Dutch Delta commissioner Peter Glas received an exclusive pre-print edition from EcoShape director Henk Nieboer. \u201cThe book aims to inspire and to convince decisionmakers to choose Building with Nature,\u201d Nieboer said. \u201cThat\u2019s why Peter Glas is the right person to hand it over to as he is responsible for carrying out the Dutch Delta program.\u201d Glas acknowledged the importance of Nature-based Solutions: \u201cOne of our mottos is \u2018soft where we can, solid when necessary\u2019\u201d he said, respectively referring to nature-based and traditional solutions. \u201cThank you for offering me this first copy. Books can change the world\u201d, he said, as the publication by the Club of Rome that he read as a teenager had changed his view of the world. The book will be available late November and can be pre-ordered<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n (article continues below picture)<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n In a welcome message Cora van Nieuwenhuizen, Minister of Infrastructure and Water Management, stressed the importance of the Climate Adaptation Summit (CAS). In her eyes, being unprepared for climate change is not an option as we can see it coming. \u201cIn the Netherlands, we showcase some great examples of how to adapt to climate change. As EcoShape also demonstrates, Nature-based Solutions are the way forward as nature is by far our most important ally,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Annemieke Nijhof, general director at Deltares, opened the talk show calling it \u2018a harvesting moment\u2019 for EcoShape, after 12 years of knowledge development. In a personal video Marjolein van Wijngaarden, chair of EcoShape\u2019s supervisory board and project director at Boskalis, recalls how the program started a movement to change the dredging industry\u2019s way of doing things: \u201cPeople were really positive, it launched itself, and it was quite easy to form a consortium.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Based on the twelve years of research, EcoShape has defined six enablers for Building with Nature. Book editor Erik van Eekelen (Programme manager at EcoShape and manager at Van Oord) introduced each of the enablers in a video: technology and system knowledge, multi-stakeholder approach, institutional embedding, a business case, capacity building and adaptive management, maintenance and monitoring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n (article continues below video)<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.ecoshape.org\/app\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/10\/book-launch-1024x768.jpg\")
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