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Climate Scenarios for the Netherlands

A guide for professionals in climate adaptation

The report presents four scenarios for future climate change in the Netherlands. Each scenario provides a consistent picture of the changes in 12 climate variables, including temperature, precipitation, sea level, and wind. Not only the changes in the mean climate are depicted, but also changes in the extremes such as the coldest winter day and the maximum hourly precipitation per year. The changes are for two different time horizons: around 2050 and around 2085, relative to the reference period of 1981-2010,

Teaser: Climate Scenarios for the Netherlands

The four scenarios consist of two possible values for the global temperature increase, ‘Moderate’ and ‘Warm’, and two possible changes in the air circulation pattern, ‘Low value’ and ‘High value’. Together they span the likely changes in the climate of the Netherlands according to the newest insights.
The scenarios serve as a guide for evaluating the consequences of climate change and for developing options and strategies for climate adaptation. They will enable users to include climate change when making decisions to ensure that the Netherlands will have a safe and sustainable future.



KNMI, the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute, is the national data and knowledge institute for climate science. As an agency of the Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment KNMI advises the Dutch government on climate change.



KNMI MAY 2014
www.climatescenarios.nl [1]

Catégories

  • Adaptation au changement climatique