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Carbon footprint of global steel production remains high: ‘Capturing CO₂ won’t solve it’SUSTAINABILITY 27 November 2025Steel production is likely to take up a large portion of our future carbon budget. Capturing CO₂ from coal-based production won’t solve the problem. T...
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Higher CO2 levels are making our food more calorific and less nutritiousFood crops 14 November 2025More CO2 in the atmosphere is making food crops more calorific, less nutritious and potentially more toxic. If we do not intervene, this could cause m...
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Anthropologist Andrew Littlejohn on NU.nl: 'With Trump taking office, the tide is turning on disaster management'"in the media 23 October 2025More than twenty years ago, Hurricane Katrina devastated the southern United States with nearly 1,400 deaths. Due to climate change, the lessons from ...
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Fourteen Leiden University researchers receive Vidi grant23 October 2025The Dutch Research Council (NWO) has awarded Vidi grants to 14 Leiden researchers. This grant of a maximum of 850,000 euros will enable them to start ...
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Leiden researchers pioneer ‘green’ framework for sustainable drug developmentResearch 14 October 2025Medical drugs are expensive to make and can have an adverse effect on the environment. Researchers Stefano Cucurachi and Justin Lian have developed a ...
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The Vanuatu climate case goes far, but not far enough12 August 2025In a landmark ruling, the International Court of Justice says that states are obliged to protect the climate. Jolein Holtz, a climate and human rights...
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Four Leiden researchers receive ERC Advanced Grant17 June 2025From social inequalities in prehistory to placebo effects in medical treatments. Four researchers from Leiden University have been awarded a prestigio...
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The people who lose out in the climate transition27 May 2025With the climate transition in full swing, polluting industries must adapt and shift to more sustainable production methods. Workers in this sector mu...
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Vincent Delhomme discusses food affordability at European Parliament03 February 2025Vincent Delhomme delivered a keynote speech on the topic of food affordability at the European Parliament in Strasbourg on 22 January 2025. The event ...
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Grants boost collaboration between university and The HagueCampus Den Haag 21 January 2025How can we make our cities greener and more people-friendly? Two Campus The Hague projects have secured a grant from the Municipality of The Hague. Th...
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LUSBHR Corporate Responsibility Conference: Topical issues on fundamental rights and sustainability25 November 2024On Friday afternoon 15 November 2024, the Leiden University Sustainability, Business and Human Rights Network and Discussion Group (LUSBHR) organised ...
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It’s high time for more interaction between law and science22 November 2024Climate change, biodiversity loss and environmental pollution are urgent problems that call for close collaboration between lawyers and scientists. Dr...
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Lego Lost at Sea: an archaeological and environmental exhibition at the Van Steenis17 October 2024At the entrance of the Van Steenis building you may now visit an exhibition on material culture. Unexpectedly, it does not display pottery or tools, b...
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Car sharing and second-hand phones not as green as they seem, research shows14 October 2024Not all sustainable business models have the impact they claim, Leiden researcher Levon Amatuni revealed. Car sharing and phone reuse, for example, ha...
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Managing space debris through space law04 September 2024It’s becoming increasingly crowded in the orbits around Earth that are popular for space travel. And that's not just due to satellites – there's also ...