Climate changes Spatial Planning

Climate change is one of the major environmental issues for the coming years, both regionally and globally. The Netherlands are expected to face climate change impacts on all land use related sectors and on water management, and therefore on spatial planning in general.

The mission of the programme was to introduce climate change and climate variability as one of the guiding principles for spatial planning in the Netherlands. The programme recognised that the benefits of climate research arise from the application of its findings in land-, water and nature management. 

The programme was centered around five main themes: climate scenarios, mitigation, adaptation, integration and communication. Projects were interactively designed to cover issues relevant to climate and spatial planning and for the sectors such as biodiversity and nature, agriculture, fisheries, fresh water, coastal areas, transport on land and water, sustainable energy production, business, finance and insurance and governmental strategies.