Temperatures in the Netherlands are rising twice as fast as the global average – meaning the country will have to invest heavily in adapting critical infrastructure to cope with the damaging impact.
The warning is contained in a new report from the Dutch Meteorological Institute (KNMI), which reveals that the country is “warming by 0.4 per cent every 10 years, twice as fast as global average warming” and says rising sea levels pose the greatest long-term risk.
Environmental research shows that between 1990-2023 total warming from greenhouse gases caused by humans increased by 51 per cent, and KNMI director Maarten van Aalst says the institute’s findings are consistent with…