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Dutch unveil big plan to fight rising tides

2014-09-17 02:10:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Agence France-Presse: The Netherlands on Tuesday unveiled a multi-billion-euro, multi-decade plan to counter the biggest environmental threat to the low-lying European nation: surging seawater caused by global climate change. The project, expected to span 30 years and cost 20 billion euros ($25 billion), will see new sea barriers built and existing dykes strengthened in the country, much of which lies below sea-level. Environmental Minister Melanie Schultz van Haegen, presenting the plan to parliament, called it...

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