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Deltares has published the Activity Plan Mission-driven research 2026 in draft. It outlines the main lines of the Strategic Research that Deltares will carry out in 2026.

Extreme water levels are increasingly common in our country. What are the effects of flood risks on the financial sector? Deltares investigated this together with De Nederlandse Bank (DNB).

Coastal areas are vital ecosystems that are home to 40 percent of the world's population and host biodiversity hotspots crucial for carbon sequestration. Despite their great importance, a comprehensive understanding of these areas was lacking until recently.

Where muddy beaches are located and how they change has been visualised for the first time worldwide using satellite imagery, machine learning and various coastal datasets. This shows that three quarters of the world's muddy coasts have changed significantly since 1988.

Deltares, Rijkswaterstaat and the KNMI have been working together for the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management to formulate the insights from the latest climate scenarios in terms of the implications for the discharge regime of the Rhine and Meuse rivers. The analysis shows that the mean winter and spring discharges will rise in both rivers.

In our energy transition, the North Sea plays a major role. The space required for offshore wind farms is huge, affecting the ecosystem and all other activities that take place at sea. How can offshore wind farms be designed and used in such a way that they also function as food and energy hubs and contribute to the restoration of biodiversity? This was investigated in the Joint Industry Project TKI Road2SID, coordinated by Deltares.

This is an important question because, in addition to the negative effect on nature, sand starvation in the Eastern Scheldt and in similar systems worldwide can also result in safety problems for the hinterland in the long term.

JCAR ATRACE, a joint cooperation programme facilitating scientific applied research on flood and drought risk management in regional river basins, was officially launched during the Benelux Water Day on 29 November.

It was announced this month that the Netherlands Academy of Engineering (NAE) is emphasizing the importance of technological innovation with the appointment of 62 fellows / members. One of the fellows is Mandy Korff, an expert at Deltares on foundation engineering.

Deltares is pleased to announce the opening of a new office in Jakarta, Indonesia. With the opening of this new office, Deltares is well-placed to help tackle Indonesia's distinctive water, soil and environmental challenges. We will drive change, in close cooperation with our local partners.

Climate change and human activity have caused the hydrological cycle to spin out of balance, a new report by the United Nations World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has found. The report provides a comprehensive assessment of global water resources.