Keynote at Climate Existence conference 16-18 August, 2023, Sigtuna, Sweden.

Het concept Nationaal Plan Energiesysteem (NPE) heeft Martien Visser aangenaam verrast. Het NPE schetst voor Nederland een route naar een klimaatneutraliteit in 2050. “Een van de conclusies is dat de overheid nog meer zal moeten gaan sturen. Deels gebeurt dit natuurlijk al, zie EnergiePodium. Het pure …

The free market underpins our economy and our way of thinking around enterprise and value, but it is also a major factor in the sustainability problems that we now live with. Climate change, child labour and oil spills are just a few of the many problems associated with our economic activity and, although …

The concept of biodiversity, which usually serves as a shorthand to refer to the diversity of life on Earth at different levels (ecosystems, species, genes), was coined in the 1980s by conservation biologists worried over the degradation of ecosystems and the loss of species, and willing to make a case …

Presentatie voor bezoek van Deputy Director General Patrick Child van de Europese Commissie aan de Hanzehogeschool.

Forecasting long-term consequences of global warming requires knowledge on thermal mortality and how heat stress interacts with other environmental stressors on different timescales. Here, we describe a flexible analytical framework to forecast mortality risks by combining laboratory measurements on …

Abstract: Climate change is related with weather extremes, which may cause damages to infrastructure used by freight transport services. Heavy rainfall may lead to flooding and damage to railway lines, roads and inland waterways. Extreme drought may lead to extremely low water levels, which prevent …

Een vertaling realiseren omvat meer dan het werk van de linguïstisch vertaler die een brontekst transformeert naar een doeltekst. Het is een vertaalproject waarin meerdere actoren een rol spelen, en al die actoren laten hun sporen in de vertaling na. Deze scriptie beschrijft de weg die de Amerikaanse …

The world is rapidly changing because of ecological, social, geopolitical changes and digital transformation. For example, the global pandemic has accelerated the digital transformation and encouraged more online learning and working. Furthermore, reducing the speed of climate change is one of the major …

Recent studies have shown that the climate is seeing a rapid change, causing amongst other sea level rise. Although the protection standards for conventional flood protection are generally high in The Netherlands, flood protection experts from government, research and industry are exploring alternative …