My friend was in Holland (The Netherlands) about ten years ago, and said they were already actively working against the effects of Global Climate Change/Global Warming back then. They were building their sea walls and dikes up much higher, and also finding area for water flow in rivers and flood plains to exist safely. But now it is ten years later, and we know things have gotten worse, faster, and I am wondering what they are doing about it now. What are they working on? Technology? Changing housing patterns? Are there people who are emigrating away from that country? What is the latest? Please don't use this question as a forum to argue against Global Climate Change. While it is true that Holland has always been low, and parts are sinking, and the sea level rise wasn't always called "Global Warming" or anything else like that, it is also the case that there are articles from the late 1990's talking about Holland dealing with the sea level, tides and surf rising up higher due to Global Climate Changes/Global Warming. They first began working on the sea rise problem in the fifties. My question is what are they doing about the effects of it now. My question isn't what they are doing to lower the temperature, since Holland is too small to make much impact. The answer that has the two links (one to the NY Times) has good information. "Best answer" will go to someone who connects me to information coming right from The Netherlands, about what they are working on now, and planning in the future.
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Nothing I want to know about. ( Been there. )
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I am Dutch and asked this very same question a few weeks ago ,but i did not get any good answers http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AsLS3WG2CbgT_MgJTBZkXczsy6IX?qid=20070529155703AAp6Zhv
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The only thing walls and dikes help with are longshore current errosion, which is not an effect of global warming, but what happens to ocean shores. They are probably currently/ regularly rebuilding and fixing these walls because they are being erroded by waves and water movement! The Netherlands is probably cleaner than some countries because more people ride their bikes there (so I've heard).
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There are areas of holland that were always below sea level, global warming wasn't the reason for dykes
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the netherlands r expected 2 go underwater w/in 50 years
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Well the EU is concidered a world leader in dealing with Greenhouse Gas emissions so I think they are doing quite a bit in terms of sea level rise by using environmental policies like Greenhouse Gas caps, emissions trading etc.. They are currently working on the most important issue Transportation.. Cars are the most prevalent source of human GHG emissions..
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What kind of revisionist liberal stuff have you been reading? Holland built the sea walls because they DRAINED a sea bed to make more usable land. They were building the dikes and using windmills to pump out the water for hundreds of years before anyone came up with the term "Global Warming." Your question is based on a premise that has no foundation in reality.
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Here's a recent article with some information. Holland is the 4th country. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/03/science/earth/03clim.html?ex=1333252800&en=44b06c0a12fbde36&ei=5088... A little more here: http://www.canary-project.org/photos_netherlands.html EDIT: http://www.government.nl/actueel/nieuwsarchief/2003/12December/12/42_24189.jsp http://www.government.nl/actueel/nieuwsarchief/2007/03March/09/0-42-1_42-93925.jsp http://www.government.nl/actueel/nieuwsarchief/2006/11November/20/0-42-1_42-89433.jsp http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/04/070413100826.htm http://www.stopglobalwarming.org/sgw_read.asp?id=10122412132006 Does this count? http://www.uwgb.edu/DutchS/PSEUDOSC/GlobWarm.HTM
