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- Making knowledge inclusive? Improving how we do research with Indigenous and local communitiesRoxana Roos, senior researcher at Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ’s Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, set out to discover what the most important barriers to the participation of local and indigenous communities are./en/news/making-knowledge-inclusive-improving-how-we-do-research-with-indigenous-and-local-communities
- NWO funds research on responsible scaling of digital innovation for enhancing mental healthcareNWO has committed funding for a five-year research project on one of the most complex challenges of our time: scaling digital innovation in a responsible way./en/news/nwo-funds-research-on-responsible-scaling-of-digital-innovation-for-enhancing-mental-healthcare
- NWO funds research on just transitions in the nexus of mobility, energy and housingThrough the "Mobility in a Sustainable Future" program, NWO has committed funding for a four-year project exploring how challenges in mobility, energy and housing can be addressed together./en/news/nwo-funds-research-on-just-transitions-in-the-nexus-of-mobility-energy-and-housing
- What if students would design their own education?Perhaps it requires a radically different approach to education to empower students to become ‘agents of change’? Blog by Lisette van Beek/en/opinie/what-if-students-would-design-their-own-education
- Understanding Ecological Grief and the Reality of EcocideEcological grief shows that ecocide is not just an environmental issue but also a psychological one./en/news/understanding-ecological-grief-and-the-reality-of-ecocide
- Prosecuting Ecocide Before the International Criminal Court: Concrete Possibility or Long-Term Aspiration? (Part 1)On 16 February 2024, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Mr Karim Khan, launched a public consultation to advance accountability for environmental crimes./en/news/prosecuting-ecocide-before-the-international-criminal-court-concrete-possibility-or-long-term
- Prosecuting Ecocide Before the International Criminal Court: Concrete Possibility or Long-Term Aspiration? (Part 2)Unless the ICC reconsidered the mental element requirements for the existing crimes, the prosecution of people ‘most responsible’ for environmental harms would be (to put it mildly) an uphill struggle./en/news/prosecuting-ecocide-before-the-international-criminal-court-concrete-possibility-or-long-term-0
- Using business model design to promote care in leased productsAre leased products less well looked after than their owned counterparts? Researchers reveal this is often the case and work with designers to come up business model solutions to challenge this./en/publicatie/using-business-model-design-to-promote-care-in-leased-products
- Growing hunger for resources makes climate policy more unjustThe means we use to reduce the carbon footprint result in a gold rush for minerals. A focus on a material footprint could connect the climate issue to resource extraction and justice issues, four UU scholars argue./en/opinie/growing-hunger-for-resources-makes-climate-policy-more-unjust
- Data for sale: Mapping of purchasing of company data by Dutch governmentsAn Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ research team has taken the first steps in creating an evidence base about data purchasing by governments in the Netherlands./en/news/data-for-sale-mapping-of-purchasing-of-company-data-by-dutch-governments
- CO2 from the sea: good for the climateIt’s like using one stone to kill three birds, or actually four: the capture of CO2 from the oceans/en/news/co2-from-the-sea-good-for-the-climate
- Frank Biermann receives lifetime achievement Distinguished Scholar AwardBiermann has shown that he plays an important role in furthering research on global environmental governance. His colleagues talk about why the win was well-deserved./en/news/frank-biermann-receives-lifetime-achievement-distinguished-scholar-award
- What if we could turn COâ‚‚ into something useful?Chemistry researchers have uncovered the mechanism behind cobalt oxide as an active component for COâ‚‚ conversion./en/news/what-if-we-could-turn-co2-into-something-useful
- Global coalition of leading scientists calls for International Non-Use Agreement on Solar GeoengineeringCall to governments, the United Nations and other actors to stop development and potential use of planetary-scale solar geoengineering technologies./en/news/call-for-non-use-agreement-solar-geoengineering
- The Mekong Delta in Vietnam is sinking: can sediment save it?Researchers from Utrecht and Wageningen used models to predict the Mekong Delta will likely sink very fast compared to sea level, and propose strategies./en/news/the-mekong-delta-in-vietnam-is-sinking-can-sediment-save-it
- New framework of indicators for achieving Sustainable Development Goals fills gapA proposal for a more limited set of more easily measurable targets./en/news/new-framework-of-indicators-for-achieving-sustainable-development-goals-fills-gap
- The real price of meatIf we would include effects on climate change and nitrogen emissions, the average meat price will increase at least 20-60 per cent, says Inge van den Bijgaart./en/news/the-real-price-of-meat
- Researchers’ recommendations for a sustainable plastic circular transitionConcerning plastics, Dutch policy focuses too much on technological innovations and loses sight of the big picture of a sustainable future, researchers say./en/news/researchers-recommendations-for-a-sustainable-plastic-circular-transition
- New book on biodiversity and Areas Beyond National JurisdictionAlex Oude Elferink and Lan Ngoc Nguyen of Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ edited the volume 'International Law and Marine Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction', published in January 2022/en/publicatie/new-book-on-biodiversity-and-areas-beyond-national-jurisdiction
- Professor sustainable finance Kees KoedijkKees Koedijk joined Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ last year as professor Sustainable Finance. He studies the effects of climate change on the investments in shares and bonds of large investors such as pension funds and insurance companies./en/news/professor-sustainable-finance-kees-koedijk