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How the world can achieve climate goals with clean hydrogen production 22 February 2024
Hydrogen 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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Students become ‘change agents’ in Sustainability Challenge 29 January 2024
Leiden students working to solve a sustainability problem at the request of an external party: that is the Sustainability Challenge. During a recent s...
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Big steps forward in reducing the carbon footprint 04 July 2023
E-mails are not the first thing that comes to mind when thinking about sustainability. Yet, your e-mails can add kilos of extra CO2 to the atmosphere ...
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What if the Netherlands became vegan? 06 February 2023
Imagine no one in the Netherlands would eat animal products anymore, what would happen? And would it contribute to more climate justice? That is the t...
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UN youth delegate Dennis Jansen gives young people a voice in the climate debate 20 October 2022
The goal of alumnus International Studies Dennis Jansen (24) is to make the voice of young people heard in the climate debate. In November he is going...
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Lab coats off and rain boots on: students do research in the polder 06 October 2022
The Vrouw Vennepolder near Oud Ade has been transformed into the Polderlab. Scientists and students from Leiden University, together with farmers and ...
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Leiden Law Cast #5: Esther Kentin on PFAS, (micro)plastics & policy 16 March 2022
Leiden Law Cast is a podcast made by Leiden Law School, Leiden University, for everyone who wants to learn more about current legal issues.
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'We want to use academic knowledge to make the horticulture sector more sustainable' 10 March 2022
The Dutch horticultural sector faces the challenge of becoming fully circular by 2030. Professor of Environmental Biology Peter van Bodegom is going t...
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Talk and debate: how do we prevent science from harming the environment? 14 December 2021
Sustainability researchers can play an important role in the energy transition. But what if their partners are not (yet) sustainable and science itsel...
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Pharma company Janssen expands premises on Leiden Bio Science Park 03 November 2021
Pharma company Janssen has begun construction on a new office and lab building at the Leiden Bio Science Park. The first pile of the 13,500 square met...
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Land van Ons and Leiden University start cooperation in peat meadow area in Oud Ade 08 September 2020
Land van Ons, a cooperation that buys agricultural land for the restoration of biodiversity and landscape, and Leiden University join forces. Together...
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Sustainability in the P.J. Veth Building 10 October 2017
In the renovation of the P.J. Veth Building, much attention has been devoted to the environment and the sustainable (re)use of materials. You can now ...
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Sustainable Business Battle: consultancy through green-tinted glasses 27 June 2017
The enthusiastic finalists of the Sustainable Business Battle proved that sustainability and business can go together well. Fire in their bellies, the...
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A 36-ditch effort 16 May 2017
An Institute of Environmental Sciences, ambitious goals for energy, water and CO2 emissions. Leiden University plans to take the lead on sustainabilit...