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Climate adaptation: we keep a cool head

Climate change influences nature and society worldwide. Increased temperatures, droughts, and floods are a daily affair. We must adapt. We can do so by making climate-proof plans for our cities, houses, dikes, food supply, and nature. DHV has considerable experience in climate adaptation. We assist authorities and businesses in keeping a cool head.

Speaking of climate

Chances are that the Netherlands will become warmer over the next decennia. It will be drier in summer and wetter in winter. We should be alert, however, because climate change also offers opportunities if we adapt to it. In a yearly round-table conference, organized by consultancy and engineering firm DHV, eight climate change experts from different organizations discussed the opportunities offered by climate change and how to make use of them.Read more

Climate Adaptation Atlas: strategic tool for decision- making on climate change

Governments and private sectors worldwide face a common challenge in formulating development strategies which take into account the effects of climate change. Read more

Climate proofing of infrastructure Aceh

DHV aims to formulate the rehabilitation programme of coastal protection, flood protection and urban drainage, and a tsunami early warning system.
 
 
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Strategy for the river basin of the Yellow River, China

Global warming has engendered a negative impact on the vulnerable ecosystem in the source region of the Yellow River. Read more

WaddenWerken: Nature-driven design

A safety inspection carried out on the Barrier Dam revealed that the sluice facilities, and locks were inadequate.

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Climate change sketchbooks West- and East-Flanders

The European financed project ‘Take people along!’ invites citizens of the Dutch and Belgian provinces East- and West-Flanders and Zeeland to develop concrete initiatives to limit climate change, or the consequences of it. Climate change requires specific adaptation measures. The project is a cooperation of the border region Flanders-the Netherlands: the provinces West- and East-Flanders and Zeeland. Read more

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Climate proofing of infrastructure Aceh
Strategy for the river basin of the Yellow River, China
WaddenWerken: Nature-driven design

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