170 search results for “climate” in the Student website
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Martha Dellar
Science
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Climate and elections: these were your top stories from 2023
The year 2023 saw the earthquake in Turkey and Syria, the Wagner Group rebellion and wildfires and floods as all the weather records were smashed. Our most-read stories were about the climate crisis and the elections: here’s the list.
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How a local shaman can help fight climate change
Who knows more about environmental governance: a professor of natural resource governance or a local shaman in the remote uplands of Myanmar?
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Hanneke Palmen
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Valerie de Koeijer
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Manuela Rueda Trujillo
Science
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Stefan Cetkovic
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Technology alone won't save us from the climate crisis
If European countries rely solely on technological advances, they won't be able to limit global heating to 1.5 degrees. Households will also need to change their lifestyles. This 'inconvenient truth' is the result of calculations done by industrial ecologist Stephanie Cap. ‘It's not a popular message,…
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Tackling climate change with the ground beneath our feet
Soil ecologist Emilia Hannula has been awarded a Vidi grant by NWO to examine how soil could become a promising ally in combating climate change and improving biodiversity. ‘Soil creatures might be invisible’, she says, ‘but they play a huge role in creating a healthy environment.’
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From climate to security: 'Students present perspectives I was unfamiliar with'
Cooperation is the solution to international problems, demonstrated the final seminar of the Master Honours Class ‘Smart Regional Integration’ – even when it is sometimes easier said than done. “You can see the students struggle with that.”
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Climate activist Aniek Moonen to give Annie Romein-Verschoor Lecture
Every year Leiden University holds the Annie Romein-Verschoor Lecture on or around International Women’s Day on 8 March.
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roofs and tile flipping: research in The Hague on the best approach to climate and species diversity
Does a communal garden provide cool air and warm neighbourly relations? Does an additional row of trees increase biodiversity? These kinds of questions are key in the COMBINED project, on which Leiden scientists and residents of The Hague, among others, can work for six years with 4 million euros from…
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Ready for a future as climate changemaker, thanks to Designing Your Life
Getting motivation, courage and tools to find a job that will help you tackle the climate crisis: it is at the heart of the course ‘Designing Your Career as a Climate Changemaker’. With their final presentations, the students conclude this climate-specific skills module within the Designing Your Life…
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Oscar Rueda
Science
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Jolein Holtz
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Kai Li
Science
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Adapting to climate change: mutation enables flour beetles to speed up their development
Leiden biologists have found a mutation in flour beetles that allows them to speed up their development. The study has been published in Nature Ecology and Evolution.
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How the world can achieve climate goals with clean hydrogen production
Hydrogen can help to solve the climate problem. At least, if we start producing it in the right, clean way. Leiden researchers mapped out the global environmental impact of hydrogen production and looked ahead to 2050. They published their work in Energy & Environmental Science.
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’Society would flourish with new farming styles’
‘The climate crisis is the greatest threat we face,’ says Leiden University environmental scientist Paul Behrens. ‘And yet, there is hope. In the near future, I think we will wonder why we didn’t make these changes earlier.’
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Lianne Baars
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Shijie Wei
Science
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Tamar de Corte
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Sarah Giest
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Andrea Richards-Cummins
Faculteit Archeologie
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Anniek Kortleve
Science
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Stephanie Cap
Science
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Gül Aktürk Hauser
Faculteit Archeologie
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Jianhong Zhou
Science
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Helen Duffy
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Joanne Mol
Faculteit Archeologie
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Haye Geukes
Science
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Esther van der Ent
Science
- Futures from the frontiers of climate science
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Shivant Jhagroe
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Peter Akkermans
Faculteit Archeologie
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Christina Luise Toenshoff
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Hauke Ward
Science
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Corinne Hofman
Faculteit Archeologie
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Salma Balazadeh
Science
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Marleen Dekker
Afrika-Studiecentrum
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Liveable planet lecture & drinks - Mobilizing the Dutch climate research community to accelerate system transitions
Lecture
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Seven Comenius grants for Leiden lecturers
Eleven lecturers from Leiden University have been awarded Comenius grants that will allow them to work with their teams on an innovation project within their own teaching. They have been awarded three grants of 100,000 euros within the Senior Fellows programme and four grants of 50,000 euros within…
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Leiden biology student finalist UN youth delegate
Roel Wouters (24), a biology student at Leiden University, is a finalist in the election for UN youth delegate for Biodiversity and Food. The digital polls open for a week on Friday 22 October. Under-30s can vote for Roel at www.stemroel.nl.
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Pingtao Ding
Science
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Passionate debate on university’s fossil fuel ties
Should Leiden University cut its ties with the fossil fuel industry forthwith? This was the main question in a debate between students and staff. The answer was clearer for some than for others.
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Programme
The programme (15 EC) runs from November to June and consists of two courses: a lecture series and a space challenge.
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Honours College
Do you want to get more out of your bachelor studies? Do you have the time and ability to follow an additional programme? If so, the Honours College is for you.
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Reimagine the University of the Future and win the Una Europa Student Award!
Education
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Master Honours Classes & Challenges
Do you want to take on an extra challenge during your master's? Master Honours Classes & Challenges are small-scale, interdisciplinary courses that teach you more about tackling complex issues.
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LDE Space & Society Honours Programme
Do you want to contribute to society and do you have affinity with space? In this programme (15 EC), you will gain the knowledge and tools to become an innovative thinker and tackle a real-world challenge in the space sector.