Towards Improved Flood Defences: Five Years of All-Risk Research into the New Safety Standards

Without our dikes and dunes, 60% of the Netherlands would flood on a regular basis. This area is home to 9 million people. The latest<br/>report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC, February 2022) underlines the importance of reinforcing water safety. Sea levels are rising and extreme weather is becoming increasingly common....

Carbon Risk and Mitigating Strategies in the Maritime Industry: An investigation into the financial risk of the energy and climate transition, and its main drivers

The shipping industry accounts for a significant share in global GHG emissions. Especially since Business as Usual (BaU) scenario studies project that the emissions due to shipping could increase by 50 [%] to 250 [%] in the period to 2050 (IMO, 2015), shipowners face a potential regulatory threat. Major climate regulations for shipping already...

Perspectives on Control System Security: Assessing security risks resulting from contradicting values between Operational and Information Technology

Industrial control systems in the electricity domain become increasingly connected. The change in the control systems industry has several drivers. Business drivers on the one hand; management is expecting more information and more steering possibilities. Market drivers on the other hand; better incorporation of decentralized generation,...