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Call to governments, the United Nations and other actors to stop development and potential use of planetary-scale solar geoengineering technologies.

Researchers from Utrecht and Wageningen used models to predict the Mekong Delta will likely sink very fast compared to sea level, and propose strategies.

A proposal for a more limited set of more easily measurable targets.

If 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.

Concerning plastics, Dutch policy focuses too much on technological innovations and loses sight of the big picture of a sustainable future, researchers say.

Alex 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

Kees 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.

Law researchers from Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ's NILOS institute participate in EU project to map and evaluate the regulation of (competing) environmental and economic uses of our seas

'COVID-19: Expert visions on the consequences for society and policy' by the WRR and KNAW outlines important policy challenges for the Netherlands.

The researchers from Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ and the Hubrecht Institute can use this grant to conduct research at top institutes abroad for up to 25 months.

A team of researchers pinpoint five major issues that block farmers’ transition to a nature-inclusive farming practice. "It requires change from within."

The Oiconomy Price, developed by Dr Pim Croes and Dr Walter J.V. Vermeulen (Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development), measures the cost distance to a fully sustainable alternative for the product, incorporating all triple-P aspects (Planet, People and Prosperity) of the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

Researchers from Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ and ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ of Twente have developed a powerful analytical tool that marks dead catalyst particles for deletion.

Martin Calisto Friant, Kieran Campbell-Johnston, Kaustubh Thapa and Walter Vermeulen have disclosed three inconvenient truths about circular economy practices so far, and policy advises to deal with these.

Study shows that Indigenous peoples have much to offer in the debate on sustainability.

An international team of researchers has solved one of the fundamental mysteries in catalysis: the paradox of structure insensitivity.

To make climate adaptation measures really work on the ground, it is important to fully integrate and embrace legal and governance perspectives.

Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ appoints Willemien Kets as Professor of Game Theory per 1 March 2022. Professor Kets will work to further strengthen game theory by combining new elements from mathematics and the social sciences.

Professor Rembert Duine researches energy efficient alternatives for electronics. He draws inspiration for this from knowledge about black holes.

In this field story we highlight the 'Mixed Classroom', an educational innovation developed by the Urban Futures Studio in which students from different disciplines and policy makers are part of one classroom where they learn from and with each other.