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- Higher risk of cardiovascular diseases due to the vicinity of fast food outletsThe number of fast-food restaurants near people’s homes increases their risk of cardiovascular diseases./en/news/higher-risk-of-cardiovascular-diseases-due-to-the-vicinity-of-fast-food-outlets
- Learning more about land subsidence in Kanis, Kamerik and KockengenResearchers from Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ and Deltares investigated land subsidence in Kanis, Kamerik and Kockengen and its extensive damage./en/news/learning-more-about-land-subsidence-in-kanis-kamerik-and-kockengen
- Come out of the laboratory and work on the good lifeEngineers should not only be studying the climate, they also have a duty to work with sociologists in identifying ways to implement their recommendations/en/news/come-out-of-the-laboratory-and-work-on-the-good-life
- Changes of river courses in the Dutch delta unintentionally caused by humansEven long before the Middle Ages, humans have had a strong impact on river behaviour in the Dutch delta plain./en/news/unintentionally-caused-changes-in-river-courses
- No one is entitled to more greenhouse gas emissionsClimate change is also a matter of ethics, argues Prof Ingrid Robeyns./en/news/no-one-is-entitled-to-more-greenhouse-gas-emissions
- Assessment of regulatory framework conditions of locally generated solar power useUtrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ participates in the project PVP4Grid that studies the framework conditions of the use of locally generated solar power./en/news/assessment-of-regulatory-framework-conditions-of-locally-generated-solar-power-use
- Reminder: Seed Money Call 2018 for Research ProjectsThe first Seed Money call of the Future Food Hub in 2018 for research projects is open till October 12th./en/news/reminder-seed-money-call-2018-for-research-projects-0
- Global warming: worrying lessons from the pastAn international research team reveals the magnitude of an episode of global warming that caused extreme floods and landscape disruption 56 million years ago./en/news/global-warming-worrying-lessons-from-the-past
- Seed money call Transforming Infrastructures for Sustainable CitiesSend in your innovative application for exploring urban sustainability transformations./en/news/seed-money-call-transforming-infrastructures-for-sustainable-cities
- Sustainability through supportThe social behavioural skills of key figures within an organisation are crucial for effectively embedding sustainability ambitions, says Angela van der Heijden./en/news/sustainability-through-support
- Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ participates in Nordic Environmental Social Science ConferenceProfessor Marleen van Rijswick will lead a workshop on Flood Risk Governance at LuleÃ¥ ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ in Sweden. Call for papers open untill 31st January 2019./en/news/utrecht-university-participates-in-nordic-environmental-social-science-conference
- Students advise decision makers on achieving Utrecht’s sustainability goalsUtrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ students and researchers invited to engage with Utrecht City Council policymakers about local sustainability policy in the Climate Planet./en/news/students-advise-decision-makers-on-achieving-utrechts-sustainability-goals
- UN report: environmental targets not achievable without drastic changeA new UN report with contributions from Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ concludes that the world is not on track to achieve internationally agreed environmental targets./en/news/un-report-environmental-targets-not-achievable-without-drastic-change
- Utrecht twice in ‘final’ for European billion-euro grantThe consortia that are still in the running have now each been awarded one million euros to develop more detailed plans./en/news/utrecht-twice-in-final-for-european-billion-euro-grant
- Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ supports Climate letterTogether with thirteen universities in the Association of Universities in the Netherlands, Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ has declared its support for the Climate letter./en/news/utrecht-university-supports-climate-letter
- King launches network of charging stations to charge and discharge electrical carsHis Majesty King Willem-Alexander launched a new system of charging stations to both charge and discharge electrical cars./en/news/king-launches-network-of-charging-stations-to-charge-and-discharge-electrical-cars
- The EU’s green power politicsThe EU has various green measures and hereby pressures other countries to follow suit. This pushes up against the limits of the law, argues Natalie Dobson./en/opinion/the-eus-green-power-politics
- Futuring for SustainabilityFrom July 8th to July 12th Urban Futures Studio hosts the Futuring for Sustainability Summerschool. Apply before June 1th 2019./en/news/futuring-for-sustainability
- 'The water resources in the Himalayas are changing, and we need to understand how'Physical geographer Walter Immerzeel’s interdisciplinary research team charts the water cycle of the Himalayas./en/bite-of-science/the-water-resources-in-the-himalayas-are-changing-and-we-need-to-understand-how