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Former student Aoife in Glasgow: 'I urged Rutte to limit global warming'15 November 2021Aoife Fleming attended the climate summit in Glasgow as UN Youth Delegate for the Netherlands. She recently graduated with a master’s degree in Financ...
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Andrew Littlejohn awarded Hunt Postdoctoral Fellowship10 November 2021Dr. Andrew Littlejohn has been awarded a Hunt Postdoctoral Fellowship by the Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research. The fellowship provi...
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'Better to take action today, than to deal with the damage tomorrow'05 November 2021It’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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Building materials drive carbon emissions, and they’re set to grow21 October 2021A 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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First graduates of Master’s Programme Governance of Sustainability07 October 2021The first generation of Governance of Sustainability master's students has graduated. They received their diplomas during a festive ceremony at Wijnha...
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Sustainable Tuesday: 4 questions for environmental scientist Ranran Wang07 September 2021On Sustainable Tuesday, two weeks before Dutch Budget Day, the Dutch cabinet receives a suitcase full of sustainable ideas and initiatives. The initia...
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New dataset helps to understand environmental impact of offshore windfarms10 August 2021While offshore wind farms generate clean and green energy, scientists are becoming increasingly aware of the harmful impact they may have on marine li...
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Visit by Members of Parliament highlights interdisciplinary research and collaboration29 June 2021High-quality education, research involving multiple faculties, collaboration between universities and central government funding to make all this poss...
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Leiden University takes 18th place in SustainaBul sustainability ranking03 June 2021Leiden University has taken 18th place in the SustainaBul, the sustainability ranking of universities and universities of applied sciences in the Neth...
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How nature boosts the health of city residents10 May 2021Your 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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Sustainable The Hague: Sustainable initiatives in your local area03 May 2021How can you do your bit for sustainability? Students from Leiden University have launched an interactive website with 150 sustainable initiatives in a...
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Students: ‘We want to be the most sustainable university in the world’23 March 2021The students from the Leiden University Green Office have big ambitions and have outlined their recommendations in a new Green Paper. Like being the m...
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LUC Alumna makes it to Trouw Sustainable 10011 March 2021The Sustainable 100 is an initiative by Dutch newspaper Trouw, consisting of a list of the top 100 sustainable civil initiatives. In October of 2020, ...
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Polluted water as a source of fertilizer26 January 2021It may well be possible to remove nitrate from polluted groundwater and at the same time produce ammonia in a sustainable way, according to PhD candid...
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How to set ambitious goals for sustainable agriculture25 January 2021Food production in the Netherlands is an economic success but has led to many environmental issues, including nitrogen pollution. Recently, the policy...