The international navigation association (PIANC) published an expert report on climate change drivers, impacts, responses and mitigation related to the waterborne sector. The PIANC report concludes that recognition of current climate change impacts and future impacts provides an opportunity for the navigation community to shape policies, adaptation strategies and mitigation measures.

Exploring global warming impacts and their potential responses helps to create a continuing dialogue for consideration of adaptation or mitigation strategies by the navigation community. Ideally, the navigation community will employ adaptive planning, operational, and infrastructure decision-making that take into account natural and social system features and the impacts of incremental changes over time. A comprehensive systems approach that allows continuous upgrades as new knowledge emerges and new engineering practices are developed, will support satisfactory system safety and performance under the dynamic conditions and in the face of nonlinear processes associated with climate change.

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