ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ

Faculty of Science Dean appointed doctor honoris causa in Technologies and sustainable development at the Université catholique de Louvain.

Smart Solar Charging was selected as one of five most innovative best practices in Europe of sustainable policy according to the Regiostars Awards organized by the European Commission. Starting from the Utrecht Region in The Netherlands, Smart Solar Charging develops and expands this sustainable energy system of tomorrow.

For their paper The Impact of Transitioning to Shared Electric Vehicles on Grid Congestion and Management, Nico Brinkel, Tarek Alskaif en Wilfried van Sark received a Best Paper Award at the international Conference on Smart Energy Systems and Technologies (SEST). 

Circular Economy has become a popular discourse, but the actual definition and objectives are still unclear, inconsistent, and contested. What are the differences between all the visions and can they be classified?

Climate scientist Appy Sluijs is advisor and presenter of the Dutch TV programme Code Rood, which shows how climate change affects and changes the Dutch climate.

Achieving a positive operating result is particularly difficult for companies with a large potential contribution to reducing the global CO2-emissions.

Researchers from Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ provide the current state of affairs on legal aspects of climate change, energy transition and climate adaptation in the Netherlands.

Dokalis graduated in 2019 from the Public International Law master's programme at Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ and wrote his thesis on protecting the Arctic Ocean.

Frank Biermann and Rakhyun E. Kim critically review the planetary-boundaries approach as set in 2009.

In the science-policy interface scenarios to a low-carbon future are often made using Integrated Assessment Models. But there are many more ways to explore the future, such as visioning, gaming and speculative design. Why have IAMs become such dominant tools?

On August 31, the Utrecht Young Academy organised an online panel discussion on facing the climate emergency in academia with prof. Valérie Masson-Delmotte.

Het Utrecht Centre for Water, Oceans and Sustainability Law onderzocht of je de energieprestatie en de milieuprestatie van een gebouw kunt integreren.

Brans is a specialist in the field of environmental law. This is a Endowed Chair, made possible by Pels Rijcken & Droogleever Fortuijn.

The 'magnetic waste separation' is nominated for for the best tech idea of the year by Dutch popular-scientific magazine KIJK.

Authors argue for the introduction of a European Phosphate Directive

The acceleration rate of sea-level rise will be an impeccable indicator of sea level threats along the vulnerable coasts over the 21st century. We investigated the main drivers.

By pushing the button Frederique Houben and Dick Groeneveld turned off the first engines of the Thermal energy plant, on Monday, November 23rd.

Scientists are less willing to cooperate with companies in their research. They prefer to do research together with fellow scientists. A study by Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ and the Rathenau Institute has shown this.

Copernicus Researcher dr. Walter Vermeulen published a new book: Transdisciplinarity For Sustainability: Aligning Diverse Practices

Deltas have historically been the focus of human development. Some deltas became locked-in, too costly to return to natural states. Researchers conducted a historical analysis on anthropogenic pressures over the past 300 years over 48 deltas world-wide.