WEBINARS FOR FUTUREPROOFING WITH ADAPTATION STRATEGIES AND FINANCING

Addressing Uncertainty in Coastal Resilience Building

This webinar showcased coastal adaptation projects to frame how future-oriented planning and risk reduction can support communities and economic resilience

‘Futureproofing: Water and Climate Adaptation’ is a webinar series focused on adaptation strategy, practices, and financing for coastal areas, including islands and deltas.

The series is designed to support the ambition of the International Panel on Deltas and Coastal Areas (IPDC) – to build capacity for effective adaptation planning, governance, and finance – through online knowledge sharing. The webinars consist of expert presentations and panel discussions.

The first webinar, ‘Addressing Uncertainty in Coastal Resilience Strategies’, showcased coastal adaptation projects to frame how future-oriented planning and risk reduction can support communities and economic resilience. The second, ‘Water and Climate Adaptation Strategies – the Case of Bangladesh’, will feature cases of linking water and climate adaptation for financing and project implementation in Bangladesh. 

Accelerating Knowledge Sharing: The IPDC and the Water Adaptation Community

It is widely accepted that coastal climate adaptation is complex. Innovation across financial, technical, and governance sectors is essential to accelerate the necessary shifts in policy, planning and investments to protect against unavoidable climate impacts. Sharing knowledge of good practices in climate assessment, planning, financing, and implementation will support adaptation efforts across the globe. 

Contributing to this effort, GCA’s Water Adaptation Community connects and supports a wide range of practitioners to exchange knowledge. The members are individuals working in various roles, from city planning to climate change management, and from water governance to water for food, drinking, related economics, and financing.  

There are four communities of practice:

• Urban Climate Resilience
• Deltas
• Coasts
• Islands

The aim is to foster global knowledge-sharing of good practice, as a strategy to accelerate water-linked climate adaptation, linking science, policies, governance, financing, strategy innovations, and implementation, often reaching beyond the water sector.

The Water Adaptation Community facilitators broker knowledge from the community members to national and international policymakers, through a partnership with the IPDC. Researchers and practitioners can bring their knowledge and experiences to the IPDC by becoming active members of the Water Adaptation Community. 

The IPDC is an initiative of the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management, supported by Deltares and GCA. IPDC has a strategic goal to contribute to a more climate-resilient future in deltas, coastal areas, and small islands with dedicated leadership, knowledge partners, and international coalitions.

Program

Chair: 

• Dr. Shahnoor Hasan, Senior Advisor & Researcher Department of Resilience and Planning- Deltares.

Speakers

• Professor Joseph Foukona, University of Hawaii – Solomon Islands Case Study 
• Mr. Cristian Florindo, Lobelia Earth – Benin Climate Modelling 
• Dr. Bapon Fakhruddin, Water Sector Lead, Green Climate Fund – Coastal Adaptation: Financing and Managing Risk in a Changing Climate 
• Mr. Remon Pot, Head of Department Safe and Resilient Infrastructure, Deltares – Netherlands 2200 and moving forward