Climate change & adaptation
We live in a rapidly changing environment, posing unprecedented pressures on cities and water systems. Make your business and water system ready for the future. Get adaptation strategies tailored to your situation, and supported by scientific analyses.
Get tailored adaptation plans
Cities, industries and water managers are all impacted by climate change. We quantify those impacts using climate scenarios, tailored to your site and situation. Ensure yourself of the best no-regret strategies that remain effective on the long term. We support decision making in regard to climate adaptation planning, formulate policy recommendations, and design specific measures. Our multi-scenario simulation approach effectively deals with the uncertainties inherent to climate change.
See the quantified impacts of trends
Next to climate change and changing rainfall extremes, we quantify the impacts and consequences of urbanization and increasing impervious surfaces, population growth, management changes and other trends.
Cases
Blue Deal impact monitoring
Impact quantification of Blue Deal actions on the integrated water system
Client:
CIW
Period:
2021-2023
Development climate adaptation tooling
Development of the climate adaptation planning tool of the Flemish Environment Agency - focus on drought.
Client:
VMM
Period:
2021-2022
Drought planning city of Ghent
Development of a quantified and proactive drought policy plan for the city of Ghent.
Client:
City of Ghent
Period:
2020-2021
Future proofing Brussels Airport
Quantification of storm water and climate risks for Brussels Airport, followed by the development of an effective plan to future-proof the airport. Various investment and adaptation strategies were quantified and optimized through model simulations.
Client:
Brussels Airport Company
Period:
2018-2022
Quantifying climate change impacts on the energy sector in Suriname
Quantification and mapping of the impacts and risks of climate change for the energy sector in Suriname.
Client:
Energiebedrijven Suriname (EBS)
Period:
2019
Drawing up a quantified drought mitigation plan for Leuven
Setting up a drought mitigation plan for the city of Leuven. Different policy strategies are assessed based on a water balance model that includes all relevant sources and users of water on city wide scale.
Client:
City of Leuven
Period:
2019-2020
Quantifying climate change impact on Flemish sewers
Client:
VLARIO
Period:
2018
Climate adaptation city of Bruges
Drawing up an effective, sustainable and quantified climate adaptation plan for the historical city center of Bruges. The project involved a climate risk analysis, quantification of various adaptation measures and a participatory approach.
Client:
City of Bruges
Period:
2018-2021
Future proofing the water management of the Oudlandpolder
Client:
Flemish government
Period:
2021-2022
ACLIMA - Assuring water Availability in Agriculture under changing CLIMAte conditions
This EU LIFE-funded project helps in future-proofing the water availability for agriculture and the greenhouse sector. The project aims to reduce water demand, maximize sustainable water use, infiltration, re-using effluents and minimizing CO2-emissions. Check https://lifeaclima.eu/ for more info.
Client:
EU LIFE
Period:
2021-2026
Quantification and mapping of droughts in Flanders
Development of an operational "drought model" for Flanders to quantify and map droughts under current and future climate.
Client:
VMM
Period:
2018-2020
Climate adaptation Meetjesland
This project included a risk analysis for the Meetjesland region, a regional climate adaptation plan, followed by the development of local climate adaptation plans (e.g. Assenede, Eeklo, Evergem, Lievegem, Sint-Laureins, Wachtebeke, Zelzate).
Client:
Veneco & Province Oost-Vlaanderen
Period:
2018-2019
Renovation "Sas Slijkens"
Quantification of various climate-proof scenarios to renovate Sas Slijkens (Oostend).
Client:
De Vlaamse Waterweg
Period:
2019-2022
Climate change impact scenario development
Development of climate change scenarios for all regions of the world.
Client:
Various clients
Period:
Continuously