High population growth, a lack of wastewater treatment plants and poor wastewater management are major challenges in wastewater management in Timor-Leste (East Timor). One of the approaches of the government of Timor-Leste is to separate wastewater into greywater and blackwater from domestic, commercial, …

Built environments are increasingly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. Most European towns and cities have developed horizontally over time but are currently in the process of further densification. High-rise developments are being built within city boundaries at an unprecedented rate to accommodate …

Forecasting long-term consequences of global warming requires knowledge on thermal mortality and how heat stress interacts with other environmental stressors on different timescales. Here, we describe a flexible analytical framework to forecast mortality risks by combining laboratory measurements on …

The increasing share of renewable production like wind and PV poses new challenges to our energy system. The intermittent behavior and lack of controllability on these sources requires flexibility measures like storage and conversion. Production, consumption, transportation, storage and conversion systems …

While the optimal mean annual temperature for people and nations is said to be between 13 °C and 18 °C, many people live productive lives in regions or countries that commonly exceed this temperature range. One such country is Australia. We carried out an Australia-wide online survey using a structured …

Klimaatadaptieve fietsexcursie Amsterdam

With increase in awareness of the risks posed by climate change and increasingly severe weather events, attention has turned to the need for urgent action. While strategies to respond to flooding and drought are well-established, the effects - and effective response - to heat waves is much less understood. …

College en tour voor Peruaanse Delegatie Noorderzijlvest.Voor een ontwikkelings- en samenwerkingsproject heeft het Waterschap Noorderzijlvest in de week van 12 tot 18 september een Peruaanse Delegatie ontvangen. Als onderdeel van dit bezoek wou het waterschap de samenwerking tussen gemeente, waterschap …

Dat hittestress een belangrijke uitdaging is in klimaatadaptatie bleek wel weer in de laatste weken van juli en augustus waarbij hitterecords sneuvelden. In Nederland wordt relatief veel gemeten in de buitenlucht, maar ook steeds meer in woningen om hittestress te bepalen. Meetstations die in woonwijken …

Onderzoek met publieke en particuliere partijen, door vijf hogescholen in tien wijken, heeft geresulteerd in nieuwe kennis over meten, beleven en doen ten aanzien van klimaatadaptie. Klimaatadaptatie blijkt nog beperkt te leven onder inwoners. Toch eindigde dit onderzoek met honderden concrete oplossingen …