Climate Adaptation Services
Webportal development in the Netherlands
Hasse GoosenClimate Adaptation Services Foundation
Alterra/WUR
EEA meeting on national web portals, Kopenhagen 19 June 2013
Problem statement
• Local governments play a crucial role in adaptation
• Climate science and data does not reach local stakeholders
• There is a clear need for a webportal that bridges the gap between the climate science community and the spatial planning community
Limited policy relevant information for adaptationTool Organization Scope Primary maps Secondary maps Tertiary maps
Canadian Climate Change Scenarios Network Environment Canada Canada Yes No No
Caribbean Climate Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre Caribbean Yes Yes No
CI:grasp PIK Germany Emerging economies Yes Yes Limited
Climate Change Country Profiles UNDP Developing nations Yes No No
Climate Change in Australia CSIRO Australia Yes Yes No
Climate Change Knowledge Portal World bank Global Yes Yes Limited
Climate Service Center Helmholz-ZentrumsGeesthacht Germany Yes No No
CLIMATE-ADAPT European Commission EU nations Yes Yes No
Ilmasto-Opas Finnish Meteorological Institute Finland Yes No Limited
Klimatilpasning Task Force on Climate Change Adaptation Denmark Yes Yes No
KlimatilpasningNorge Ministry of Environment Norway Yes No No
RegionalerKlimaatlas Deutschland HelmholzGemeinschaft Germany Yes Yes No
Objective
Climate research
Adaptation in spatial
planning
Challenges
• Information is scattered: different institutions and projects have their own websites• To much science driven, limited inclusion of
end users• Maintenance: a number of project or program
based websites will disappear due to lack of funding
Recent developments
• We see new foundations emerge taking over from the knowledge subsidy programs: • Foundation Climate Adaptation Services • Delta Alliance • Water Buffer Foundation• Sustainable Delta Cities
• Possibly the establishment of an EU wide panel of end users to streamline portal development across EU (ES-ENESS2; CCLIP; Climate Adapt, ToPDAd, Base, Ramses, Euphorias, Specs, Eclise, Impact2C)
Existing websites in the Netherlands• Delta Portal (Delta programme website): for professionals
involved in the Delta Programme such as water managers, sector specialists
• Climate Adaptation Atlas (Knowledge for Climate programme): aimed at local/provincial planners and policy makers
• Platform Communication on Climate Change (KNMI, PBL, VU, ..): aims to provide information about climate scenario’s, climate policy
• Climate Wizard (KNMI): aimed at research community• Space for Climate (Climate Changes Spatial Planning
programme): aims at disclosure of the practical results of the CCSP programme, cases, tools and lessons learnt
• Knowledge for Climate website: for scientific community and for policy makers
Towards one central portal integrating existing webtools
Climate Adaptation Atlas
Guiding principles
Adaptation measure database
Image database
Climate Apps: urban heat, water availability and water safety
Tools
Best practices: cases
To provide a one stop shop for spatial information for climate change adaptation
To offer best practices, tools and services to support adaptation planning at the local/district level
Organisation
• Definition study commissioned by:
- Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment
- Knowledge for Climate (KfC programme)
• Lead: Climate Adaptation Services Foundation (Deltares,
Alterra, KNMI, TNO, KWR, CAB)
• Development of the portal in 2014 maintenance through
the CAS fundation
• Primary CC data provided by KNMI(Met Office)
• Secondary/tertiary impacts: KfK/CCsP funded research
• Measures and best practises from Delta Programme and
KfK/CCsP projects
Climate Adaptation Atlas
Primary CC impacts from the KNMI (Met Office)
2nd/3rd order impacts: joint effort of various knowledge institutes funded by KfK/CCsp
Go to ‘guiding principles for adaptation
Adaptation measure databaseSeveral databases available
Image database
Best practices
Touch table
Key lessons learnt
• Science policy interaction is CRUCIAL:
A) To clarify user needs (selection of indicators for which purposes);
B) To gain understanding of what science can and can’t produce
• The importance of visualisation: reducing the abundance of data
to a comprehensive set of maps, using interactive maps and
touchtable technology
• Pursuade scientists to share their latest resuls (don’t wait for
anything better)
• Move beyond primary CC impacts: from Climate services towards
Adaptation services
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