Together we can make a difference Alfons Finkers June 4 th 2015

The Hague

“Death by a thousand cuts”...

rather than one big stab.

A thousand cures... No one cure. In The Hague mitigation and adaptation actions are integrated in a great number of other plans and instruments such as: – Private building information desk – Water agenda – Climate Change plan – Housing plan – Energy vision – Public Health plan – Nature policy plan – Environmental impact assessment – Climate fund – Subsidies on floor & roof insulation, on green roofs – Energy fairs – City farming – Energy convents – Water “accounting” by spatial plans – Participation programmes – Foundation Sustainable The Hague – And many, many others… a few examples :

Water storage In The Hague many areas are densely build up. Water can’t always seep enough into the ground and not always there is room for a dual sewage system. To create the necessary water storage we’ve build 13 underground storm water basins and numerous sewage storage basins (like this one underneath Huygens park).

Reconnecting waterways

Water compensation

Neherkade

Easy quick wins

Active citizens and collectives, together they make the difference

Examples of other cities in A very comprehensive book and website; Google “Urban green – Blue grids” orhttp://

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