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Numerous events are planned for throughout the year aimed at connecting the SBI community. Stay up to date!

Funding from the NWO Open Competitie SGW-XS pilot programme.

The Material Flow Monitor provides insight into the circularity of different sectors. A new article co-authored by Vivian Tunn shares this innovative methodology.

Copernicus Institute researchers Mariska te Beest & Silja Zimmermann on what needs to come next when it comes to the biodiversity crisis and species protection.

Recent Utrecht ľ�ϸ���Ӱ�� research presents a new way of thinking about how societal "missions" mobilize and align stakeholders across society.

A series of six policy briefs issues a wake-up call to address the climate change-induced consequences of extreme weather and sea-level rise on Greater Jakarta.

New research published in Nature shows loss of wetlands around the world since 1700 likely overestimated

When you hear the words religion and climate change, many think of evangelical climate deniers and conspiracy theorists. Very few think of the pristine boardrooms of scientists and policymakers...

The documentary 'New Connections', about the impact of energy transition in Rotterdam's Bospolder-Tussendijken neighbourhood, is now available online. The film is made by the Urban Futures Studio as part of a research project.

The Web of Science list of the most highly cited researchers has been published again and this year’s edition features eight researchers from Geosciences.

Van alle bekende centra voor ondernemerschap kent Boston het grootste aandeel duurzaamheidsstartups. Houston en Seattle staan op plaats 2 en 3.

Utrecht ľ�ϸ���Ӱ�� is hiring two PhD candidates through an ERC Starting Grant for a new project exploring major dilemmas in global environmental governance.

The term 'tradition' is widely used to refer to indigenous wisdom and fossil-free farming. Such thinking is important in challenging modernist techno-optimism. But it also makes tradition seem like something that belongs to the past and political margins.

New NWO grant on space infrastructure for studying the Amazon led by Utrecht ľ�ϸ���Ӱ��’s Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development.

The COMBINED project— ten knowledge institutes and fourteen societal partners—will develop the knowledge required for a successful approach to climate change and biodiversity loss.

Policy makers should be aware of the differences between climate models

In David Abram’s enchanting The Spell of the Sensuous, he tells the story of how he lost the ability to commune with the more-than-human world. For me, one of the surest paths to losing connectedness was analysing my experiences for academic purposes.

The Urban Futures Studio and the African Centre for Cities launch www.infrahub.africa - a online database featuring sustainable infrastructure case studies from Africa as an entry point for imagining more sustainable, equitable cities.

I just returned from a train trip up north with my partner and two-year-old daughter. Specifically, to Kiruna and Abisko in Sweden. Partly, I wanted to meet one of Europe’s peripheries and, in so doing, better understand its centres. Most of all, I hoped to engage with the Sami, the EU’s only recognised indigenous group. I was sorely disappointed.

The Royal Meteorological Society awards Gerbrand Koren for his dedicated service as guest editors of Climate Resilience and Sustainability.