Day 3: Friday 1 October 2010

Watch pictures in a slideshow (©Noor van Mierlo); slideshow (©Sebastiaan Knot)

Deltas in Depth

• Theme 1 Regional climate, sea level rise, storm surges, river run-off and coastal flooding
  DD 1.4 Precipitation, discharge and flooding (part 2) (presentations; audio; meeting report)
• Theme 2 Fresh water availability under sea level rise and climate change
  DD 2.3 Salinisation in South-West Netherlands (presentations; audio; meeting report)
• Theme 4 Climate change and climate proofing urban areas
  DD 4.3 Climate change assessment and adaptation methods (presentations; audio; meeting report)
  DD 4.4 Urban adaptation in Rotterdam and other Dutch cities (presentations; audio; meeting report)
• Theme 5 Competing claims and land use in deltas under climate change
  DD 5.3 Implementation and design (presentations; audio; meeting report)
• Theme 6 Governance and economics of climate adaptation
  DD 6.3 The economics of climate adaptation (presentations; audio; meeting report)  
• Theme 7 Decision support instruments for climate adaptation policy
  DD 7.5 Novel approaches (presentations; audio; meeting report) 

 Deltas in Practice

• Theme 2 Urban planning and infrastructure
  DP UP 2.5 Getting innovation off the ground - Rotterdam's Floating Pavilion (presentations)
• Theme 4 Flood risk management
  DP FR 4.5 Preparing for an uncertain future (presentations; meeting report)
• Theme 5 Resources and ecology
  DP RE 5.4 Fresh water storage in brackish groundwater: how can we make it work? (presentations; audio; meeting report)
• Theme 6 Cooperation
  DP C 6.3 The Business case for resilient buildings (presentations; meeting report)

Round Tables

• RT 1 Round Table: Financing adaptation (presentations; audio; meeting report)
• RT 2 Round Table: Role building community in climate adaptation (presentations; audio; meeting report)
• RT 3 Round Table: Role of cities (audio; meeting report)

Plenary Closing Session, Friday, 1 October 2010

• Closing Session presentations on audio; meeting report
• Paula Verhoeven, Director Climate Affairs at the City of Rotterdam (video), the Netherlands opened this session
• Henk van Schaik, CPWC (presentation, video and video part 2) outlined the Round Table Discussion
• Rory McLeod, journalist, media entrepreneur and media trainer, United Kingdom (video at 20 seconds) about Round Table Role building community in climate adaptation
• Barbara Groom, World Duty Editor of the BBC, United Kingdom (video) about Round Table Role of Cities
• Ana Fornells de Frutos, Chair of the Ethics and Finance Committee of the Adaptation Fund Board, Spain (presentation and video at 2 minutes) about Ethic and Adaptation Fund
• Prof. Carlos C.A. Nobre, National Insitute for Space Research – INPE, Brasil (video at 9"40' and video) about the Award ceremony Best Young Delta Scientist of the Conference
• Prof.dr. Pier Vellinga, chairman Steering Committee conference (video at 5"15' and video part 2) about the findings of the conference (presentation)
• Prof.dr. Cees Veerman, chairman Dutch Delta Commission (video) closed this conference