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Transition from fossil to clean energy will reduce global mining activities26 October 2023A wide range of metals need to be mined for solar panels, wind turbines and batteries. Researchers from Leiden University have shown that this 'concer...
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International Labor Rights Case Law Journal affiliated with Department of Labour Law14 September 2023In recent years, much research has been conducted at the Department of Labour Law on the topic of sustainability and fundamental labour rights. Linked...
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How polluting are the clothes in your closet?05 September 2023Cotton is the most widely used natural fibre for clothes. But how polluting are our jeans and shirts actually? Environmental scientist Laura Scherer c...
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Logging in tropical forests has a major social impact on local people04 September 2023The local benefits op logging operations in tropical forests are far smaller than we often think. At the same time, the negative impacts on local well...
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Book presentation 'Phanta Rhei: recht en duurzaamheid'05 July 2023On 15 June 2023, the book presentation for the ‘Panta Rhei: recht en duurzaamheid’ (Panta Rhei: law and sustainability) was held at the Oude Sterrenwa...
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How polluting buildings and machinery make rich countries ever richer06 June 2023Rich countries are getting richer because of environmentally polluting (construction) investments from the past, largely at the expense of poor countr...
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Our Earth is becoming unliveable. Can we still turn the tide?16 May 2023We have crossed six of the nine boundaries within which human life on Earth will still be possible for future generations. That is not good news. Can ...
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Sustainability prize for research into the effects of a plant-based diet28 April 2023Paul Behrens and his team have won the Frontiers Planet Prize of half a million euros for their research into the effects of switching to a plant-base...
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Border tax on CO2 offers huge opportunity to fight climate change22 April 2023A tax on CO2 emissions from products entering the EU offers unprecedented opportunities in the fight against global warming. That is the conclusion of...
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New minor Sustainability, Climate Change and Food: ‘A full spectrum analysis of global society’20 April 2023In September 2023 the new minor Sustainability, Climate Change and Food starts. This minor critically examines the complexities of food sustainability...
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Leiden scientist addresses UN: 'People should not work for the economic system, the economic system should work for the people'20 April 2023Environmental scientist Rutger Hoekstra addressed the General Assembly of the United Nations on 12 April. And that’s quite a big thing to do. How do y...
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Vincent Delhomme discusses upcoming EU food labelling reforms30 March 2023Front-of-pack nutrition labelling, origin labelling, regulation of voluntary green claims made by food business operators: the EU is currently looking...
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Electric boats will make University construction projects cleaner15 February 2023No more smelly lorries disposing of building waste or delivering building materials to the centre of Leiden. That’s Leiden University’s ambition for i...
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The urban mine is full of resources, but a circular economy is still too ambitious31 January 2023Reuse everything and stop producing waste. By 2050, the Netherlands should have a circular economy. However, the new Integral Circular Economy Report ...
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From law student to successful entrepreneur in the water-quality industry13 January 2023Yousef Yousef (39), a successful entrepreneur in the water-quality industry, just can’t seem to bid farewell to the university where he did his law de...