The Netherlands vs the sea: The race to hold back rising waters

This article presents the Netherlands as a global laboratory for climate adaptation, highlighting how centuries of water management experience are increasingly being positioned as an international export model. In that context, it notes that the Global Center on Adaptation (GCA), headquartered in a floating office in Rotterdam’s Rijnhaven, emerged from the earlier Global Commission on Adaptation launched by the Netherlands and partner countries in 2018. GCA is referenced as part of a broader Dutch effort to translate domestic expertise in living with water into international adaptation knowledge-sharing and action at global scale.