Sea level rise (SLR) will increase adaptation needs along low-lying coasts worldwide.
Despite centuries of experience with coastal risk, knowledge about the effectiveness and …

Social and environmental sciences have shown that narratives have significant impact on
human behaviour. Understanding water narratives can therefore help policy-makers …

In national and international arenas, climate change and its impact are often framed as a
grave global security threat, causing chaos, conflict and destabilising countries. This framing …

Today the world is confronted with dual crises: creeping and acute threats unfolding at the
same time—for example, the manifestation of extreme weather events such as drought and …

Despite the fact that we currently witness an increasing interest in the study of the role of
agency in policy dynamics, it remains in many respects a puzzle how policy change can be …

During the construction and operation phases, infrastructure projects face social unrest,
such as community protests, boycotting of services as well as negative press reports of these …

Water management and particularly flood defence have a long history of collective action in
low-lying countries like the Netherlands. The uncertain but potentially severe impacts of the …

Scholars stress the need to bring science and policy together for effective policy making.
This paper highlights an interesting site of co-production: the second Dutch Delta …

Sectoral planning on water, agriculture and urban development has not been able to
prevent increased flood risks and environmental degradation in many deltas. Governments …

The present contribution focuses on the 'selling'of the 'climate crisis' to intended key
audiences, both in the international domain and at home. We look into the mechanics of …