An overview with Delta Alliance presentations during the Conference Deltas in Times of Climate Change on Thursday 30 September 2010. The Plenary session: Launch of the Delta Alliance
Opening by Tracy Metz, Editor at NRC Handelsblad and former member of the Delta Commission opened this session (
video at 1"40')
Towards international cooporation in adaptation to climate change by Tineke Huizinga, Dutch Minister of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment, the Netherlands (
speech and
video 1 at 3"50' and
video)
New inspiration for adapting deltas to climate change: presenting the winners of the DeltaCompetition 2010 by Prof.dr. Cees Veerman, former Chair of the Delta Commission, the Netherlands (
video at 9"15' and
video)
A
shared mission: cooperating for resilient deltas worldwide. Interactive session with high-level representatives a.o. Fauzi Bowo (Governor Jakarta, Indonesia), dr. Nguyen Thai Lai (Vice Minister, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment), Vietnam, dr. Wenwei Ren (WWF China), (
video part 1 at 6 minutes,
video part 2,
video part 3,
video part 4 and
video part 5)
Signing the Delta Alliance Declaration by representatives from Bangladesh, Egypt, Indonesia, the Netherlands, USA, Vietnam and members of the audience (
video part 1 at 9 minutes and
video part 2)