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PIANC PIANC The World Association for Waterborne Transport Infrastructure Environmental Commission - EnviCom Overview of the activities Harald Kthe chairman Setting the course CEDA-PIANC YP Event, 17th October 2014, Brussels PIANC

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PIANC PIANC

Environmental Commission - EnviCom

Harald Köthe

chairman

Overview of the activities

The World Association for Waterborne Transport Infrastructure

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Mission

PIANC is “THE global organisation providing guidance for sustainable waterborne transport, ports and waterways”. UN Millennium Development Goal No.7:

ensure environmental sustainability

Sustainable means: “… meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.”

  • Promote the development and improvement of global

waterborne transport infrastructure and enhancement of its economic, environmental and social benefits

  • Be proactive in dealing with the impact of climate change
  • Promote the philosophy of ‘Working with Nature’

PIANC Strategic Plan 2010-2014 Goals

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The Changing Environment:

e.g. River Fragmentation and Flow Regulation

(UNEP-Study, 2000)

227 rivers worldwide investigated: 37% heavily modified 23% modified 40% unaffected ~ 90% fresh water volume affected bigger dams: > 45.000 (22.100 in China) modified for navigation: by 1900: < 9000 km by 1997: > 500.000 km Significant decrease of ecosystems in size and function!

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Highly Increased Awareness

about importance of the environment and its natural resources for the life on earth within the last decades

New Environmental Regulations

came into force, that directly or indirectly applies for the navigation sector, e.g. in Europe Birds Directive (European Union, 1979) Habitats Directive (European Union, 1992) NATURA 2000: network of over 26,000 protected areas covering all EU Member States and 20 % of its territory Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Directive (EU, 1997) Water Framework Directive - WFD (EU, 2000) Marine Strategy Framework Directive (EU, 2008)

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  • Founded as new commission within PIANC in 1992
  • 2 meetings every year (February and Sept./Oct.)
  • 41 meetings (last in Helsinki 17./18. Sept. 2014)
  • Supporting the mission of PIANC in a changing

world and a changing environment PIANC is “THE global organisation providing guidance for sustainable waterborne transport, ports and waterways”.

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Member situation

countries

Australia Austria new member! Belgium France Finland Germany India

partners

CCNR CEDA ESPO EUDA IAPH IADC INE OSPAR Ports Australia

currently 15 nations and 9 associated partners

good participation: 15 – 20 participants per meeting Iran new member!

Japan

The Netherlands Norway Spain + YP South-Korea UK USA + YP fruitful contribution by partner organizations !

nominated: Columbia, Philippines wanted: Italy, China, Brazil, Argentina

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Meetings 2013/2014

  • No. 39 Sydney, AUS, 06./07. Sept. 2013

Host: Sydney Ports Corporation

  • No. 38 Brussels, Belgium, 29./30 Jan. 2013
  • No. 40 Brussels, Belgium, 04./05. Feb. 2014

next: No. 41 Helsinki, Finland, 17./18. Sept. 2014 + Workshop in St. Petersburg, Russia, 19.Sept.

  • No. 42 Brussels, Belgium, Feb. 2015
  • No. 43 Savannah, USA, Oct. 2015

Technical Visit: Port Botany Expansion

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Working and Task Group Reports

Ongoing enlargement of PIANC DM guidance for environmental sensitive areas:

Good progress of WG 157:

“Environmental Aspects of Dredging around coastal vegetation” New Chair: Paul Erftemeijer (NL), Publication in 2015

Successful kick off of WG 170

  • n 06./07.Feb. 2014

“Good dredging practice around sea wildlife” Chair: Chris McDougal (UK)

Dredged material management

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Working and Task Group Reports

  • WG 150: “A practical guide for a sustainable (sea-)port “

(“Green Port”)

  • PIANC-led joint PIANC/IAPH WG
  • Chair Tiedo Vellinga (NL), co-chair Kris de Crane (IAPH)
  • Goal: Criteria what a Green Ports really is
  • published in May 2014

Ports

  • new WG 174 “Sustainability reporting for ports“
  • IAPH-led joint IAPH/PIANC WG
  • Chair: Kris de Craene (IAPH)
  • Kick off in preparation,
  • still some experts from PIANC wanted
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  • WG 136 ”Recommendations for Sustainable Maritime

Navigation”

  • Chair Jacques Paul (F)
  • published in July 2013
  • WG 143: “Initial Assessment of Environmental Effects of

Navigation and Infrastructure Projects”

  • chair Burton Suedel (USA)
  • published in April 2014
  • New ways involving external experts for special issues:
  • Successful PIANC Workshop on 20th November 2013 at HQ

“Dredging and port construction and their interaction with features of archaeological or heritage interest”

  • Chaired by new PIANC member Euan McNeill (UK)
  • Results from participating experts will be put in

a report published by PIANC

Working and Task Group Reports

Navigation/Waterways

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  • several WwN presentations from EnviCom worldwide
  • WwN Position Paper available in many languages
  • WwN online database collection and certification

procedure successfully established since Feb. 2013

  • 18 international projects submitted, 9 acknowledged in 3

categories:

  • 1. Certificate of recognition (7),
  • 2. Candidate for certificate of recognition (1),
  • 3. Supporter of WwN (1)
  • Commission-cross cutting WwN jury well established

with online workflow in hidden part of WwN database Elmar Fuchs/EnviCom (chair), Luc van Damme/MarCom, Yves Morin/InCom, Màrius Tomé I Covelo/RecCom, Hartmut Brühl/CoCom, Pablo Arreco/YPCom) –

Strategic Initiatives (1)

Working with Nature – WwN

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Three projects in final competition: – Flood Spillway Rees/River Rhine – 3 Meter Navigation Channel Middle Mississippi – New tidal Area Kreetsand/River Elbe

Working with Nature

First WwN Award on PIANC Congress 2014

  • n 5th June closing ceremony

WwN 2014 Congress booth with banner, flyer and project booklet, WwN short course and WwN session New WG 176 on WwN: further PIANC guidance Platforms for Exchange: WwN database and LinkedIn-Group

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Permanent Task Group on Climate Change (PTGCC)

since 2009 – Filters and packages current CC knowledge for navigation community (e.g. new IPCC report - AR5) – produces guidance and write-ups (make use! see thematic PIANC website) – Chair Todd Bridges & Secretary Sandra Brasfield since January 2013

Strategic Initiatives (2)

Meetings in conjunction with EnviCom meetings:

  • No. 9 in Brussels, Belgium, 28. Jan. 2013

No.10 in Brussels, Belgium, 03./04.Feb 2014 next: No.11 in Helsinki, Finland, 16.Sept. 2014

No.12 in Brussels, Belgium, Feb. 2015

+ Telecons further members wanted

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Permanent Task Group on Climate Change (PTGCC)

  • International development to increase the resilience of

transport infrastructure is progressing (e.g. OECD/ITF, UNECE, EU, regional, national)

  • common ground needed to integrate suitable climate

adaptation methods and data in the waterborne infrastructure planning and decision-making

  • Two new TORs from PTGCC for approval:
  • Guidance on climate change adaptation
  • Guidance on carbon balancing (in prep.)

Strategic Initiatives (2)

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Strategic Initiatives (2)

EU WFD Navigation Task Force

  • continuation of very fruitful cooperation of navigation

stakeholder (organizations), increased to 14 partners now! PIANC lead: chair Jan Brooke (UK)

  • close interaction and connection with EU COM in the

WFD implementation process with MS by supporting guidance for navigation (e.g. river basin management plans, water services, e-flows, interactions with MSFD)

  • 2 meetings per year in preparation to relevant EU COM

meetings (2013: March 26, Oct. 29; 2014: April 1)

  • very good recognition and reputation of PIANC

informative website: http://www.pianc.org/euwfd.php

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Networking

  • Joint PIANC/CEDA participation in review of Specific Guidelines for

Assessment of Dredged Material; new guidelines approved in Oct.13 (see article in PIANC newsletter Oct.13). Important message: “dredged sediments are a natural resource and not waste per se”

  • Ongoing participation in SG meetings (May 2013, May 2014), submission
  • f new EnviCom reports to the SG of LC

IMO, Scientific Group of the London Convention OSPAR, Environmental Impact of Human Activities (EIHA)

review of Specific Guidelines for Assessment of Dredged Material, joint effort with CEDA , participation in EIHA meetings

EU guidelines: navigation + nature protection

Ongoing observation and case by case involvement by EnviCom members

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  • Promote the development and improvement of

global waterborne transport infrastructure and enhancement of its economic, environmental and social benefits

  • Be proactive in dealing with the impact of

climate change

  • Promote the philosophy of ‘Working with Nature’

EnviCom continues to implementing the existing goals PIANC Strategic Plan further on in 2014-2018:

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Additional and new goal in the EnviCom Action Plan 2014-2018 Promote the concept of “Sustainable, Integrated and Resilient Management (SIRM) of Navigation Assets and Natural Resources” What does this mean?

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Sustainable, Integrated, Resilient Management - SIRM Capability and resources to continue life-cycle management according to project objectives (economic, environmental, social)

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Sustainable, Integrated, Resilient Management - SIRM Through Integrated Water Resources Management a balance can be achieved between protecting and enhancing the water ecosystems and all other water uses including navigation

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Sustainable, Integrated, Resilient Management - SIRM Enhance the resilience of navigation and waterborne infrastructure to the impacts of climate variability/ change. Strengthen the ability of the infrastructure and the transport operations to handle adverse effects of climate variability/change Enhancing the resilience to the impacts of climate variability/change also means the chance to invest in a low-carbon economy, for instance, by promoting energy efficiency and the uptake of green products.

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EnviCom task 2014 -2018:

  • Define SIRM and provide implementation

guidance and recommendations

  • Include and combine guidance from e.g.

− Working with Nature (WwN), − Ecosystem Goods and Services (EGS), − Climate Change Adaptation, − safety, hazard and environmental risk management, − Green developments

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New EnviCom activities

Parallel interrelated activities starting in 2014/2015:

  • kick off new WG 175 “A Practical Guide to Environmental Risk

Management (ERM) for Navigation Infrastructure Projects“ kick off: 5./6. Feb. 2015, Brussels

  • kick off new WG 176 “A Guide for applying Working with Nature

(WwN) to Navigation Infrastructure Projects". Kick off: 5./6. Feb. 2015, Brussels

  • expert seminar on Ecosystems Goods and Services (EGS)

in 2015

  • New WG ”A guidance on climate change adaptation for

navigation infrastructure projects” – elaborated by PTGCC new WG 174 “Sustainability reporting for ports“

  • IAPH-led joint IAPH/PIANC WG

kick off: 08./9. Oct. 2014 in Antwerp

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Visit EnviCom personally and on the website:

http://www.pianc.org/envicom.php

+ Thematic Webpages on WFD, WwN, CC

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Thank you for listening !

Harald Köthe

Chairman PIANC EnviCom