PIANC - The World Association for Waterborne Transport Infrastructure

PIANC is the forum where professionals around the world join forces to provide expert advice on cost-effective, reliable and sustainable infrastructures to facilitate the growth of waterborne transport. One of the task groups of PIANC is the Permanent Task Group on Climate Change. They work on informing PIANC on how navigation can be affected by climate change and on exploring ways to adapt to these effects.

The terms of reference of the Permanent Task Group on Climate Change include the identification of relevant aspects of climate change effects on maritime and inland navigation, providing ‘pointers’ to ongoing work explaining where climate change effects and natural system variability are now, and where they will realistically impact the navigation sector in the future, and information related to climate change adaptation specific to the navigation sector needs to be gathered, including discussions of socio-economic issues related to climate change adaptation and guidance on measures and priorities for navigation, waterways and port infrastructure.