Envisioning robust climate change adaptation futures for coastal regions
The paper investigates the potential of backcasting by comparing three different cases on vision and strategy development for climate change adaptation planning in coastal regions.
United Nations University – Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology
Maastricht University
Maastricht University (UM) is the most international university in the Netherlands and, with more than 16,000 students and 4,000 employees, is still growing.
Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre
The Climate Centre supports the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement and its partners in reducing the impacts of climate change and extreme weather events on vulnerable people.
Documenting change: An introduction to process documentation
“Planned intervention is an on‐going, socially constructed and negotiated process, not simply the execution of an already specified plan of action with predictable outcomes” (...
Cordaid - Building Flourishing Communities
Cordaid is one of the largest development aid organizations in the Netherlands. We work closely with a network of 617 partner organizations in 38 countries in Africa, Asia, the Middle
Adaptation to climate change in the insurance sector
Adaptation to climate change, particularly flood risks, may come to pose large challenges in the future and will require cooperation among a range of...
Social Transformation towards Model Villages
VSO Bangladesh: Securing livelihood with GBK Rangpur from Carolien Pronk on Vimeo.
The ChallengeThe rural communities in Bangladesh mainly rely on agriculture and livestock for...
Participatory 3D modelling in the BoeBoe community, Choiseul, Solomon Islands
This video has kindly been released with the approval of the BoeBoe community. It shows some of the process and learning through the participatory 3D modeling activity carried out in...
ClimateCost- TPBN 6
Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership
REEEP is a market catalyst for renewable energy and energy efficiency in developing countries and emerging markets.
Rotterdam and water: A love story
A future water plaza in Rotterdam, in rainy times. Image source: BBC News.
Rotterdam, the second largest city in the Netherlands and a globally relevant port, is...
Climate change impacts in the Rhine-Meuse Delta in the Netherlands
MEDIATION project case study
Mediation (Main Project Page)
This article provides an overview of the MEDIATION project and links to its outputs.
Social learning
Social learning develops the actors' ability to improvise; it requires investment in relationships and trust building, respect for difference and appreciation of other ways of seeing the world.
Netherlands Climate Assistance Programme (NCAP)
This article provides an overview of the first phase of the Netherlands Climate Change Studies Assistance Programme and links to the project reports from the 13 counties covered under the scheme.
Suriname NCAP Project
Coastal erosion in Suriname
The Republic of Suriname, situated on the northeast coast of South America, occupies 163,265km² of which about 90% is covered with...
Improving habitat connectivity
Kent County Council worked with spatial planners, policy makers and scientists across England, France and the Netherlands to promote the importance of helping biodiversity to adapt...
