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Joost Vervoort and Laura Pereira reflect on ten years of successful policy guidance with the CCAFS Scenarios Project, hosted since 2016 at Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ.

Recognition for contribution to the social debate.

Participants discussed, at Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ, the issue of rights of coastal States and other States, preparing for the UN treaty on marine biodiversity.

Researcher Wytske Versteeg argues that we are just as vulnerable as every other animal and plant species.

Scientists of Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ participated in a workshop on marine biodiversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction. The UN is working on a treaty on this.

In his PhD thesis Yihong Liu focused on crisis as an opportunity for policy change in China. How does he experience the current crisis?

Coastal protection: even in the near term.sea-level rise due to Antarctic ice sheet melting could become a major risk

For the project ‘Value-Sensitive and Transparent Algoritmization: Key to Building Citizen Trust?’ a research team will work in close contact with the police.

Save the date for the public launch of Migration and Societal Change with Nando Sigona.

Three Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ PhD researchers have launched a podcast exploring science and society and life as early career researchers in today’s university.

What needs to happen to make consumers switch from meat and dairy products to plant-based alternatives?

Caroline Slomp has been elected as one of the twelve new Geochemistry Fellows at the Geochemical Society and European Association of Geochemostry.

This news item is a blog that was written by the study association Storm about their sustainable study trips.

Professor Maarten Goos of Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ is guest editor of a journal, welcoming papers on AI, big data, robotics, the digital transformation and labour.

New research from Education ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ of Hong Kong and Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ identifies novel and concrete policy ideas that would help reach a circular economy.

start of the Future Food minor with a first introductory and interdisciplinary course on food issues in the academic year 2020

Melting of the ice in Antarctica is an emergency signal provided by nature, says Roderik van de Wal

Greenhouse warming period reconstructed with unparalleled precision

How can we imagine sustainable cities that people want to live in, and how do we actually achieve them?

Nine outstanding academics, amongst whom Jarno Hoekman and Joost Vervoort, have been selected to join the Utrecht Young Academy in 2020.

UYA has produced the video series "1punt5", in which faculty members reflect on global warming and its consequences from the viewpoint of their disciplines.

How much fear is justified with the Wuhan virus? Prof. dr. Roel Coutinho explains pandemics and epidemics in this video lecture.

Smart Solar Charging (SSC) is helping Utrecht become the first region in the world that can balance its energy needs using bi-directional charging technology.

Interview artikel cross-posted from DUB, written by Daantje from the Green Office regarding sustainable mobility.

A strong consortium consisting of UU Geosciences & Social Sciences, Delft & Wageningen ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ, and Unilever & Danone, have been awarded a NWO grant.