On Monday September 21 2009, the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC) and a consortium of leading Dutch researchers and consultants – key members of the Delta Alliance – hosted a symposium on climate change adaptation (read brochure: A New Alliance for Climate Change Adaptation).

At this event, the results of a joint study and adaptation measures for shoreline development around San Francisco Bay were presented, and new ideas for future cooperation in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta and San Francisco Bay of California and the Delta in the Netherlands were explored.

The last hour of the event included a discussion by Kees Slingerland, Chairman of the Delta Alliance, on "Proposals for Future Cooperation" and a panel discussion on the agenda for future collaboration, including high level representatives from California and the Netherlands. The Delta Alliance had been announced at this one-day symposium.

Click here to view the agenda.

This event was being streamed via a live webcast, which can be viewed at Event Compression Group website:

Related articles:

• State unprepared for effects of warming, report says (SFGate.com, Jun 18, 2008, pdf document)
• Adaptation strategies for shoreline development in San Francisco bay (Eddy Moors, Alterra Wageningen UR, september 2009, word document)
• Rising Tides Competition: "An International Competition for Ideas Responding to Sea Level Rise in San Francisco Bay and Beyond"
• "Innovatieve ideeën om de baai van San Francisco klimaatbestendig te maken" (TWA Netwerk, in Dutch)