Welcome to the Knowledge for Climate Research Programme website

Knowledge for Climate is a research programme for the development of knowledge and services that makes it possible to climate proof the Netherlands. Governmental organisations (central government, provinces, municipalities and water boards) and businesses, actively participate in research programming through the input of additional resources (matching).

Knowledge is developed within the research programme that is necessary to be able to assess investments to be made in spatial planning and infrastructure over the coming twenty years in terms of their resistance to climate change, and for making changes where necessary. It is about climate proofing the Netherlands.

The research programme focuses on eight areas, called hotspots:

1. Schiphol Mainport and Regio
2. The Haaglanden area (the Hague)
3. The Rotterdam Region
4. The Major Rivers
5. South-West Netherlands Delta
6. Shallow lakes and peat meadows areas
7. Dry rural areas
8. The Wadden Sea
9. International Hotspots (soon information available)

Investments will also be made in improving climate prediction and climate effect models, with a National Climate Facility established for the purpose. An important part of the programme is Knowledge Transfer and International Cooperation.

Actual

Second phase: Call for pre-proposals launched On 25 May 2009, the Executive Board of Knowledge for Climate has officially launched the call for pre-proposals. A maximum of € 20 million in subsidy funding is available for this open call. The research will be executed in cooperation with Rotterdam, Haaglanden, Schiphol, the Wadden Sea provinces, different parties in the South-West Netherlands Delta, and many other organisations such as water boards, municipalities, agricultural organisations and nature conservation organisations.

• Download the Knowledge for Climate Brochure (November 2008, pdf).
• Climate conference Rotterdam successfully held, read some presentations 
• International Conference 'Delta's in times of climate change' 
  September 29 - October 1, 2010. Rotterdam, The Netherlands. 
  The international conference 'Delta's in times of climate change' is organised by the research programmes Climate changes Spatial Planning and Knowledge for Climate and the City of Rotterdam. For further information you can contact Ottelien van Steenis.  

This research programme is co-financed by the Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment (VROM).