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Covering Climate Now: COP26
Flood control lessons from the Dutch as we enter a wetter future
Resume![A view of the damage after heavy rain and devastating floods in Waverly, Tennessee, in Aug. 2021 (Peter Zay/Getty Images)](https://wordpress.wbur.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/GettyImages-1234824522-1000x667.jpg)
Like many parts of the world, the Netherlands experienced heavy rainfall this year. But unlike its neighboring countries, it averted disastrous floods.
So if one of the most flood-prone countries in the world can avoid catastrophic flooding, are there lessons we can adapt for a wetter future due to climate change?
Henk Ovink, the Netherlands' first special envoy for international water affairs, joins us from Glasgow.
This story is part of Covering Climate Now, a project aimed at strengthening the media’s focus on the climate crisis. WBUR is one of 400+ news organizations that have committed to a week of heightened coverage around the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow. Check out all our coverage here.
This segment aired on November 12, 2021.