Adapting to the changing nature of constructing bigger dams and higher dykes to widening and deepening rivers, building extra side canals to increase capacity, and setting aside land as dedicated flood plains. Nearly £2 billion is being spent on the measures. “You can’t just solve the problem with dykes, we have to change strategy,” said Pavel Kabat, climate expert at the Dutch Delta Commission. “We shouldn’t see water as a danger, but as a chance, as a challenge.”