Project News Report: Joint Programme Initiative Climate From 2008 to 2011, Knowledge for Climate contributed to the development of the Joint Programming Initiative “Connecting Climate Knowledge for Europe” (JPI Climate). The report summarizes the most important documents and the Dutch involvement in the programme, including the development of a Vision Paper. It also discusses the future plans and collaborations. Knowledge for Climate, project JPI Climate, Thursday 2 February 2012 How reliable are projections of future flood damage? Bubeck, P., De Moel, H., Bouwer, L.M., and Aerts, J.C.J.H. (2011). How reliable are projections of future flood damage? Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 11, 3293–3306. Knowledge for Climate, project HSGR02, Thursday 26 January 2012 Normative aspects of climate adaptation policies Peter P.J. Driessen and Helena F.M.W. van Rijswick (Utrecht University) (2011). Normative aspects of climate adaptation policies, Climate Law 2 (2011) 559–581, DOI 10.3233/CL-2011-051, IOS Press. Climate changes Spatial Planning, project COM35, Thursday 26 January 2012 Delta Alliance Young Professionals Award In preparation for the Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in June 2012, Delta Alliance invites young Delta Professionals around the world to present their solutions to the challenges which river deltas are facing. Join the competition and present your sustainable and integrated Delta solution at Rio! Delta Alliance Secretary, Tuesday 3 January 2012 Synthesis report IC12 Institutions for Adaptation: Do institutions allow society to adapt to the impacts of climate change? In this research the Adaptation wheel is developed as a method to evaluate the extent to which institutions they promote customizations from the societies or hinder. With this Adaptation wheel four policy sectors (nature, agriculture, water and spatial planning) in the official Dutch institutional context are evaluated. Climate changes Spatial Planning, project IC12, Thursday 15 December 2011 Synthesis report IC11 Socio-economic Scenarios in Climate Assessments It is widely recognised that projections of social and economic futures are circumscribed by irreducible uncertainties and ignorance. A common analytical response is to develop scenarios that map a range of alternative possible outcomes. The application of scenarios in climate assessments in the Netherlands was investigated in this report, focusing on the use of the socio-economic scenarios ‘Welvaart en Leefomgeving’ (WLO – The Future of the Dutch Built Environment). Climate changes Spatial Planning, project IC11, Thursday 15 December 2011 Synthesis report IC10 Frames in climate change communication and decision-making The report describes a frame-based approach to communication and decision-making on climate change. Building on the multidisciplinary literature on the relationship between frames and decisionmaking, decision makers may gain from making frames more explicit and using them for generating different visions about the central issues. Climate changes Spatial Planning, project IC10, Thursday 15 December 2011 Synthesis report CS08 Times series information Digitization of data sources of long time series of meteorological variables and the resulting datasets play an important role in the infrastructural planning of the Netherlands and form the basis for studies into climate change and its consequences. For instance, the design standards of river dikes, drainage and sewerage systems are to a large extent determinded by the occurrence of extreme meteorological events in the past. The data sources are checked for quality and are freely available via the Internet. Several examples of applications are presented. Climate changes Spatial Planning, project CS08, Thursday 15 December 2011 Synthesis report CS07 Tailoring climate scenarios In cooperation with several users KNMI started in 2005 to provide them with climate information tailored to their requirements. This report (in Dutch with a summary in Engelish) elaborates on the wishes for communication and the development of methods for tailoring climate data. Climate changes Spatial Planning, project CS07, Thursday 15 December 2011 Synthesis report CS05 Remote Influences on European Climate Central theme in this report is the impact of remote influences on the climate in the Netherlands with a focus on extreme events. A number of topics are addressed that are relevant for the construction of climate scenarios for the Netherlands. Climate changes Spatial Planning, project CS05, Thursday 15 December 2011 123NextLast