Coastal vegetated ecosystems essential for keeping coastal protection affordable in low income countries

11 November 2021

Wave-vegetation interaction reduces incoming wave height 18.5 % of global coastlines are covered by salt marsh or mangrove vegetation. These ecosystems play a buffering role by reducing impacts of waves. For 11.5 % of global…

The aridification of Eastern Africa

5 November 2021

Eastern Africa’s current arid climate is caused by the Indo-Pacific Walker air circulation which transports warm moist air across the Indian Ocean from east to west. During the journey, much of the moisture is lost…

Are we adapting to climate change? New study provides better understanding of human adaptation activities worldwide

4 November 2021

The study is published in Nature Climate Change and is part of the global adaptation mapping initiative. 48,000 academic articles were screened resulting in a database of 1,682 academic studies describing the type of adaptation…

Kick off REACHOUT project this week: making European cities climate resilient

2 November 2021

This 3.5-year project coordinated by Deltares, CAS and funded by the EU under the Green Deal aims to stimulate climate resilient urban development. As climate change is already leading to extreme events affecting cities worldwide,…

Exchanging knowledge with the world – AIWW 2021

1 November 2021

Hans Aaldrink, expert subsurface and groundwater quality and coordinating our contribution to the event says; “Connecting science, cities, industries, and utilities water could serve as a catalyst to solve societal challenges and contributes to achieve…

Deltares contribution to UN Climate Change Conference (COP26)

30 October 2021

Bringing countries together The COP26 summit will bring parties together to accelerate action towards the goals of the Paris Agreement and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. Annemieke Nijhof (Managing Director Deltares): “The Netherlands has…

Why Glasgow is important to Deltares

28 October 2021

In 2005, I visited the climate conference in Montreal. At that time, it was not yet possible to connect the worlds of climate mitigation and climate adaptation. Talking about ‘adapting to climate change’ was seen…

Tracking plastics from space

21 October 2021

Waves on the ocean The research will be conducted in the Atlantic Basin at Deltares. In this basin, which measures 650 m², a range of wave patterns can be simulated, including waves that you only find…

Development of a new European platform on climate services for coastal risks and adaptation 

22 September 2021

Exploring shoreline dynamics The CoCliCo project is a Horizon Europe project, led by Goneri le Cozannet (BRGM). Besides the development of a webportal, Deltares is also involved in defining coastal typologies and exploring shoreline dynamics…

Long-term sea-level rise necessitates a worldwide commitment to adaptation

20 September 2021

Without adaptation the present population at risk doubles at 0.75m SLR globally The study highlights that for some coastal locations it is a matter of time. After only ~0.15m SLR relative to 2020, 1 million…