Interview J. van Engelenburg - On a mission to make water resilient to climate change

“Dutch researcher, Dr Jolijn van Engelenburg, is on a mission to safeguard our water resources as the impacts of climate change start to be felt, with the help of funding from the European Union and 20 partners from six European countries. ‘In the Netherlands, our problem used to be keeping water out. Now we are trying to keep it in’ The work of Dr van Engelenburg and her fellow European researchers within the BINGO project was to design innovative ways to ensure that our water-management systems are robust enough to respond to the challenges that climate change is already causing. With the scientific community trying to predict future long-term climate patterns, and the world’s weather becoming more erratic, protecting our water supplies in the near to medium term – in the face of more frequent drought and flooding – is now an urgent task. But the unpredictability means that it is not an exact science. The EU supports researchers discover new ways to protect our world and improve people’s lives.”

(Citation: Stein, T. – Interview J. van Engelenburg – On a mission to make water resilient to climate change – www.ec.europa.eu (2023)9 May)