 thing from Gordon has said it all so I'll go straight to the DECMA project. The DECMA project started in 2014 and hopefully will end in November 2018. The project is analyzing the impact of climate change and other environmental drivers across Delta's in Africa and then in Asia and then again the project is also analyzing the process of migration using survey participatory research and economic models and is also looking into the potential of migration of men and women with other adaptation approaches using a stakeholder driven and co-produced integrated assessment approach so we're working more with our stakeholders and as he said we are funded by IDRC of Canada and then the UK age. Delta's all over the world are low-lying areas and because they are low-lying areas they are highly vulnerable and this vulnerability is in terms of the changes that are affecting or impacting these Delta areas as a result of climate change and these Delta areas again because of the access to fertile land and again access to resources natural resources they are highly inhabited areas and it's estimated that about 500 million people are currently living in Delta regions and most of these people are often poor. The adaptive strategies available to Delta residents in terms of adapting to these climate changes may not be adequate to cope with changes associated with climate change. Hence a large movement of Delta people are often projected under climate change so once you talk about climate change in Delta's then the expectation is that a large number of people are going to be affected and definitely these people will move. Now if we look at the Nile Delta and the Ganges Brahmaputra Delta it is estimated that by the year 2100 between 16 to 20 million people will be displaced in Egypt and then between 42 to 54 million people will be displaced in Bangladesh because of the huge population we have in these Delta areas. But what are driving the changes in Delta areas are mainly natural processes and these natural processes in recent times are being augmented by human-induced processes and we can talk about sediment build deltas so once human activities are affecting or changing the catchment management within these watersheds it affect the Delta area and these are some of the processes that are resulting in changes in the Delta areas. So what are the major key characteristics in Delta areas? They are complex systems with large vulnerable population, multiple drivers operating at multiple scales. There's also rapid change including significant migration and these areas are highly vulnerable and climate change is an additional driver in this dynamic context. DECMA is working in three in four, let me say three in four areas because we are working in the Volta Delta in Ghana and then we are also working in the Ganges Brahmaputra Delta in Bangladesh and India so we have the Bangladesh section and then we have the India session and then we are also working in the Mahanadi Delta in India. So four major, three big deltas or three deltas but four deltas. I hope that is that is well. So what is the aim of the DECMA project? The DECMA project aims at one to evaluate the effectiveness of adaptation options in Delta, two to assess migration as an adaptation in Delta environment and a changing climate and three to deliver policy support on sustainable gender sensitive adaptation in Delta areas. We have, sorry the font size are very small, but then we have seven main objectives to achieve our aim. One is to understand the governance mechanism that promotes or hinders migration of men and women in deltas. The second objective is to identify climate change impact hospitals in deltas where vulnerability will grow and adaptation will be needed. The third one is to understand the conditions that promote migration and its outcomes and again we also want to look at gender specific adaptation options for trapped population and then four to understand how climate change driven global and national macroeconomic processes impact on migration of men and women and we are going to put all these issues together to come up with an integrator system based bio-physical and socio-economic model which will help us to investigate a potential future migration under climate change and then six to conceptualize and evaluate migration within a wide suit of potential adaptation options and then finally to identify feasible and desirable adaptation options and support implementation of stakeholder-led gender sensitive adaptation policy choices. So we have seven objectives which is to help us achieve our aim. Now the project has six main web packages and the web packages are grouped under three main thematic areas. So we have the governance and stakeholders, we have the baseline and scenarios and then we have the simulation and options. The governance and stakeholders is looking at all the issues that you know hinges around governance within the delta. Whilst the baseline and scenarios are looking at climate bio-physical and vulnerability hotspots, migration and vulnerability, economic impact of climate change, then the simulations and options are looking at integrator modeling and then the web package six is identifying and evaluating adaptation. Now all the six web packages are managed by the web package zero which we call the management web package. That one is a huge family, a family of researchers from Africa, Asia and Europe. So we have, we form a consortium from four main institutions, that is the University of Savantin in the UK, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, the Jadupur University in India and University of Ghana. So you can see that it's a huge family coming together to execute this very interesting project. So what are some of the highlights? Some of the things we are doing and we have done include continuing engagement with stakeholders at multiple levels. So we're looking at the delta level, the regional level and the national level and these stakeholder activities have involved in identifying barriers to implementation of policies. Again, identification of adaptation options that are being implemented and then validation of climate hazard experience. And as I mentioned, we work more with our stakeholders. Again, vulnerability hazard mapping of deltas has been done to identify areas most at risk from environmental changes. So we've come up with multi hazard map for all the deltas and then we've cross-referenced the results or the multi hazard maps with results from the household surveys that have been done to assess correlation between vulnerability and migration levels. We've also generated land cover maps for each of the deltas using high resolution satellite imagery and we used two time periods and this enabled us to determine changes that the land cover changes and once we know the changes we are able to also project into the future high climate change is going to affect land cover changes. Now, household surveys have been completed for 6,000 households in identified sending areas investigation and I think I stand to be corrected though but I think I'm right. This is the first time you have about 6,000 households survey being done. So it's really an interesting project. So about 6,000 households survey has been completed and with the survey we investigate views of migration, economic consideration, push and pull factors, household structure, remittances and autonomous adaptation. Now from the household survey we identified a 0.3% that's below 1% of respondents said environmental factors when the primary cause of migration. The analysis shows that while only a small proportion of households perceive environmental risk as the principal reason for migration, perception of insecurity caused by environmental factors directly correlate with observed migration behavior. These are some of the things we are identifying from the household survey. Again, individual perception of environmental risk and general way being are central to how individuals respond to adversities. One thing that also came out was what type of environmental event impact on the economic security of migrant households. We identified that flooding and drought are more prevalent across the three delta. So you look at droughts and you look at flooding. You could see that Ghana, Bangladesh, India are both experiencing these hazards and the erosion and occurrence of cyclones are recurrent forms of environmental impact in Bangladesh and then in India. So erosion and then cyclones are more prevalent in Bangladesh and then in India. Again, we also noticed this is looking at the Ghana case, the water delta. We identified the delta significance in national economics or economics using downscale input output skills. We identified that the delta significantly influences the trade and then transport within the nation or in Ghana here and then it also has a great influence in industry as well as agriculture. So it makes the delta a very important area in terms of economics. Now inventories of adaptation practices released. About 122 documented examples of observed adaptations from DECMA for study sites. Of these, 93 relate to the Ganges Brahmaputra, 85 from Bangladesh and eight from India Bengal Delta, that is an IBD. 14 refer to the Mahadi Delta in India and 15 to the water delta. So extensive literature work has been done to really look at the issues with regards to adaptation in the deltas that we are studying. And another highlight is engagement in reviewing policies because as I mentioned, one of our aim is to influence policy decision. Recently, we were invited to give comments on draft version of the Odisha state climate change action plan in India and in Ghana, we've also been invited to comment on the coastal development authority built. So we are, you know, also influencing policy decisions in their respective countries. So what are the key messages? One, male migration in the water delta leads to high number of female herded households. We're talking about 40%. And this is very important. So moving forward, what are the policy implications of this? Because we have a more female herded households. So what are the policy implications? We are finding that migration is linked indirectly rather than directly to environmental change. And communities do not always perceive these links. So further detailed analysis of sending area survey would dig deeper into these links. As we move on, we hope that a lot of questions will be answered as we, you know, analyze the sending area survey. Let me also say that the receiving area surveys is ongoing, Ghana have completed our receiving area surveys. That will also give us a lot of information about what is going on in these delta communities. So as I said, implementation of receiving area survey to understand how successful migration has been. And this is ongoing in India and in Bangladesh, whilst in Ghana, we have completed our receiving area survey. So in conclusion, the analysis of our study will guide sustainable and equitable development of deltas. And it is expected that it will identify gender differentiated stakeholder relevant scenarios of local regional data level of vulnerability to climate change, identify options for effective climate adaptation by the poorest groups in deltas. And it is our belief that this will lead to the formulation of gender sensitive adaptation funding proposals in the four study areas. So ladies and gentlemen, thank you very much for your attention. And that is a DECMA project. Thank you.