Etiket: climate
Cities and their inhabitants are too much sidelined in climate plans, while they are crucial
Traffic jam on the A10 near Amsterdam.Image Ramon of Flymen / ANP The global approach to climate change is progressing in fits and starts. National governments struggle to combat global…
84% of young people in Spain believe that they will live worse than their parents due to climate change
06/10/2022 at 21:42 EST The majority of those surveyed state that they are willing to assume “individual changes so that the structural changes go ahead” The 84% of young people…
Another 80,000 euros Climate Active subsidy available for residents of Hoogeveen, De Wolden, Westerveld, Meppel and Central Drenthe
Of the 103,000 euros in subsidy with which residents of the municipalities of Hoogeveen, De Wolden, Westerveld, Meppel and Midden-Drenthe can make their surroundings greener, more than 80,000 euros are…
Summer drought at least 20 times more likely due to climate change
Climate change caused by human activities has made summer droughts in the Northern Hemisphere “at least 20 times more likely”. That is what a group of scientists conclude in a…
Fashion industry must rethink growth to achieve Paris climate targets
If the textile industry wants to help limit global warming to 1.5 degrees, it needs to initiate drastic changes in the fiber and material market. This is the conclusion of…
UN climate summit is sponsored by… Coca-Cola: "Taking the biggest polluter in the world as a sponsor is just madness”
It’s a bit as if Kom op tegen Kanker would be sponsored by the cigarette brand Marlboro. Still, the UN climate conference, COP27, thought it was a good idea to…
Prosecutor investigates climate group “Last Generation”
During a protest by the group “Last Generation” against oil imports, climate protectionists tried to interrupt the supply via the Rostock-Schwedt crude oil pipeline at the Lindenhof pumping station near…
Bitcoin ‘mining’ leads to more and more climate damage
Bitcoin has become considerably more polluting over the years. It mine (‘mining’) a bitcoin resulted in 126 times more CO2 emissions in 2021 than in 2016. In 2020, the popular…
Big ideals, narrow margins provides a meticulous picture of the political climate in the long 1970s ★★★★☆
Image Typex Actually, the differences between Joop den Uyl on the one hand and Dries van Agt with Hans Wiegel on the other hand were barely noticeable. At least, if…
Government engages in battle with drainages: “Adapting Flanders to the climate of the future”
In the margins of the budget discussions, the Flemish government has also reached an agreement on an integral Flemish climate adaptation plan to prepare the whole of Flanders for the…