News
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UN calls for urgent rethink as resource use skyrockets 21 March 2019
The International Resource Panel of the United Nations Environment Programme, with CML researcher Ester van der Voet as member, has prepared a report ...
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Economic expansion and land use cause bird extinction 05 March 2019
Population growth, economic expansion and the associated land use caused an increase in the number of bird species facing extinction and a reduction i...
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Online Experience 2.0 Urban Studies - City Biodiversity 21 February 2019
CML researchers Nadia Soudzilovskaia, Rene Kleijn, Stefano Cucurachi, and Kevin Groen are teaching about the links between city sustainability and bio...
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Was the EU’s ban on electric fishing the right decision? 18 February 2019
Last week, on 13 February 2019, the EU approved the ban on pulse trawling. This followed the vote for a ban by the European Parliament on 16 January 2...
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Stans Prize 2018 for Louie Krol 12 February 2019
The ‘Stans Prize 2018' (for the best thesis, report or article produced by a CML student) has been awarded to Louie Krol. Other CML prizes were award...
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An evening of exchanging dilemmas surrounding sustainability 27 November 2018
Why does it turn out to be so complicated to solve sustainability issues if everyone ‘knows’ about these problems? This was the central question in a ...
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Book 'Forty years of Leiden Environmental Science' available 19 November 2018
The book ‘Forty years of Leiden Environmental Science’ is available in digital format (PDF). It relates to the history of the Institute of Environmen...
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Additional efforts needed to avoid conflict in Sustainable Development Goals 11 October 2018
The Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations aim to improve all issues simultaneously: social, economic, and environmental outcomes. Howeve...
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Saving the environment by banning plastic bags? 20 September 2018
What is the influence of the 2016 ban on free plastic bags on the environment? Industrial ecologist Stefano Cucurachi received a LUF grant of €75.000 ...
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Symposium 40 years CML: Scientists should speak up 09 July 2018
In 2018, the Institute of Environmental Sciences (CML), born out of activism, exists for forty years. The institute celebrated this on 28 June in the ...
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Unstoppable urbanisation of Indonesia calls for interdisciplinary partnerships 05 July 2018
More than half of the Indonesian population lives in cities. What does this mean for public health? How sustainable are these megacities? This is the ...
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Four new editorial board positions for CML 14 June 2018
Editors are essential for publishing and thereby sharing research findings. They serve the scientific community by editing, leading the peer review pr...
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Sustainability in populist times 28 May 2018
Flying is cheaper than driving a car, but a disaster for the environment. Yet few politicians dare to levy excise duty on kerosene. This is only one e...
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How China will reduce its carbon impact 17 May 2018
Rong Yuang, PhD candidate from the Institute of Environmental Sciences investigated the impact of the renewable energy expansion on China’s carbon em...
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Province, universities and businesses to collaborate on circular South Holland 05 April 2018
The province of South Holland is to collaborate with industry, the three LDE universities Leiden Delft and Erasmus, and the University of Wageningen i...