Research themes & flagships
Creating a climate resilient society cannot be achieved without innovative technologies that both help to mitigate climate change and to adapt our living environment to the consequences of global warming. It cannot be achieved without a better understanding of global and regional climate change. And it cannot be achieved without deeper insights into the ethical, social and cultural boundary conditions, designs and effects. As such, our Climate Action Programme focuses on four overarching themes - Climate Science, Climate Change Mitigation, Climate Change Adaptation and Climate Change Governance.
Our Climate Action Programme builds upon decades of university wide climate action research and is focused on expanding our climate action impact in the Netherlands and beyond, especially through the establishment of 17 new Flagships. These Flagships include multidisciplinary teams and are guided by a holistic and interdisciplinary approach to address the complex and urgent problem of climate change. Over time additional flagship projects may be added to the research programme.
Four theme leads help to coordinate activities under their theme and the associated Flagships.
Further climate action research
Climate action research is undertaken across TU Delft on a wide range of topics. Find more information on a selection of TU Delft’s climate-related projects below:
Center for Social Complexity of Climate Change (SC3)
Delta Futures Lab
Energy Transition Lab
Flood Risk
Sustainable Aviation
Urban Ecology
Circularity:
Circular Economy
Circular Built Environment