Dry, drier, drought – Assessing drought risks to support decision making, risk financing and disaster response

4 July 2019

Droughts are among the most far-reaching and yet some of the most elusive natural hazards to nature as well as to mankind. In recent years, countries around the world have been severely impacted by droughts that affect food s...

Safe and secure water resources for next generations

6 November 2018

The Kingdom of the Netherlands organized 26 October 2018 the ‘Arria-formula meeting’ in which UN Security Council and UN member countries discussed the links between water, peace and security, and the need for improved in...

Hidden secrets in the North Sea

19 July 2018

An expedition addressing sea-level rise, oxygen loss and microbial breakdown of methane...

Community mapping for flood modelling 2.0

5 July 2018

Dar es Salaam’s Ramani Huria 2.0 project is one of the most comprehensive community mapping projects currently ongoing. A large use case for the collected map data is improving knowledge on flood hazard, vulnerability and e...

54 Cities with high drought risk: water system knowledge and good governance are the solution

31 May 2018

Day Zero in Cape Town. Cape Town has been afflicted by long periods of drought for a number of years. The water shortage caused by low rainfall and falling water levels in the reservoirs became so severe last January that wat...

Nature-based solutions; do we know how to do it?

10 April 2018

Implementation of nature-based interventions is on the rise. Nature now often has new functional labels added, parks for ‘water retention’, mangroves ‘for coastal resilience’ and oyster reefs as ‘living shorelines�...

Cascading failures of Critical Infrastructure during floods in Manzese Ward — Dar es Salaam

23 November 2017

Critical infrastructure such as roads, power stations, transformers, water points and health centres, plays an important role in the functioning of wards in Dar es Salaam. If critical infrastructure fails, the livelihoods and...

Solutions for the Energy Transition

16 November 2017

The new Dutch government pursues a rigorous climate policy to achieve the objectives of the Paris climate agreement. GHG emissions must be reduced by at least 20% in 2020 and 40% in 2030, compared to 1990 levels, while emissi...

Using community mapping for flood modelling

16 November 2017

Dar Es Salaam’s community mapping projects, Ramani Huria (“Open Map”) and Zuia Mafuriko (“Stop Floods”), convened by the World Bank and the Tanzania Red Cross Society, have collected a vast amount of data, detailing...

9 Must See Water Highlights When You Come to Delft

1 November 2017

Each year, hundreds of international water managers, engineers and scientists visit Deltares, a research institute for water and soil management in delta areas. The visitors come to work with us on joint research projects, to...