Partners

The DeltasUNite partners are:

  • The African Centre for Climate Action and Rural Development (ACCARD) Initiative

  • The African Climate Foundation

  • Asian Institute of Technology (AIT)

  • Akassa Development Foundation (ADF)

  • Arava Institute

  • Bayelsa State Government

  • Bayelsa State Ministry of Environment

  • Centre for the Advancement of Public Action (CAPA), Bennington College

  • Consortium for Capacity Building (CCB), University of Colorado Boulder

  • Coastal Studies Institute (CSI), Louisiana State University

  • CEED

  • Centre for Environment and Sustainable Livelihood Projects (CESLP)

  • Citizens Organization for Advocacy and Resilience (COAR)

  • Ministry of Climate Change, Government of Pakistan

  • Living Deltas Research Hub

  • Louisiana State University

  • Newcastle University

  • Nha Trang University, Vietnam

  • Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)

  • Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI)

  • Transboundary Water In-Cooperation Network (TWIN)

  • The University of Vermont

  • Vietnam National University (VNU), Hanoi

Acknowledgements

White Paper Core Writing Team:

Georgie Ferguson, Pointe Au Chien Indigenous Tribe, Mississippi Delta, USA (Writing Team Co-Chair); Jack O’Connor, United Nations University, Bonn Germany (Writing Team Co-Chair); Andy Large, Newcastle University United Kingdom; Fabrice Renaud, University of Glasgow United Kingdom; Rebecca Apapa, Akassa Community, Bayelsa State, Niger Delta Nigeria; Inatimi Odio Akassa Community Bayelsa State Nigeria; Bill Knight Akassa Community, Bayelsa State Nigeria; Faith Ka Shun Chan University of Nottingham Ningbo China; Freeman Elohor Oluowo African Centre for Climate Actions and Rural Development, Niger Delta Nigeria.

Case Study Writers:

Pampanga Delta: Philip Minderhoud, Wageningen University Netherlands, Katharine Seegar, University of Padova Italy; Niger Delta: Inatimi Odio, Aksassa Community, Bayelsa Stata Nigeria; Nile Delta: Alaa Salem, Kafrelsheikh University Egypt; Mississippi River Delta: Georgie Ferguson, Pointe Au Chien Indian Tribe, Louisiana USA; Amazon River Delta: André Oliveira Sawakuchi, Universidade de São Paulo Brazil; Indus Delta: Abdul Waheed, Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB) Germany; Senegal River Delta: Irene Karani, The African Climate Foundation; Rio del La Plata estuary: Natalia Venturini Caballero, Universidad de la República Uruguay; Yangtze Delta: Faith Ka Shun Chan, University of Nottingham Ningbo China; Red River Delta: Hue Le, Vietnam National University; Central Institute for Natural Resources and Environmental Studies (VNU-CRES), Hanoi Vietnam; Danube Delta: Iulian Nichersu; Director, INCDDD Tulcea Romania. Case Studies relied on the input and local expertise of delta community members, and all contributions are fully acknowledged.

UNCRD Language Text

Asim Zia, University of Vermont USA; Jeannine Valcour, University of Vermont USA; Graham Long, Newcastle University United Kingdom.

White Paper Expert Reviewers and Readers

Reviewers: Irene Karani, African Climate Fund; Augustine Arukwe, Norwegian University of Science & Technology; Christopher Howe Resilient Asian Deltas Initiative Leader, WWF International; Andrew Henderson Newcastle University, United Kingdom; Freeman Elohor Oluowo African Centre for Climate Actions and Rural Development (ACCARD), Nigeria; Gloria Bulus Executive Director, Bridge That Gap Hope For Africa Initiative, Nigeria; Kathrina Seeger, University of Padova Italy; Kehui (Kevin) Xu, Louisiana State University; Michael Cullen, Director, Terra Global Capital LLC USA; Philip Minderhoud Wageningen University The Netherlands; Xiuzhen Li, State Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Research, East China Normal University China; Dinikpete Tina Odede, Association of Coastal and waterways Communities of Nigeria; Onome Destiny, African Centre for Climate Actions and Rural Development (ACCARD) Nigeria; Karin Pittman, University of Bergen Norway; Sameera Noori, Coordination of Afghan Relief (CoAR) Afghanistan. 

Readers: Albert Salamanca, Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI-Asia) Bangkok Thailand; Chhoun Lan, Tonle Sap fishery community Cambodia; Andrew Wyatt, IUCN Lower Mekong Subregion; Mashfiqus Salehin, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh; Erabanabari Love Theophilus, Women Forum for Sustainable Green Environment, Nigeria; Altaf Siyal, Sindh Agricultural University, Pakistan.

Official Unveiling of the UN Convention for the Conservation of River Deltas (UNCRD): COP28 Dubai, November 20 2023

Co-Hosted by: African Centre for Climate Actions and Rural Development Initiative (ACCARD), Nigeria; Transboundary Water In-Cooperation Network (TWIN Secretariat: Center for the Advancement of Public Action) at Bennington College, USA; Institute for Environmental Diplomacy and Security, University of Vermont, USA; The Consortium for Capacity Building, University of Colorado, USA; Nigeria’s Bayelsa State Government, Akassa Development Foundation, Nigeria; Environmental Peacebuilding Association, USA.

Co-Sponsored by: Water Environment Forum (WEF), Pakistan; University of Social Sciences and Humanities, VNU Hanoi, Vietnam; Arava Institute, Israel; The Dawson College Peace Center, Canada; Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral (ESPOL), Ecuador; Community Motivation & Development Organization (CMDO), Pakistan; Centre for Environment and Sustainable Livelihood Projects, Nigeria; Coordination of Afghan Relief (CoAR), Afghanistan; Integrated Green Solutions (iGreens), Jordan; Go Conscious Earth, DR Congo; Mekong Community Institute (MCI), Thailand.

Dignitaries at COP28 UNCRD Unveiling in Dubai

Senator Duoye Diri, Governor of Bayelsa State, Nigeria; Dr Kefas Agbu, Governor of Taraba State, Nigeria; Prof. Arukwe Augustine, ACCARD and Norwegian University of Science and Technology; Amb. Godknows Igali, Former Nigeria’s Ambassador to the Scandinavian countries; Susan Sgorbati, Center for the Advancement of Public Action, Bennington College USA; Dr Michael Glantz, Centre for Capacity Building, University of Colorado in Boulder USA; Dr Aboje Andrew, African Development Bank (AFDB); Senator Sherry Rehman,  Senator Seemee Ezdi, Senator Nuzhat Sadiq, Pakistan Senate; Mr. Asim Khan Goraya, Additional Secretary, Pakistan Senate Secretariat; Mr Nasir Memon, Former member Pakistan Senate; Leslie Durschinger, CEO Terra Global Capital.

Organising Institutions: First UN Convention on River Deltas Deltas Summit, AIT Thailand, March 2025

Asian Institute for Technology (AIT), Thailand (Host Organisation); African Centre for Climate Actions and Rural Development (ACCARD), Niger Delta, Nigeria; UKRI GCRF Living Deltas Hub, Newcastle University United Kingdom; Bayelsa State Government, Niger Delta Nigeria; The African Climate Foundation, Cape Town South Africa; Akassa Development Foundation, Bayelsa State, Niger Delta; Center for the Advancement of Public Action, Bennington College, Virginia USA; Consortium for Capacity Building (CCB), University of Boulder, Colorado USA; Centre for Environment and Sustainable Livelihood Projects (CESLP), Water, Nigeria; Beihang University, China;  Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), France; International Organization of Migration (IOM), Bangkok, Thailand; Louisiana State University USA; Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI-Asia) Bangkok, Thailand; Transboundary Water In-Cooperation Network (TWIN), University of Vermont, USA.

Participants in the First UN Convention on River Deltas Deltas Summit, and who helped co-produce the UNCRD White Paper through their contributions

Community representatives: ACCARD Initiative; Akassa Development Foundation (ADF); Akassa Development Foundation Consortium; Asian Institute of Technology; Assam University, Silchar; Bayelsa State Government, Nigeria; Bridge That Gap Hope for Africa Initiative;; Ekpeye Cultural Heritage Centre; International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b); International Institute of Journalism; Office of the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Community Engagement (south-south); Oxfam International; Pointe Au Chien Indian Tribe, Mississippi Delta; Tonle Sap fishery community;  ‘Save the Don Delta’ NGO, Southern Scientific Centre of Russian Academy of Sciences; Live & Learn Cambodia; Relief International Africa; Rural Reconstruction and Development Centre; SKCD (Samut Sakon City Development (Social Enterprise Co. Ltd.); Wafaa International Foundation, Nigeria; YAHA Global Initiative for SDGs, Nigeria.

Academic and other institutions: Asian Institute of Technology,Tthailand; Assam University; Afagaf Company Ltd; African Climate Foundation (ACF); Jawaharlal Nehru University; Kasetsart University; Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB), Berlin; Louisiana State University; Mekong River Commission; Ministry of Marine and Blue Economy, Bayelsa State; NC State University; Newcastle University, UK; Can Tho University; Center for the Advancement of Public Action, Bennington College Virginia, USA; CUSRI Academy; Department of Agriculture, Thailand; Department of Climate Change and Environment, Thailand; Department of Marine and Coastal Resources, Thailand; Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade; Embassy of Bangladesh in Thailand; French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development (IRD); Global Foundation for Advancement of Environment and Human Wellness; GMS/CCESP/ RAMBOLL; Hue University of Agriculture and Forestry; IIT (ISM), Dhanbad; IIT Indore; Indian Institute of Technology–Delhi; Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines) Dhanbad; Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee; Institute of Geography, University of Cologne (Germany); Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology; International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN); IOM Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific; ISOCARP;; Jadavpur University; Noakhali Science and Technology University, Bangladesh; Northumbria University; Norwegian University of Science & Technology (NTNU); Nuclear Training Center, Vietnam Atomic Energy Institute; Office of the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Vietnam; Qingdao Institute of Marine Geology, China Geological Survey; Rajamangala University of Technology; School of Space and Earth Science, Beihang University; Sindh Agricultural University; ; Social Research Institute, Chulalongkorn University; State Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal research, East China Normal University; Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI-Asia); Swansea University; Swiss Embassy, Bangkok; Terra Global Capital LLC, USA; Thai Disaster Preparedness Foundation (TDPF); University of Cologne; Wageningen University & Research; University of East Anglia; University of Glasgow; University of Management and Technology; University of Nottingham Ningbo China; University of Padova; University of Southampton; University of Vermont; United Nations University UNU-EHS, Bonn; Vietnam National University; Wageningen University and Research; World Affirmative Actions International Foundation; World Wide Fund for Nature Pakistan, WWF International.