The Netherlands

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Netherlands

Overview 

The National Adaptation Hub for the Netherlands operates through two linked components: a dedicated webpage on the existing Climate Adaptation Knowledge Portal, and regular NAH meetings. The hub's purpose is to connect partners, identify needs, agree on priorities, support joint learning, and act as a bridge between local/regional actors and European adaptation processes. It explicitly builds on existing structures rather than creating something new. The hub is set up by Foundation Climate Adaptation Services (CAS), which has been operating as an independent knowledge broker on climate adaptation in the Netherlands since 2014 and already runs the national Climate Adaptation Knowledge Portal (with 1,000–1,500 unique daily visitors). 

The Netherlands

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The Hub will organise bi-annual NAH meetings (online or hybrid) for connecting partners, assessing needs, setting priorities, and joint learning — interactive working sessions are explicitly preferred over more passive formats. A dedicated webpage on the Climate Adaptation Knowledge Portal, used to share updates, resources, and hub outputs. Targeted workshops and capacity-building & twinning sessions with transboundary partners, offered where practical needs are identified.
Participation in peer learning across other national hubs and cross-country exchange. The scope and frequency of meetings aren't fully fixed yet — the first meeting is specifically designed to shape what comes next. 

Core participants include Mission signatories of the EU Climate Adaptation Mission, RVO, and representatives of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management (covering both DPRA and NAS); regional and local level: provinces, municipalities, water boards, and the 45 adaptation "work regions" under the DPRA — engaged primarily through the Knowledge Portal; extended/ad hoc participants (planned for later phases): a broader range of local and regional governments, and sectors currently underrepresented such as health, agriculture, nature, defence, energy, finance, and the private sector

  • Strengthen horizontal coordination across sectors at national level, building on the National Adaptation Strategy as the cross-cutting framework
  • Consolidate and deepen multilevel connectivity, making the existing Delta Programme/DPRA structures work better across all regions and types of authority, not just the most active ones. Create a more consistent bridge to Europe, helping Dutch actors engage with EU missions, funds, and peer learning in a more structured way.

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