Coastal and Port Engineering: Building Lines of Defense
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This webinar will explore how nature-based, hybrid, and adaptive approaches can help ports manage climate risks and create long-term value.
Ports and coastal infrastructure face growing risks from sea level rise, stronger storms, and changing coastal dynamics. This webinar will explore how nature-based, hybrid, and adaptive approaches can help ports strengthen climate resilience while protecting critical assets, supporting environmental stewardship, and maintaining operational continuity.
Through global case studies and practical examples, participants will learn how green and eco-engineered defenses, living shorelines, beneficial reuse of dredged material, and adaptive design strategies can help ports manage climate risks and create long-term value.
This is the eighth session in the Green Ports Webinar Series, organized by the ASEAN Catalytic Green Finance Facility (ACGF) and hosted by the Southeast Asia Development Solutions platform and Development Asia of the Asian Development Bank (ADB).
ACGF, an ASEAN Infrastructure Fund initiative, supports governments in Southeast Asia to prepare and finance infrastructure projects that advance environmental sustainability and strengthen climate resilience. ACGF is owned by ASEAN governments and ADB.
Speakers
- Rebecca Morris, Principal Marine Scientist, University of Melbourne
- Niels van Kouwen, Maritime Consultant, Haskoning
- Mary Kate Brown, Assistant Coastal Programs Director, The Nature Conservancy
- Moderator: Jackie Spiteri, SESG Managing Director and ADB Consultant
