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To promote climate policy development and ensure a water-robust and climate-resilient future, Netherlands has developed a spatial adaptation plan. The plan is based on stress testing on extreme climate events such as drought, heat stress , flooding and heavy downpours to identify vulnerabilities in the living environment. [ 46 ]
The Ministry of Climate Policy and Green Growth (Dutch: Ministerie van Klimaat en Groene Groei; KGG) is the Dutch ministry responsible for climate policy. The ministry was spun off from the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy on 2 July 2024, when the right-wing Schoof cabinet was installed. "Economic Affairs" was simultaneously ...
Ministry of Climate Policy and Green Growth: Style: His/Her Excellency: Member of: Council of Ministers: Appointer: The Monarch on advice of the Prime Minister: Precursor: Minister for Climate and Energy Policy: First holder: Eric Wiebes as Minister of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy 26 October 2017; 7 years ago () Salary: €189,210 (as of ...
The United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) issued its fourth and fifth assessment reports on climate change in 2007 and 2014, respectively. Among other findings, the reports emphasized the need for significant reduction in carbon dioxide emissions in the short-term, by 2030.
The Ministry of Economic Affairs was renamed Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy. The old name was restored in 2024, when the Ministry of Climate Policy and Green Growth was spun off. The Minister of Economic Affairs (Dutch: Minister van Economische Zaken) is the head of the Ministry and a member of the Cabinet of the Netherlands.
Kingdom of the Netherlands: ... Water Management and the responsibilities for environmental policy and climate change policy were transferred to the Ministry ...
GCA's headquarters is in the largest floating office in the world, moored in the Rijnhaven in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. [10] [11] [12] The office is off-grid, carbon neutral, self-sufficient, and an example of existing adaptation to climate change impacts such as rising sea levels.
Rob Arnoldus Adrianus Jetten was born on 25 March 1987 in Veghel, North Brabant, Netherlands. He grew up in Uden and attended his secondary education at Udens College between 1999 and 2005. He then studied at Radboud University between 2005 and 2011, where he obtained a BA and an MA , both in Public Administration .