Deltas in Times of Climate Change II - International Conference

Wednesday 24 September 2014 - 9:00 to Friday 26 September 2014 - 17:00

Beurs-World Trade Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands

The conference Delta in Times of Climate Change II offers an exciting programme with a plenary opening with renowned speakers and spread over three days more than 100 parallel sessions. Sessions that are interesting for scientists, practitioners and politicians working on climate change adaptation. During the conference there will be plenty of time to meet interesting people from all around the world and extend ones network. The preliminary programmeis online!

Climate adaptation are urgent

Floods in the Thames delta, New Orleans, New York and in Bangkok, salt intrusions in Egypt and Bangladesh: these are just examples of rising risks to deltas and delta cities driven by climate change. Action is urgent! Exchanging scientific knowledge, lessons learned and best practices is vital. This will happen at the second International Conference Deltas in Times of Climate Change, 24 - 26 September 2014, Beurs-World Trade Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The conference pursues three main goals:

- exchanging up-to-date top science on climate change and delta planning

- exploring and intensifying the links between science, policy and practice

- strengthening international cooperation between deltas and delta cities

Many well known speakers will address the audience at the plenaries, such as:

Yolanda Kakabadse (International President WWF)
Stéphane Hallegatte (World Bank)
Thomas Stocker (University of Bern)
Chris Rapley (Chair, London Climate Change Partnership)
Cynthia Villar (Senator of the Philippines, founder of Villar Foundation)

The conference is hosted by Ahmed Aboutaleb (Mayor of Rotterdam) and Melanie Schultz van Haegen (Minister of Infrastructure and the Environment of the Netherlands).