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Precious Plastic is making cooperation between Hogeschool Utrecht & Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ's bright minds possible.

It’s like using one stone to kill three birds, or actually four: the capture of CO2 from the oceans

For a truly circular economy, manufacturers should have much more incentive to use reused materials and life extension.

UU researchers have published an article in the Dutch journal Milieu en Recht (Environment and Law), titled ‘Bodemdaling in Nederlandse veengebieden: knelpunten voor solide beleid en besluitvorming’ (Soil subsidence in Dutch peat meadow areas: challenges for solid policy and decision making).

COVID-19 has shaken the world. Emergency responses across the world have led to drastic changes in local and global development trajectories within a very short period of time. Dr. Giuseppe Feola and his fellow researchers propose five priorities for political strategies to achieve meaningful, sustainable and equitable transformation.

How would you green up Utrecht Science Park? Green up the grey by designing a biodiverse USP. Participate in this competition by submitting designs and ideas that effectively green up the grey spaces and win a prize.

Biermann 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.

'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.

Future Food Massive Online Open Course will start again in 2022! ‘Unravelling Solutions for Future Food problems’

The major source of uncertainty in sea-level rise stems from limited understanding of the melt of the Antarctic ice sheet. Different existing models that quantify ice shelf melt from ocean temperatures are compared.

Plastic is an overwhelming issue, which is why the Precious Plastic project is approaching it from one angle, addressing one specific but significant stream.

The Future Food Board appoints Prescilla Jeurink as new Future Food Ambassador

Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ is working to strengthen global and regional biodiversity. In order to further commit itself to this goal, the university joined the Delta Plan Biodiversity Recovery on 8 December 2020. A small step on paper, a big leap forward in the field of sustainability.

Students discussed with teams from other universities how the same ecological legal conundrum can lead to very different results indifferent legal teams.

Professor Chris Backes of Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ and lawyer Marieke Kaajan co-wrote Arcadis report for Minister Schouten of Agriculture and Nature.

Sandra van der Hel explains her PhD research on the role of science in sustainability governance. How can research effectively address society's challenges?

Professor of water law Marleen van Rijswick (Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ) and engineer Matthijs Kok are work together on practical innovations in water management.