Flood control lessons from the Dutch as we enter a wetter future10:58

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Like many parts of the world, the Netherlands experienced heavy rainfall this year. But unlike its neighboring countries, it averted disastrous floods.

So if one of the most flood-prone countries in the world can avoid catastrophic flooding, are there lessons we can adapt for a wetter future due to climate change?

Henk Ovink, the Netherlands' first special envoy for international water affairs, joins us from Glasgow.

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