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Working Group Fact SheetEnviCom 0Title: PIANC Permanent Task Group on Climate ChangeThe PIANC Permanent Task Group on Climate Change (PTGCC) conducted a work session in Brussels, Belgium on 31 January and 1 February 2011. Countries represented were Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain, the Netherlands, South Africa, and the US. PIANC Commissions represented were EnviCom, InCom, MarCom, RecCom, CoCom, and the Younger Members. Together with the representatives of the partner organisations IAPH, IADC, CCNR and others the PTGCC continued its establishing phase to become a focal point for climate change and navigation on the global level. The PTGCC has made a preliminary review of PIANC reports to evaluate the extent to which climate change effects or climate change adaptation has or should be covered. At the meeting, we decided to gather additional information from the commissions about recreation, inland navigation, and countries in transition. PTG CC members were assigned to contact the commissions to better identify and prioritize needs, with a draft by mid-April. Based on the information gathered to date, we decided to form two additional subgroups which will address the priority needs of sea-level rise and extreme hydrological events to provide the relevant information for the adaptation of the waterborne transport infrastructure. An inland navigation mitigation subgroup is lead by Gernot Pauli of the Central Commission on Navigation of the River Rhine who is going to organize a workshop in April in Strasbourg in France. The input for maritime mitigation is given by IAPH and the World Ports Climate Initiative. An additional team was formed to handle website development. Volunteers are welcome to assist the PTGCC in these subgroups. Please contact the PTG Secretary, Dr. Jason Giovannettone, at Jason.P.Giovanettone@usace.army.mil if you’d like to participate. Our next team meeting is in May at Berlin for the Annual General Assembly, where PTGCC will present progress to date and the its road map for PIANC and the navigation sector. ‘New’ Task Group Website: http://pianc.org/climatechange.php - Here you will find information on the Task Group, as well as a FREE download of the EnviCom Task Group 3 “Climate Change and Navigation”
Status:Reports:U.S. Representatives:Terms of Reference (TOR):
Terms of Reference (pdf, 87 KB)
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