Water as Leverage - Wadden Sea Region

Setting the Scene for a Call for Action
The Wadden Sea is one of the forefronts where climate challenges
become a devastating reality. In order to reverse course, we need
to tackle many challenges at the same time. Water As Leverage is a
pre-project approach geared towards integral and pro-active project
proposals that can cope with such a challenge. It aims to enable the
needed exchanges between different stakeholders to formulate and
develop resilient solutions that prevent crises, rather than react to them.
“Numerous challenges come together
in the Wadden Sea. Tackling them one
by one makes no sense. We will have
to deal with them in an integrated way.”
Karin Lochte
Chair of the Wadden Sea Board (2018 - 2022)
In collaboration with the Rich Wadden Sea Program, the trilateral
Wadden Sea Board and local partners in the Wadden islands and
coastal cities of Texel, Terschelling, Harlingen, Emden, Esbjerg, Ribe
and Fanø, we are exploring how this approach can unfold into resilient
and implementable climate adaptation projects for the Wadden Sea.
This booklet on Esbjerg is part of a series, literally setting the scene
for every local exploration. It summarizes the specific context, the
challenges at stake and their interdependencies. The booklet ends
with a call for action, calling for expertise complementary to the local
knowledge to develop resilient climate adaptive projects.
Water for Climate
as Adaptation
Leverage Wadden