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The goal of the Paris Agreement on climate change, limiting global warming to a maximum of 1.5°C, is becoming increasingly unrealistic unless countries collectively decide to take action immediately. This is the opinion of the five Dutch climate experts who contributed to the IPCC report that appeared today. Such an acceleration and strengthening of policy measures is still possible, but requires a far-reaching transformation of the systems that underpin our economy, including energy, industry, transport, and agriculture. The coming years will be crucial in this respect. These are some of the most important conclusions from the IPCC report published today.

Het nieuws dat het kabinet doorgaat met de plannen voor de verbreding van de A27 bij Amelisweerd, sloeg vanmiddag bij veel Utrechters in als een bom. Utrechtse raadsleden verwachten niet dat de verbreding echt doorgaat.

Companies are scrambling to turn the greenhouse gas into useful products — but will that slow climate change? Andrea Ramirez Ramirez says in an article on carbon capture and utilization that negative emissions, claimed by companies should mean real CO2 removal from the atmosphere, that you can actually measure physically.

Wenli Shi wins this years 'Best Energy Paper Award' of the PowerWeb Institute

Er moet een nationaal noodplan komen om de overgang naar groene energie te versnellen. Daarvoor pleiten duurzame ondernemers, professoren, grote bedrijven, groene energieleveranciers en andere experts. Kornelis Blok, hoogleraar energiesysteemanalyse van TU Delft en lead author van de klimaatrapporten van het IPCC, onderschrijft dit.