Presentation by Ad Jeuken (Deltares, Netherlands) at the Climate Adaptation Symposium 2023, during the Delft Software Days - Edition 2023 (DSD-INT 2023). Wednesday, 29 November 2023, Delft.

1. Ad Jeuken, Climate Adaptation and Disaster Risk
Management
Some of Deltares’ research and
innovation priorities
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Knowledge and tools for
Climate Adaptation

2. Deltares Climate Adaptation and Disaster Risk
Management department (CAD)
• ~25 experts covering climate adaptation planning, risk assessment, economics, governance and
finance
• Contribution to IPCC AR6, WGII lead for AR7
• Applied research for and with Dutch government, EU, IDBs, Financial sector
• Support of the EU Mission on adaptation, supporting 100 regions to do CRA and Resilience
planning
• Development of tools and methods to support Climate Resilient Development Pathways
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3. Research and innovation priorities
• Adaptation pathways for accelerated sea level
rise: what are pathways under high-end
scenarios to keep our deltas liveable?
• Better include new thinking on climate resilient
development, climate justice, transformative
adaptation into metrics, methods and tools to
support decision making
• Make methods and tools accesible at scale:
e.g.how to offer better connection with
mainstream software tools, globally available
climate service platforms
• Mainstream methods with user narratives
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4. Our tools and software
• Planning frameworks: Dynamic Adaptation Policy
Pathways (DAPP) and Climate Risk Informed Decision
Analysis (CRIDA)
• Selected tool development
− Climate Stress Testing Tool (CST Tool)
(in cooperation with the Worldbank)
− FloodAdapt
(in cooperation with US Department of Homeland Security,
Danish Coastal Authority, Cork City)
− Climate Resilient Cities Tool (CRC Tool)
(Consultants, EU REACHOUT)
• Using generic Kernels:
− wflow - surface hydrology
− MODFLOW – groundwater hydrology
− RTC-Tools – optimal water allocation
− RIBASIM – water resources distribution
− FIAT – flood impact modeling
− HydroMT – model builder