The National Climate Adaptation Strategy in the Netherlands introduces a number of new projects and will hasten the development of current efforts.

The NAS visualizes the effects of climate change in nine sectors, including water and spatial management, nature, agriculture, horticulture, and fisheries, health and welfare, recreation and tourism, infrastructure (road, rail, water, and aviation), energy, IT and telecommunications, and public safety and security, using four diagrams: "Hotter," "Wetter," "Drier," and "Rising Sea Level."
There are six climatic effects that demand immediate action: 1) Increased heat stress resulting in higher mortality, morbidity, and hospital admission rates, as well as lower productivity; 2) More frequent failure of critical systems, including infrastructures for electricity, communications, IT, and transportation 3) More frequent crop failures or other issues in the agricultural industry, such as lower yields or harm to the resources used in production, 4) Shifting climate zones, which will prevent some plant and animal species from migrating or adapting in part because there is no globally coordinated spatial policy; 5) A likely rise in infectious diseases or allergy (respiratory) problems like hay fever would result in a greater health burden and loss of productivity. and 6) Cumulative impacts, in which a systemic malfunction in one industry or in one region could trigger issues elsewhere