ABSTRACT
In Al Gore's documentary ‘An Inconvenient Truth’ the Netherlands is portrayed as one of the major potential victims of climate change. In a dramatic animation large portions of country are flooded and become part of the North Sea. It is obvious that climate change has potentially disastrous implications for a country of which 35 per cent lies below sea level. Even today 65 per cent of the country would run the risk of regular flooding if there were no protective measures such as dikes and storm surge barriers. It is clear that water management is the core issue of climate change in the Netherlands (WRR, 2006).
