Climate and Financial Risks in the Dutch Delta
The Dutch Delta is facing new and growing risks due to climate change. Seas are rising and weather is becoming more extreme, for example. This effects people, nature, and the economy. These changes also have impacts on our financial system and will require new approaches to financing life in our low-lying delta.
Resilient Delta is working with scientists, policymakers, and practitioners to ask:
– What long-term investments and financing strategies do we need to keep our delta livable and prosperous?
– What is a fair distribution of roles and responsibilities for tackling risks and finding solutions?
– How can public and private resources and interventions be aligned to project people, nature, and the economy?
Resilient Delta brings scientists, practitioners, policymakers, and citizens together to work on these crucial topics. On this website, you’ll find updates on Resilient Delta-sponsored events, projects, and collaborators working to address climate and financial risks in our delta. By working together, we can build solutions for our delta.
Updates
Water safety takes more than strong dikes: the financial system must hold up too
The Netherlands is one of the safest delta countries in the world. That safety is owed to dikes and flood defences, but also to a financial system that enables large-scale and long-term investments. “We are facing decisions that will affect generations to come,” says Hielke van der Aa.
WBS: Building by the rules of water and soil
Researchers examined how the ambitious Dutch climate resilience policy “Water en Bodem Sturend” plays out in practice.
EU report highlights Resilient Delta as example of climate finance collaboration
A new report from the European Commission’s Reflection Group on Mobilising Climate Resilience Financing highlights the Resilient Delta initiative as a promising example of collaboration.
Expert Meeting: Finance Solutions for a Resilient Delta
On 22 May 2025, over 100 leaders joined for our second annual Finance Solutions for a Resilient Delta expert meeting in Delft.
“Homeowners unaware of flood risks”: Why scientists are developing a water label for Dutch homes
Tatiana Filatova and Antonia Krefeld-Schwalb aim to develop a water label for Dutch homes. “This isn’t about scaring people, it’s about empowering them.”
Working Towards NLAAA: Finance Solutions for a Resilient Delta
In this expert meeting the objective was to find a new investment strategy in the Dutch delta vulnerable to climate risks.
For Zac Taylor, climate risk hits home
In this interview Zac Taylor explains that we must rethink how and where we live in a climate-changed world. But how will we organize and finance this transition?
The Association of Insurers signs memorandum with Resilient Delta Initiative
RDi and the Dutch Association of Insurers have signed a MoU on how and where to build and live in our low-lying Delta in a climate-adaptive way.
