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Three LUF grants for talented Leiden Science researchers 25 August 2020
Fighting against cancer, antibiotic resistance and disposable plastics: Ahmed Ali, Fredj Ben Bdira, and Valerio Barbarossa receive a LUF grant for the...
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Here is how we can increase the effectiveness of global environment protection 29 May 2020
Researchers from the Institute of Environmental Sciences (CML) identified six top priorities where environmental interventions can make the most diffe...
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CML Stans Prize 2019 12 February 2020
CML grants three Stans Awards each year, known as the best PhD paper, best student thesis and best outreach from the past year. The CML staff nominate...
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Progress is about much more than GDP alone 03 February 2020
Environmental economist Rutger Hoekstra is a guest researcher at Leiden University. He is studying the question of how we can measure societal progres...
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The city as an urban mine 30 January 2020
Raw materials should no longer be excavated from mines, but reused from sources that are already present, such as unused underground electricity cable...
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From energy transition to green infrastructure in The Hague: students and municipalities join forces 23 January 2020
Can students help make our cities more sustainable and resilient? The Resilient Cities Hub thinks so: during its knowledge café on 16 January, passion...
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Tsinghua and Leiden researchers find that China is crucial for realising a circular economy 20 December 2019
A new study on the province level material footprint of China underscores the need to improve resource efficiency in the country, which would be cruci...
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GDP? Get rid of it! 10 December 2019
Gross domestic product (GDP) is the most powerful indicator in the world. And that while a large part of the scientific community sees it as an outdat...
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Dietary guidelines in these six countries are a win-win-win for nutrition, environment, and animals 22 November 2019
The national dietary guidelines in Australia, Brazil, Ireland, Japan, Portugal, and Slovenia benefit nutrition, environment and animal welfare, Leiden...
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Discoverer of the Year Paul Behrens: ‘We’re running out of time’ 18 November 2019
Earlier this year, the public voted environmental scientist Paul Behrens Discoverer of the Year 2018. Behrens is an interdisciplinary scientist who wa...
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How a global carbon price would weaken Eastern European and Asian economies 14 November 2019
Although seen as the fastest and cheapest way to global climate protection, a uniform global carbon price would have major consequences for the econom...
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Transition to electric vehicles puts heavy pressure on production of critical metals 11 November 2019
The current production of a number of critical metals is insufficient for the large-scale transition to electric vehicles. This is the conclusion of a...
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‘Investment risk is holding back energy transition’ 18 April 2019
The present market regulations make it extremely risky to invest in green energy, and this is impeding the fight against climate change. This is what ...
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Master students Industrial Ecology selected for EU-project for sustainable start-ups 11 April 2019
Four students of the MSc Industrial Ecology have recently been selected to participate in the accelerator programme of the EIT Climate-KIC, which help...
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‘We have world-class expertise on the circular economy’ 01 April 2019
The province of Zuid-Holland faces a wide range of global sustainability issues caused by urbanisation, intensive horticulture and industry. The unive...