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NWO funding for just and effective energy transitions 04 April 2022
A consortium led by Eefje Cuppen, Professor Governance of Sustainability at the Institute of Public Administration, has been granted NWO funding for a...
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How can local policies contribute to global sustainability goals? 04 April 2022
The challenges of building a sustainable society are unprecedented. But the Dutch municipalities cannot be faulted for their commitment. They are work...
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‘Poorer people often bear the brunt of sustainability initiatives’ 21 February 2022
The effects of sustainability projects on poorer, marginalised people should be considered at a much earlier stage. This is the opinion of Marja Spier...
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‘Give farmers more freedom in how they reduce nitrogen’ 06 January 2022
In his inaugural lecture Professor of Environmental Sustainability Jan Willem Erisman calls for local solutions that give people more freedom in how t...
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'Better to take action today, than to deal with the damage tomorrow' 05 November 2021
It’s better to cut our nitrogen emissions now than to solve the consequences later at great expense. That’s the lesson we can learn from the Dutch nit...
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CO2-reduction and economic growth: can they go hand-in-hand? 27 October 2021
Fearing a trade-off with economic growth, countries feel discouraged to cut their CO2 emissions. But do the two really not go together? Environmental ...
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Building materials drive carbon emissions, and they’re set to grow 21 October 2021
A new study from Leiden researchers shows that the carbon emissions of building materials are set to grow if we do not act rapidly. Even with known in...
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Leiden Mayor Lenferink gets his feet dirty for opening Polderlab Oud Ade 10 September 2021
On Thursday 9 September, the mayor of Leiden officially launched a unique ten-year research project in the polder near Oud Ade. During a festive openi...
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Unique research project in polder Oud Ade 02 September 2021
From 9 September onwards, Leiden scientists, citizens and farmers will jointly investigate how to sustainably manage peat meadowland. In ten years' ti...
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Widespread cultural diffusion of knowledge started 400,000 years ago 20 July 2021
Different groups of hominins probably learned from one another much earlier than was previously thought, and that knowledge was also distributed much ...
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PhD Researcher Anastasia Nikulina Wins Nick Ryan Bursary Award 2021 23 June 2021
To honour the work of its longstanding chair Nick Ryan, CAA International provides the annual Nick Ryan Bursary Award. The Nick Ryan Bursary Award win...
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Liveable Communities: project with a sustainable outlook 31 May 2021
With the Liveable Communities – Liveable Planet project, Marja Spierenburg, Professor of Anthropology of Sustainability and Livelihood, is showing tha...
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'Climate issues and sustainability should be part of every study programme' 20 May 2021
Having lectures on sustainability when you're a first-year student of Law, or a course on climate change when you're studying Public Administration ma...
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How nature boosts the health of city residents 10 May 2021
Your local city park may be improving your health, according to a new paper led by Leiden environmental scientist Roy Remme. In Proceedings of the Nat...
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An artistic view on the hidden fungi in the soil 03 May 2021
Music from a compostable cello, photographs and scents of fungi and a woven tapestry. With her upcoming multimedia project Super Organism, visual arti...