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This report explores the implications of the KNMI’23 climate scenarios for river discharge of the Rhine and Meuse. It assesses seasonal and extreme flow changes. Results point to greater extremes in high and low flows, with consequences for water safety and availability. The report aids water management planning.

This report inventories current water-related climate risks in the Netherlands. It covers flood safety, water quantity, and water quality. The findings show vulnerabilities in multiple sectors and highlight the urgency of adaptation. The study provides a baseline for monitoring and future planning.

This publication explores the consequences of a significant weakening of the Gulf Stream (AMOC). It discusses risks for European climate, including cooling, altered precipitation, and sea level rise. The document provides an accessible overview for a general audience. It raises awareness of large-scale climate tipping points.

This report provides indicative mapping of potential threats from high groundwater levels in the Netherlands. It identifies areas vulnerable to waterlogging and its consequences. The findings support spatial planning and climate adaptation. The document serves as a knowledge base for water managers.

The report examines the societal effects of drought under climate change. It develops indicators for use in cost-benefit analyses. Key sectors affected include agriculture, energy, and drinking water. The study provides tools for economic evaluation of adaptation measures.

This communication note provides guidelines for risk and crisis communication on wildfires. It addresses coordination of messages across authorities. The document aims to enhance public awareness and response capacity. It supports effective crisis management.

This national crisis plan sets out strategies for responding to wildfires. It defines roles and responsibilities of authorities during crises. The plan stresses prevention, preparedness, and cross-sector cooperation. It is part of strengthening national resilience.

This paper develops a high-resolution vulnerability function for residential-building losses from European winter storms, using residence-level insurance claims matched to ultra-high-resolution meteorological observations. It introduces a compound approach that accounts for both wind gusts and 24-hour cumulative precipitation, capturing combined damage mechanisms such as wind damage and water intrusion. The results show that models using wind only systematically underestimate damage for wetter storms, with underestimation increasing as precipitation totals rise. The study also finds reconstruction value meaningfully affects damage ratios and recommends using probabilistic loss distributions to reflect uncertainty in damage outcomes.

The paper analyses how wildfires cause diverse and widespread suffering beyond physical damage, encompassing environmental, social, mental, cultural, and resource-related dimensions. It draws from two systematic literature reviews and case studies in Chile and Canada. The authors argue for adaptive strategies that consider both social and ecological aspects. The study highlights that reducing wildfire suffering requires proactive adaptation rather than solely reactive responses.

This paper evaluates how well different meteorological variables explain residential windstorm insurance losses in the Netherlands. It combines high-resolution, asset-level claims from Achmea (2017–2021) with both Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institue (KNMI) station observations and downscaled ERA5-based reanalysis data. Wind gusts and daily maximum wind speeds show the strongest relationships with losses and claims, while pressure, humidity, and temperature correlate weakly. The hazard–damage relationship becomes clearer at higher spatial aggregation levels, and a wind-speed threshold around ~22 metres per second is observed where losses and claims rise more strongly.