Climate Adaptation Services (CAS) is a not-for-profit organization that provides products and services to anticipate the impacts of climate change. These include offering insight into local climate change impacts, risks and vulnerabilities as well as offering the methods and tools for establishing climate-proof areas, sectors and communities. By integrating data and knowledge and developing tools and visualizations, CAS translates climate information into common language for end-users. The starting point is ‘keep it simple’: focus on the information that the local official, water expert, adviser or other professional can work with.
CAS was founded within the context of the Dutch national research program ‘Knowledge for Climate’ (2008-2014) and builds on the knowledge and experiences gained from this program. Since 2012, CAS acts independently and has extended its activities worldwide. As such, CAS coordinates the Dutch national Climate Impact Atlas (klimaateffectatlas.nl), the Dutch Climate Damage Atlas (climatedamageatlas.com) and the Knowledge Portal for Spatial Adaptation (klimaatadaptatienederland.nl). Through this platform, CAS supports Dutch local governments in adapting to climate change, reaching out to more than 800 users per day. CAS has developed interactive climate impact atlases and story maps for European, Asian and African cities, in for example Bangladesh, Indonesia, Kenya, Malaysia, Nepal, South Africa, the Philippines, Vietnam and Western Africa. Our main international activities include:
CAS is the co-lead of Deltares within REACHOUT and will be mainly responsible for the work package on service delivery
During an extreme rainfall event, Jan watches in fear as water rises dangerously close to flooding his apartment. His experience highlights the urgent need for climate adaptation in Gdynia, inspiring the community to take action and build a more resilient future together.
