By Ilke Borowski-Maaser, CEO of Interessen Im Fluss, Peter Nailon, Wear Rivers Trust and Jesper Bjergsted Pedersen, Aarhus University Although climate disruption is almost certain, local effects of climate change – storms, floods and droughts – are hard to predict. Underground aquifers holding immense amounts of groundwater play a hidden but crucial part in this […]
By Angelica Kaus, Province of Groningen, The Netherlands Due to climate change and risk of sea level rise, agriculture in coastal areas is under pressure. Soil salinisation has already led to the degradation of millions of hectares of farmland worldwide, a potential threat to food security. Farmers in the North Sea Region also experience increasing […]
By Gerard McGovern, University of Oldenburg Funded by the Interreg North Sea Region Programme, the COBEN project promotes a new process model and business models designed to underpin civic energy systems. The project has built a network of 3,000 organisations with significant impact on regional energy structures. The need to address climate challenges by cutting […]
By Harry Mach, project manager at the UK Broads Authority. The CANAPE project stands for Creating A New Approach to Peatland Ecosystems. In this article we explore why this is important, and what would a new approach look like. The autumn sunlight breaks through bleak grey clouds. A lonely group of people walk through golden […]
