Welcome to the Climate Adaptation Knowledge Portal of the Netherlands. The Knowledge Portal is the primary source of information for everyone engaged in climate adaptation. It features practical information, useful tools, inspiring examples, and the latest news. Together, we will climate-proof the Netherlands.
Explore topics via the knowledge dossiers

The knowledge dossiers on this knowledge portal can help you to find out more about a topic. The knowledge dossiers feature many links to interesting examples, studies, fact sheets, tools, guidelines, and so on. You can find out more about the themes of climate change, flooding, waterlogging, drought, heat and urban water quality.
Tools to put climate adaptation into practice

On this portal you will find an overview of tools to get started with climate adaptation. Examples of tools that are often used are the Climate Impact Atlas, the NAS Adaptation tool, the Climate Damage Atlas and the Green-blue Knowledge Bank. Do you find it difficult to determine which tool you need? Then the decision aid can be useful.
Examples of climate adaptation

The Caribbean part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands

This knowledge portal section presents information on the consequences of climate change for the Caribbean islands and on the steps that the islands of Aruba, Curaçao, Sint Maarten, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius, and Saba can take to adapt to the consequences.
Policy and programmes
To make the Netherlands climate-proof and water-resilient, climate adaptation must be part of policy and implementation at all levels of government. On the Policies and programmes page you can read how this is organised in the Netherlands.
National programs
The Delta Programme for Spatial Adaptation (DPRA) is intended to reduce waterlogging, drought, heat stress, and flood impacts. The ultimate goal is for the Netherlands to be climate proof and water resilient by 2050.
The National Climate Adaptation Strategy (NAS) sets the course for climate-proofing the Netherlands. The first version of the NAS was published in 2016 (NAS'16), and the new Strategy will be published in 2026 (NAS'26).