News and Events Archive | Meeting report: Resilience of Nile Delta and Adaptation Options under Climate Change (25 May 2017) The Delta Alliance Egypt Wing organised on 25 May 2017 a meeting titled Resilience of Nile Delta and Adaptation Options under Climate Change. The meeting report is now available.
Delta Alliance Egypt Wing, Tuesday 25 July 2017 | | Meeting report: Sustainable Management of Deltas in Kenya-Policy and Decision Dialogue Round Table Consultative Meeting (26 May 2017) The objective of the workshop was to engage with policy and decision makers as stakeholders drawn from various stakeholders from Lake Victoria Region comprising of 16 counties. and to share experiences from other deltas under Delta Alliance Initiative and to start the Nyando Delta Plan development consultations. Delta Alliance Kenya Wing, Wednesday 19 July 2017 | | Kenya and Ghana wing mission report to Ouémé Delta, Cotonou, Benin (3-6 April 2017) The main objective of the mission was to discuss with key Delta stakeholders (NGO, academia, government) preparatory arrangements for creating a plan of action to set up a new Benin wing under the Delta alliance for the sustainable management of initially the Ouémé Delta, create national and international stakeholder support and strengthen the cooperation between the Delta Alliance wings and working groups in West and East Africa as of 2017. Delta Alliance Secretary, Monday 17 July 2017 | | Adaptive delta management sessions during ECCA Several sessions at the 3rd European Climate Change Adaptation Conference in Glascow (5-9 June, 2017) have been dedicated to adaptive delta management. Delta Alliance Secretary, Wednesday 5 July 2017 | | Website live: Global Centre of Excellence on Climate Adaptation (GCECA) The Global Centre of Excellence on Climate Adaptation (GCECA) is working to build excellence in order to accelerate progress on climate adaptation, by convening groups of stakeholders worldwide and supporting projects that can increase or measure the impact of actions. It bridges various domains and engages with stakeholders from national, regional and local governments, NGOs, multilateral organisations, businesses, financial parties and knowledge institutions.
The Delta Alliance is partner and a member of the preparatory group. Global Centre of Excellence on Climate Adaptation (GCECA), Wednesday 5 July 2017 | | Report: Adaptation experiences in deltas around the world For the course Academic Consultancy Training: Design of Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies, four Wageningen students have performed an extensive desk research commissioned by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs on adaptation projects in eight countries of the Delta Coalition: Bangladesh, Colombia, Egypt, Indonesia, Mozambique, Myanmar, the Philippines and Vietnam. The goal of this research was to identify trends in adaptation experiences in these countries and to provide a framework for ‘good practices’ when adaptation strategies in delta regions are concerned Wageningen University and Research, Wednesday 5 July 2017 | | Stakeholder initiative: Roundtable for a Dialogue on the Reconquista River Basin (31 May 2017) The Roundtable for a Dialogue on the Reconquista River Basin was organised by the Delta Alliance Argentinean Wing, Fundación Torcuato Di Tella, Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) and the Comité de Cuenca del Río Reconquista (COMIREC)-Reconquista Basin Committee. A full meeting report is available.
Delta Alliance Argentina Wing, Tuesday 13 June 2017 | | Global Centre of Excellence on Climate Adaptation, flyer available The GCECA welcomes end-users, donors, partners, and dialogue with initiatives and organisations to partner and complement work undertaken by others. The Centre is part of a large international network working together with partner organisations a.o. the Delta Alliance and will be launched at COP23 in Bonn in November 2017. Read more in the fyer. Global Centre of Excellence on Climate Adaptation, Wednesday 24 May 2017 | | Meeting Report: Seminar on Adaptive Delta Management, Bangladesh Perspective (2 May 2017) Institute of Water Modelling and partners of Delta Alliance Bangladesh Wing organised a seminar on Adaptive Delta Management: Bangladesh Perspective on 2 May 2017 at WARPO Conference Room, Dhaka. Prof. Dr M Monowar Hossain, Executive Director, IWM chaired the seminar. Bangladesh Wing, Tuesday 9 May 2017 | | CEGIS newsletter, Issue 50, October-December 2016 In this newsletter a.o.: Participatory Approach to Formulate Action Plans for SDG 6 in Bangladesh; Training on Concept of Climate Change: Impacts, Vulnerability, Adaptation and Mitigation Measures; Regional Workshop and Regional Council Meeting of Global Water Partnership South Asia. Center for Environmental and (CEGIS), Bangladesh, Tuesday 11 April 2017 |
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