I hesitated about writing this warm recommendation of the talk by Julia Steinberger (professor in Ecological Economics) for the audience that reads the S4F newsletter. Her message, and the results from her research, lead to a pretty radical position, that confronts the widely shared idea (probably also held by many in the readership of this…
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IPCC reading marathon
Last week the marathon reading of the IPCC AR6 rapports about climate change, that started at the VU, was continued at the University of Amsterdam in the hall of the faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences. More than 50 students and staff members were involved and finished the public reading of the Working group I…
Media aandacht voor oproep tot duurzaam te bankieren
Scientists for Future NL stuurde samen met de KNAW Jonge Akademie, 10 universitaire Young Academies en Studenten voor Morgen een oproep naar de Universiteiten en hogescholen om duurzaam te gaan bankieren. De oproep krijgt veel media aandacht.
We all do what we can
When trying to solve major problems such as the climate- and ecological crises, each involved party has a perception of its role. Unfortunately, safe positions are often taken, so responsibility for painful decisions can be shifted elsewhere. As the stage play “De zaak Shell” also showed, this is problematic. Below those positions are revisited, and…
Should scientists share their opinions?
Striving for objectivity does not mean researchers cannot take part in policy debates. By Philipp Gramlich (published previously in Chemistry World) When I moved from Germany to the Netherlands two years ago, one small detail about my new home country struck me as weird: peat-free potting soil was nearly absent. Frankly, this topic has never…
Persbericht: Oproep aan universiteiten en hogescholen om duurzaam te bankieren
17 januari 2023 – voor onmiddellijke publicatie De financiële dienstverleners van Nederlandse universiteiten en hogescholen handelen niet in lijn met het Parijsakkoord. Wetenschappers en studenten roepen hun instellingen daarom op duurzaam te gaan bankieren: Scientists for Future NL stuurde samen met de KNAW Jonge Akademie, 10 universitaire Young Academies en Studenten voor Morgen deze week…
PERSBERICHT Brandbrief Scientists4Future aan toekomstige regering
Het IPCC heeft in het 2018 rapport ‘Global Warming of 1.5 ºC’ berekend dat het gebruik van olie, gas en steenkool tussen nu en 2030 teruggebracht moet worden met respectievelijk 44%, 39% en 80%[1]. De Nederlandse overheid staat echter garant voor 1,5 miljard euro per jaar aan exportactiviteiten binnen de fossiele brandstof branche. In een brandbrief aan de onderhandelaars roepen de wetenschappers van S4F de toekomstige regering op om met onmiddellijke ingang te stoppen met ekv voor fossiele activiteiten.
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The best of times, the worst of times: bridging the gap in ambition towards a sustainable future
by Stefanie Ypma ‘There is no case in which there is any scenario where we should not do absolutely anything we can, straight away’. This is one of the key messages from the first Future Scientist Webinar organized by Scientists for Future NL organised on May the 6th, 2021. Paul Behrens, an assistant professor at…
More than 500 people have shared their views on a fossil free pension with S4F
The ABP pension fund at which all staff of Dutch (applied) universities accrue pension, has over €17 billion worth of investments in the fossil fuel industry. Is this a problem? Should the executive boards of (applied) universities play a role in the fight for a climate-neutral pension? Fill out this 1-minute survey and join over…
The concept of climate change commitment and why we need to act so quickly
Author: Riccardo Riva, S4F Delft Commitment is a word that, in everyday use, has a mostly positive connotation. We usually commit to change/help/fight and so on. It implies a (free) will to do something and the fact that the declared action should eventually take place. Well, when talking about climate, commitment is still something we expect to happen,…