Backcasting Analysis of Climate proof Groningen: the backward researching climate resilient future of the Province of Groningen (Backcasting analyse van een klimaatbestendig Groningen)

The Hotspot Climate Proof Groningen ( HKG ) Project falls under the knowledge infrastructure program CCSP. Regional climate adaptation , and how to deal with it , are central to this project . The ultimate goal is to increase the understanding of the potential for achieving a climatic energy resistant Groningen, through the development of a generally applicable methodology in which climate , energy and space are integrated and can affect regional planning policy . As part of the project, backcasting techniques were applied during two workshops with researchers from the Institute for Environmental Studies ( IVM ) at the Vrije Universiteit . During the first workshop, two groups worked on the mapping of visions of a 'climate -proof province of Groningen in 2100 . This was based on the W+ scenario , the most extreme scenario that by 2100 includes 85cm rise in sea level and temperature rise from +4.6 to +5.6 C (predicted by KNMI , 2006). During two workshops, groups, mostly in the same composition , explored what it takes to achieve through the formulation of interim objectives, interventions required and challenges. They have thereby assumed extreme climate scenarios : 25m rise in sea level of the upper limit used by the Delta Commission 1.30m sea level rise in 2100 ( Delta Commission, 2008)