The Dutch Caribbean islands are vulnerable to the effects of climate change. Building resilience is key to tackling these challenges. Spanning across Aruba, Curaçao and St. Maarten, the IPDC project ‘Climate scenarios and digitisation’ aims to deliver selected climate change scenarios for 2050-2100 and digitised historical meteorological data.
The IPDC has worked with a range of partners to deliver selected climate change scenarios for 2050-2100, and to digitise meteorological archives. This ultimately helps increase public awareness, and to inform or enhance national climate risks assessments and national adaptation strategies and plans.
Climate scenarios were developed for the periods 2050-2100. They were tailored to the local circumstances of the islands of Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten. The scenarios entail projections for climate stressors such as temperature, windspeed, rainfall and sea water level.
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