Session: Adaptation practice and experience in deltas in the global south

Special session

This session will enable knowledge exchange and debate on adaptation challenges, research needs, and practical opportunities in deltas across Africa and Asia. Short presentations on livelihoods, adaptation, migration and delta management will be given from three major research projects and initiatives – DEltas, vulnerability and Climate Change: migration and Adaptation (DECCMA), the Western Indian Ocean Deltas Exchange and Research Network (WIODER) and the Delta Alliance.
A panel discussion will then address questions around how research can inform adaptation practice, the transferability of experiences, and the opportunities to improve the science-policy interface and knowledge exchange between African deltas and knowledge institutes and universities.tation practice and experience in deltas in the global south.

Organiser
Katharine Vincent, Kulima Integrated Development Solutions, South Africa

Partner institute
Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands / Delta Alliance

Chair
Robert Nicholls, University of Southampton, United Kingdom

Rapporteur
Peter van Veelen, TU Delft, the Netherlands

Speakers
Katharine Vincent, Kulima Integrated Development Solutions, South Africa
Documenting observed adaptations in deltaic Ghana, India and Bangladesh

Ricardo Safra de Campos, University of Exeter, United Kingdom
Migration as an adaptation

Ken Kinney, Coordinator Delta Alliance Ghana Wing, Ghana
Enhancing environmental quality, reducing vulnerability: The Volta delta case

Mohamed Soliman, Coordinator Delta Alliance Egypt Wing / Coastal Research Institute, National Water Research Center, Egypt
Adaptation of low-laying land of the Nile delta to climate change, SLR and extreme events