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Netherlands Veganland: a good idea? These are the outcomes of the thought experiment!12 April 2024Less meat and dairy means more space for nature, leisure, climate, biodiversity, more justice, and it's good news for the economy. That's according to...
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Academics requesting retraction of FAO report that misrepresents their research09 April 2024Paul Behrens (Leiden University) and Matthew Hayek (New York University) have responded to an FAO report on livestock pathways which misrepresented th...
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How EU farm subsidies favour high-emission animal products04 April 2024More than 80 percent of the EU’s agricultural subsidies go to the production of animals or animal feed. These products are responsible for 84 percent ...
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No hunger, and not too much global warming? Current UN plan misses opportunities22 March 2024The United Nations fall short in their recently published guide to address hunger without surpassing the 1.5-degree climate threshold. This initial ve...
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How genetic research contributes to effective lion conservation19 March 2024Human measures to protect lions have an impact on the genetic health of populations. Leiden and Kenyan scientists discovered this by analysing the DNA...
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The whole world knows the way to the Leiden institute in Morocco05 March 2024A delegation from Leiden University visited the Netherlands Institute Morocco (Nimar) in Rabat at the end of February. For a whole host of disciplines...
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How the world can achieve climate goals with clean hydrogen production22 February 2024Hydrogen can help to solve the climate problem. At least, if we start producing it in the right, clean way. Leiden researchers mapped out the global e...
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Thesis on animal welfare wins second prize at Leiden University award ceremony22 February 2024Did you know that each year 18 billion animals die without making it to someone’s plate? Governance of Sustainability alumna Juliane Klaura has won th...
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Together towards a Circular System: Leiden contributes to Growing with Green Steel19 February 2024A complete transformation of the steel cycle in the Netherlands with the ultimate goal of a CO2 neutral steel sector by 2050. For this purpose, the Gr...
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With these small adjustments we can reduce nitrogen loss in peat meadows09 February 2024Relatively simple adjustments can reduce nitrogen losses on dairy farms in peatland areas. That’s the conclusion of the PhD research by by Leiden envi...
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How oak seedlings teach us more on dune restoration08 February 2024What is the best way to restore dune ecosystems? The project TERRA-Dunes researches the role of soil microbes in the development of natural dune areas...
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Plant-based diet can help unlock technology to harness huge CO2 removal07 February 2024Bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) is a promising method for removing carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere and simultaneously gener...
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Your old smartphone is indispensable for the energy transition06 February 2024By 2050, we can obtain 40 per cent of our demand for scarce earth metals from old smartphones, batteries, and wind turbines. This is crucial because o...
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Technology alone won't save us from the climate crisis26 January 2024If European countries rely solely on technological advances, they won't be able to limit global heating to 1.5 degrees. Households will also need to c...
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Four Leiden Scientists: 'Environmental risks of new pesticides with nanoparticles insufficiently examined'25 January 2024The environmental risks of new pesticides containing nanoparticles are inadequately researched, according to four Leiden scientists in the scientific ...