Wageningen University is the only university in the Netherlands to focus specifically on the theme ‘healthy food and living environment’. They do so by working closely together with governments and the business community.
Uso de tecnologias de geoengenharia para interferir na quantidade de radiação solar que atinge a Terra, e assim tentar combater o aquecimento global, foi objeto de recentes discussões na ONU, mas consequências são imprevisíveis
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Uma recente reunião na ONU analisou moção sobre um conjunto de tecnologias de geoengenharia de interfrência na radiação solar, mas não foi possível chegar a um consenso sobre o tópico polêmico
A UN meeting this week considered a motion on a suite of technologies known as ‘solar radiation modification’, but no consensus could be reached on the controversial topic.
People in the Living Museum of the Ju/’hoansi San, Grashoek, Namibia.
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How will Earth’s vast boreal forests look in a warmer world? Combining satellite-based research with fieldwork shows that the planet’s largest wilderness may be changing in unexpected ways.
Deux hommes sur la plage à Lagos, au Nigeria, en février 2023.
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Combiné à la montée du niveau de la mer, ce phénomène qu’on appelle subsidence peut avoir des conséquences dramatiques mais reste trop peu étudié dans la région.
As a researcher of sustainability transition, I still believe we can create a more sustainable palm oil industry in Indonesia, where millions of small farmers rely on palm oil for their livelihood.
Paysages du delta du Mékong dans le Sud du Vietnam.
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Tangible solutions would reduce livestock methane emissions, while also improving productivity and livelihoods.
COP27 has given countries and organizations yet another chance to push for a managed decline in fossil fuel production. A climate action banner hangs from the Tower bridge in London in April 2022.
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A managed fossil fuel phasing-out offers a chance for producers – including governments, corporations and unions – to negotiate the terms of a ‘just transition’ to renewable energy.
The role of beavers in safeguarding against our heating climate has become an interesting point of discussion. But just how important remains subject to debate.
Workers harvesting crops in a Dutch East Indies’ plantation.
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Economic inequality during the Dutch East Indies era varied radically, depending on where you look. What made the income distribution different from one region to another?
Proses panen kopi di Hindia Belanda.
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Professor of Geography, Environmental Management and Energy Studies, University of Johannesburg; Research Associate, Stellenbosch University; Professor of Sociology of Development and Change, Wageningen University