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Burton Suedel1,8,Jason Raimondi2,8,Marsha Cohen3,8,Russell Hyatt4,8,Steve Garbaciak5,8,Margaret Wellins6,8,Craig Vogt7,8,Judith Powers8; 1USACE;2Geosyntec;3Hague Academic;4Geosyntec;5Foth;6Weeks;7Craig Vogt Inc;8WEDA's Environmental Commission; The World Organization of Dredging Associations (WODA) issued two separate major policy statements regarding the dredging industry and climate change. The 2016 WODA "Statement on Mitigating and Adapting to Climate Change,"1 states that concerted and timely efforts for climate change mitigation and adaptation are crucial to reducing risks to people, and to safeguarding human social and economic well-being, and the ecology of the planet in the near and long term. The 2022 WODA "Statement on the Decarbonization of Dredging"2 endorses the significance and necessity of the 2015 UN Paris Climate Change Agreement and the 2015 UN Sustainability Goals to achieve a better and more sustainable future. The WODA statement also included: Decarbonization, i.e., reducing the emissions of CO2 and other greenhouse gases by all sectors is central to achieving the objectives of both UN agreements. The dredging community recognizes that this includes immediate action by all those involved in dredging and marine construction. |