Green Climate Solutions
We can no longer ignore the fact that the world's climate is becoming more unpredictable and more extreme. As water levels rise, the risk of flooding looms large. At the same time, periods of drought are becoming longer and more frequent. Yet, our most precious resource – our planet's biosphere – is not only under threat. It is also the source of many of our solutions. In the Green Climate Solutions programme, researchers and academics jointly apply their understanding of nature and natural processes to address the challenges of climate change.
Cooperate with us for Green Climate Solutions
Wageningen Environmental Research develops user-driven solutions to climate challenges for policymakers, local authorities, the financial and agricultural sectors, and rural and urban planners. Our climate services experts provide the information needed for long-term strategic planning and to build business models for the transition to sustainable, low-carbon economies.
Wageningen Environmental Research is constantly working on ways to make agriculture more climate-smart. We assist governments, agencies and farmer groups to identify and implement solutions so they can improve water availability and optimise water allocation and saving practices. We offer urban planners tools to design sustainable water management strategies, so that cities become safe, healthy and pleasant places to live. And as governments widen the search for low-carbon energy sources to mitigate climate change, we devise creative solutions.
Read more
- Running for climate: ‘Marathon is a metaphor for the climate crisis’
- Longread 'Climate change'
- Longread 'Seven reasons to invest in a green city'
- Causes of climate change
- Consequences of climate change
- Wageningen Climate Solutions magazine - 2019
- Theme - Climate change at Wageningen University & Research
Download our fact sheets
Chair groups involved in this programme:
Education at WUR
- Bachelor Bos- en Natuurbeheer
- Bachelor's Soil, Water, Atmosphere
- Bachelor's Environmental Sciences
- Master's Climate Studies
- Master's Earth and Environment
- Master's Environmental Sciences
- Master Forest and Nature Conservation
- MOOC: Climate Action in Biodiverse Landscapes
- MOOC: Tourism and Climate Change
News
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‘Transitioning to sustainable energy will, once again, transform our landscapes’
In his role as a personal professor Post-Carbon Landscape Design, Sven Stremke hopes to impart the need for sustainable landscape architecture to his... -
Dutch soybeans and polder rice: new crops in a changing climate
Drier summers, wetter winters, higher temperatures and more frequent heavy downpours. Climate change is now a fact of life that is affecting global... -
Green Deal projects of WUR for a climate-neutral EU
A climate-neutral European Union in 2050 with a sustainable economy. That is the goal of the Green Deal of the European Commission. The EU launched a... -
Inauguration Gerard Velthof: ‘Stop manure, nitrogen and climate policies working against each other’
As a farmer, how should you manage your soil in the labyrinth of environmental policy? Gerard Velthof will focus on this question in his inaugural... -
How do trees survive dry and hot summers? Leaf lifespan and growth recovery are key
Climate change has an effect on forests and trees. They suffer from heatwaves and periods of drought. But although we see tree mortality increase as a...
Projects
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Program Managing Public Space (MaPS)
This Program adds a management perspective to planning and designing public space and is funded by societal partners joined in the Stichting Managing... -
The Round Landscape: Landscape-driven climate adaptation - nature-inclusive and circular
Worldwide, there is growing attention for nature-based solutions as promising solutions for climate adaptation and mitigation. At the same time, the... -
Nature-based Solutions for Climate Resilient and Circular Food Systems
Nature-based solutions are claimed to positively contribute to food security under climate change conditions. However, the knowledge underpinning this... -
Adaptive Cities Through integrated Nature Based Solutions (ACT on NBS)
The project Adaptive Cities Through integrated Nature Based Solutions (ACT on NBS) from EIT-Climate KIC, aims to scale nature-based solutions (NBS) in... -
Wageningen Climate Solutions: Knowledge agenda on climate research for Europe 2120
Last year, WUR developed the vision and map for a nature based future for the Netherlands in 2120. The vision resulted in useful discussions within...
Read our in-depth longreads
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Why seagrass needs space
Seagrass: green leaves swaying in the currents. Fish weave their way through, and sea turtles graze. They’re always on their guard, watching out... -
This is how green the Netherlands could be in 100 years
In 100 years from now, the Netherlands will be a land of green cities, circular agriculture, and more forests, water and swamps. A climate-proof... -
Nature as the inspiration for climate solutions
Technological solutions alone will not provide long-term answers to climate change and environmental problems. If we want to be climate-proof in the... -
Wageningen expertise in the IPCC climate report
It is a time-consuming, labour-intensive ancillary function and the results often cause a fuss and spark controversy. But for Wageningen researchers,... -
Clear Water, Pure Coffee
Coffee bean cultivation in Colombia is suffering due to climate change. A lauded collaboration between Wageningen and the private sector that focused...
Tools & services
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Flanders climate data platform - bundling all information in a single portal
The Flanders climate information portal bundles current and future projections of primary climate indicators (temperature, precipitation, evaporation... -
Spatial Solution Finder
The Spatial Solution Finder helps farmers to choose measures that will reduce their on-farm emissions. Completing an online questionnaire generates a... -
Climate Risk Assessment Service
Climate change poses high risks to the agri-food business. We offer climate risk assessment services to stakeholders in the value-chain, so they can... -
Climate Impact Atlas
The Climate Impact Atlas is an online collection of maps that show potential climate changes and the effects of changes for the Netherlands on... -
MARS-OP crop yield forecasting
MARS-OP is a crop-yield prediction service we deliver to the European Commission. Mars-op provides European and national authorities with reliable and...