Adaptation: Insert 21 st century solutions from the dredging - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Climate Change Resilience and Adaptation: ‘Insert’ 21 st century solutions from the dredging industry ‘Reset slide’ Sander Dekker | Washington DC | May 19, 2016

Background: UN Sustainable Development Goals ‘Insert’ ‘Reset slide’ 2

Climate Change Resilience and Adaptation Agenda Building with Nature Ingenious Solutions ‘Insert’ Conclusion ‘Picture T ools’ ‘Crop’ 3

Building with Nature Fighting the water Building with Nature 4

Building with Nature - Philosophy Zandmotor (Sandengine) The Building with Nature philosophy: - Making use of natural processes - Providing opportunities for nature to develop - Combining adaptation and mitigation 5

Building with Nature – Low energy 6

Building with Nature – Example: Sandy dunes ‘Insert’ From hard to soft sea defences Creating healthy dune habitat ‘Reset slide’ 7

Ingenious Solutions - Monitoring Monitoring environmental aspects of dredging • Preparation of environmental monitoring plans • Initial setup of monitoring and reporting on site • Water quality training of staff 8

Ingenious Solutions – Mitigating measures Mitigating measures • Marine fauna protection • Silt screen design and deployment • Bubble screens MFO training Silt screen deployment Bubble screen 9

Ingenious Solutions – Innovations: beyond mitigation Donor sites After Before Transportation Recipient site 10

Conclusion What are Key Success Factors for the dredging sector? • Innovation - Building with Nature & Ingenious Solutions • Expertise - technical, soft skills, project management • Multidisciplinary teams - in house specialists • Modern fleet - high standards ‘Insert’ • Knowledge of systems - technical, environmental and social • Safety standards - training all staff, incl. temporarily employed • Environmental standards - training all staff, incl. temporarily employed • Quality standards - managing requirements ‘Picture T ools’ ‘Crop’ • Stakeholder engagement - creating (local) support & mobilizing expertise  Integrated solutions are important to succeed!! 11

Conclusion ‘Insert’ ‘Reset Thank you for your attention! slide’ Are there any questions? 12