Local climate information

Because of its global scale, many people regard climate change as an abstract issue. However, in many cases, adaptation to climate change involves local efforts. Hence, it is important to have local climate information.

Project objective

For all the KNMI climate scenarios and for a large number of climate variables, local climate information is made available via a web interface. In addition to spatial information, the interface also presents information on variation in time.

Implementation

The online environment will be a combination of an interactive climate atlas and the current climate dashboard. It will also contain a standard presentation for municipalities and regions. They can supplement this presentation with local climate information from the web interface and their own data and photos. This allows them to easily create a presentation, fact sheet, or digital magazine tailored to their specific situation.

After the publication of the KNMI'23 climate scenarios, the data for the web interface was developed. The portal with local climate information is expected to be operational in the first half of 2026.