Climate Action

There is no doubt that the anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases are changing our living environment. Climate change is in our hands. We need to both work on limiting it as much as we can (mitigation), but we will also have to learn to adapt to new circumstances. TU Delft will harness its innovative powers to support the world-wide transition to non-fossil resources, and adaptation of the living environment to the consequences of global warming.

The problem is complex and urgent – but we have no other choice than to be optimistic and use all of our capacity to face the challenge, through our education programs and our research.

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In the Climate Action research programme, we start from four themes we consider to be paramount for future Climate Action:

The TU Delft vision on Climate Action is deeply founded in preceding decades of university wide climate action research. The goal of the Climate action research programme is to build on current strengths and identify the areas where there is a need to strengthen our capacities to keep up our (inter)national reputation as climate action university.

Climate Action News

02 August 2022

How coastal seas help the ocean absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere

How coastal seas help the ocean absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere

The biologically productive North Sea impacts the global climate through exchange of carbon and nutrients with the Atlantic Ocean. A Dutch consortium of scientists will investigate how big this role of the North Sea really is. Under the leadership of the Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ), conduct a combination of field studies and computer model simulations will be conducted over the next four years to address this question. Models will be used to determine future effects of environmental and climate change on the North Sea, Atlantic Ocean and ultimately Earth’s climate. TU Delft's Peter Herman and Bram van Prooijen (Civil Engineering & Geoscience) are involved in the research.

18 July 2022

Gerdien de Vries in Trouw over wake-up call voor het klimaat

Gerdien de Vries in Trouw over wake-up call voor het klimaat

Het wordt snikheet. Is dit een wake-up call voor het klimaat? "Als mensen zelf klimaatverandering ervaren, wanneer de psychologische afstand verkleind wordt - wat nu steeds meer gebeurt - dan zijn mensen een stapje dichterbij het ondernemen van actie. Want hoe dichterbij iets komt, hoe moeilijker het is om er voor weg te rennen.” zegt Gerdien de Vries.

12 July 2022

'Het wordt heet onder onze voeten' - Delft Matters Magazine

'Het wordt heet onder onze voeten' - Delft Matters Magazine

Mochten de huidige middelen om klimaatverandering af te remmen falen, is climate engineering dan de oplossing? Eurocommissaris Frans Timmersmans sprak met wolkenprofessor Herman Russchenberg, die meer aandacht wil voor onderzoek naar technieken om de aarde af te koelen.

11 July 2022

Gerdien de Vries bij RTL nieuws over klimaatnoodklok van David Attenborough

Gerdien de Vries bij RTL nieuws over klimaatnoodklok van David Attenborough

Weer luidt David Attenborough de klimaatnoodklok. De Britse bioloog riep het vaker, en zal de boodschap tot aan zijn dood blijven verkondigen. "Of je luistert, ligt eraan of je iemand ziet als autoriteit. De mensen die dat zo zien, die luisteren. Als je dat niet vindt, of je gelooft helemaal niet in klimaatverandering, dan luister je niet." zegt Gerdien de Vries bij RTL.

04 July 2022

Gerdien de Vries bij Tweede Kamer over klimaatbeleid en gedragsinzichten

Gerdien de Vries bij Tweede Kamer over klimaatbeleid en gedragsinzichten

Minister Rob Jetten heeft de Tweede Kamer begin dit jaar beloofd dat het Kabinet extra aandacht gaat besteden aan de gedragskundige aspecten van klimaatmaatregelen. Om deze belofte gestalte te geven heeft een groep gedragswetenschappers waaronder Gerdien de Vries (TU Delft) in een viertal intensieve sessies gereflecteerd op een paar bestaande klimaatmaatregelen en de mate/wijze waarop gedragskennis wordt meegenomen in klimaatbeleid.


Climate Action News

21 February 2022

TU Delft and HyET Solar strengthen their partnership – in lightweight, flexible and ubiquitous thin-film solar foil

TU Delft and HyET Solar strengthen their partnership – in lightweight, flexible and ubiquitous thin-film solar foil

Solar foil represents the future. It can be applied in countless and unique ways – all the way from integrating it into traditional roof tiles through to creating new large-scale solar parks that reduce the price of our electricity. By signing a new four-year research contract, TU Delft and HyET Solar have sped up the introduction of the next generation of solar foil, bringing this vision of the future a significant step closer.

04 February 2022

TU Delft’s new programme of MOOCs aims to speed up the energy transition

TU Delft’s new programme of MOOCs aims to speed up the energy transition

On 8 February 2022, TU Delft launches a programme of four new massive open online courses on Intelligent and Integrated Energy Systems.

02 February 2022

TU Delft campus climate neutral by 2030

TU Delft campus climate neutral by 2030

By 2030, TU Delft aims to be operating in a completely sustainable manner. All activities on and from the campus will then be carbon neutral, circular, climate adaptive and contributing to the quality of life for its users and for nature. Together with all staff, students and partners of the university, sustainability coordinator Andy van den Dobbelsteen is working hard to realize this ambition. Everyone can follow the progress on a new website.

14 January 2022

TU Delft anniversary dedicated to energy transition

TU Delft anniversary dedicated to energy transition

On Friday 14 January, TU Delft celebrated its 180th Dies Natalis, or birthday. The university has chosen ‘speeding up the energy transition’ as theme for the anniversary celebrations, which will continue over 180 days after Friday’s official Dies Natalis ceremony.

11 January 2022

The Earthshot Prize

The Earthshot Prize

The search for the winners of The Earthshot Prize 2022 has begun and TU Delft is proud to be an official Nominator. Launched in 2020 and with the first incredible winners announced in October 2021, The Earthshot Prize is one of the most prestigious global environment prize in history, aiming to find new solutions to the world’s biggest environmental problems.