340 search results for “climate change” in the Staff website
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Martha DellarScience
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Valerie de KoeijerFaculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Paul Behrens’ book on climate change launched in the US
The book ‘The Best of Times, The Worst of Times: Futures from the Frontiers of Climate Science’ by Paul Behrens has been launched in the US, a year after its original release in Europe. In his book, Behrens describes both hopeful and pessimistic scenarios for our planet.
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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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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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Oscar RuedaScience
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Jolein HoltzFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Lianne BaarsFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Shijie WeiScience
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Sarah GiestFaculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Andrea Richards-CumminsFaculteit Archeologie
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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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Ryan ChangScience
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Leon Chang
ICT Shared Service Centre
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chang liuFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Hopeful insights on climate and biodiversity in LDE white paper
A banker who puts making money second and makes a profit nonetheless. A farmer who stops ploughing and using insecticides but still has a good harvest. A new white paper by Leiden-Delft-Erasmus and Naturalis Biodiversity Center shows how the meeting of disciplines provides solutions to climate change…
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Vincent ChangFaculty of Humanities
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Sonja Wijfjes-ChangLeiden Learning and Innovation Centre
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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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Earth is more resilient than was thought
We have to do all we can to stop climate change. But: the Earth is more resilient than we thought. That is the surprising conclusion of an international team of ecologists and mathematicians, which included Leiden mathematician Arjen Doelman. The team discovered that ecosystems can still avoid tipping…
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Gül Aktürk HauserFaculteit Archeologie
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Jianhong ZhouScience
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Joanne MolFaculteit Archeologie
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Esther van der EntScience
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Peter AkkermansFaculteit Archeologie
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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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Research project into environmental tipping points receives €10 million
Arjen Doelman (Leiden University), Max Rietkerk (Utrecht University), Ehud Meron (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev) and Isla Myers-Smith (University of Edinburgh) received an ERC Synergy grant of 10 million euros with their RESILIENCE project. The researchers will investigate whether and how tipping…
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Corinne HofmanFaculteit Archeologie
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Marleen DekkerAfrika-Studiecentrum
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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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Paul BehrensScience
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Climate-proof Mediterranean garden in the Hortus opened by André Kuipers
On 22 May, astronaut André Kuipers opened the new Mediterranean garden in the Hortus. With this water-efficient garden, the Hortus aims to offer inspiration for future- and climate-proof garden planting. Prefect Paul Keßler and scientific director of the Leiden Observatory Ignas Snellen also signed…
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Pingtao DingScience
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Changing our diet would help absorb global food shocks, such as during the Russia-Ukraine conflict
A plant-based diet could improve the resilience of our food system. Moving to such a diet in the European Union (EU) and United Kingdom (UK) alone could replace almost all the production losses from Russia and Ukraine. That’s what an international team of researchers conclude in Nature Food. Leiden…
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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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Changing your bank account number
The university pays your salary into the bank account number you gave us at the start of your employment. You can always change your bank account number.
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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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Stefan Cetkovic
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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A new social contract in western welfare states in an era of climate change, digitalization and ageing
Seminar
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Hanneke PalmenFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Manuela Rueda TrujilloScience
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Inclusive education - Making the change
Didactics
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A quick call with Jan Willem Erisman about the interdisciplinary research symposium
Conducting research with academics from different disciplines is not easy. ‘But collaboration is vital to society,’ says Professor of Environmental Sustainability, Jan Willem Erisman. On behalf of Leiden’s Liveable Planet interdisciplinary programme, he is organising a symposium that will be held on…
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Colin EwenFaculty of Humanities
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Jennifer AndersonScience
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Milon van VlietFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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David de BuisonjéFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Nikki IkaniFaculty Governance and Global Affairs