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Dutch water distribution coordinator: "We've always had the luxury of sufficient water, so agriculture and shipping were possible everywhere. Now we have to get used to this not being the case anymore. The Netherlands have to become more resilient." www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/...

De houding van Nederlanders tegenover droogte moet veranderen, zeggen experts. ‘Wij zijn een verwend land’Watermanagement: De natuur, landbouw en scheepvaart kampen met grote droogteproblemen, maar eerdere investeringen verzachten de schade. Watermanagers verhoogden tijdig het peil van de ‘nationale regen...www.nrc.nl

'We suncream apples' - how heatwaves are affecting farming in the UK. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Farmers 'suncream' apples to stop them boiling in the heatwavesFarmers say fruit, cattle and crops are struggling to cope in the heatwaves.www.bbc.com

Five days ago, the Rhine - at the point where it enters the Netherlands - reached its lowest level ever recorded: 6.47 meter above sea level. Now it's at 6.35 m.

Dutch @knmi.nl meteorological institute: July was extremely dry: average rainfall in the Netherlands 13 mm, that's 83% below normal. It was the 8th warmest July on record. www.knmi.nl/over-het-knm...

Zeer droge, warme juliJuli was een zeer droge maand, met gemiddeld over het land slechts 13 millimeter neerslag (tegen 78 normaal). In het zuidwesten viel op sommige ple...www.knmi.nl

"You should support climate action, for your children and grandchildren" is a bit shortsighted. You should support it for everyone living now, especially those already taking the hardest hits all over the world. And neighbours, friends, family, yourself. And future generations. And other species.

Angry farmers block Dutch highway but don't get fined. Because... they had covered their licence plates 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♀️🤦 The police: that's illegal, but there was little we could do about it "given the situation" 🤡 The difference with the treatment of XR climate activists doing the same on foot is striking.

Belgium paying for Russia's war effort.

Another one down.

The nasty little thing with climate change is that the situation progressively gets worse as long as we emit greenhouse gases, and that is irreversible. So there's no happy message "Let's bring emissions to zero and then everything will be alright" Nope, everything will be worse than it is now. 1/

Russia is now losing 3.5 soldiers per hectare of Ukrainian land it (temporarily) gains.

Ukraine is systematically eliminating the logistics hubs of the Russian equivalent of Amazon. Because they were used for military goods, but with the useful side effect of letting Russians know that their war has come home.

Record low water level in Danube forced Hungary to shut down its nuclear power plant today, probably for weeks. It normally provides almost half the country's electricity. Companies asked to reduce demand, freight trains limited, civil servants to work from home. www.nieuwsblad.be/buitenland/h...

Hongarije legt enige kerncentrale stil door historisch lage waterstand van Donau en verliest daarmee bijna de helft van zijn elektriciteitsproductieHongarije schakelt zondag de kerncentrale van Paks volledig uit omdat het waterpeil van de Donau tot een recordlaagte is gezakt. De centrale levert normaal bijna de helft van alle elektriciteit in het land.www.nieuwsblad.be

The current debate in the UK on new licences for oil extraction from the North Sea is about the red sliver.

"The climate crisis is the background music of our lives." Isabelle Pasteuning-Cannoo, marketeer. Annoying, but probably true for many. There's news on it every day, but mostly drowned out by other, shorter, higher priority events.

Came across this quote from the movie La Haine: A person falling from a tall building, halfway: "Jusqu'ici, tout va bien!" = So far, everything is fine! Quoted by Mare de Wit, working on climate adaptation in the Netherlands.

This El Niño is set to be the largest on record by a ‘mind-blowing margin’ Forecasters predict that the monster climate pattern will combine with global warming to push global temperatures in 2027 to new heights. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

This El Niño is set to be the largest on record by a ‘mind-blowing margin’Forecasters predict that the monster climate pattern will combine with global warming to push global temperatures in 2027 to new heights.www.nature.com

Based on daily values, the July average of atmospheric CO2 at Mauna Loa was ~429.1 ppm. That's "only" 1.2 ppm higher than last year. But don't hold your breath: the upcoming El Niño will probably speed up the increase again.

After two months, this summer is the second hottest on record in the central Netherlands. It will take the lead within a few days, given the forecast.

Drought in the Netherlands: precipitation deficit* now double that of the peak in a median year, well within 5% driest years territory. Further increase predicted. *) evaporation minus rainfall