Eurocommissaris Timmermans wil economische groei en tegelijk het grondstoffengebruik en de CO2-uitstoot verminderen. Maar het samengaan van die twee is een mythe.

Inter-organizational arrangements that aim to address social and environmental “grand challenges” often take the form of multi-stakeholder initiatives (MSIs) (also cross-sector partnerships or collaborations). Grand challenges -- problems characterized by knowledge uncertainty, dynamic complexity and …

CC-BY 4.0 In this report the research focusses on designing a method to circularly redesign a road in neigbourhood participation. Municipalities are becoming more aware of their environmental footprint. The construction andrenovation of public spaces come with the transport and processing of large …

Mijn stelling dat zondig gedrag ten grondslag ligt aan grote milieuproblemen kan controversieel overkomen. Het daaronder liggende mensbeeld is echter terecht pessimistisch.

In het BBI-JU-project LIBBIO hebben instellingen in heel Europa onderzoek gedaan naar de ideale groeiomstandigheden voor de Andeslupine in Europa. De Andes-lupine kan over het hele continent worden gekweekt. Voortgezet onderzoek verbeterde de opbrengst van het gewas en de weerstand tegen ziekten. Hoe …

In the BBI-JU project LIBBIO, institutions across Europe researched the development of the ideal Andean Lupin variant. Successful breeding programmes resulted in the variant COTOPAXI, which received European Breeder’s Rights within five years. Learn more about how this was achieved in this video.

In het BBI-JU-project LIBBIO hebben instellingen in heel Europa onderzoek gedaan naar de ontwikkeling van de ideale variant van de Andes-lupin. Succesvolle kweekprogramma's resulteerden in de variant COTOPAXI, die binnen vijf jaar Europees kwekersrecht kreeg. Lees meer over hoe dit is bereikt in deze …

Peatlands can be found in almost every country in the world, but we areonly just starting to realise their value and how to harness their potential asa powerhouse nature-based solution. The more we learn about peatlands,the more we value the important services they provide - controllingfloods, purifying …

By 2050, the world population will have increased to 9 billion (Bongaarts, 2009). This increase will lead to significant growth in waste. Construction is one of the largest raw material users (Bribian et al., 2011), and this sector consumes about 40% of the energy-related CO2 emissions (Dean et al., …