What if the students are right? What if the only sensible solution is cutting all ties with the fossil fuel industry? The climate crisis is real and we need to do something, we all agree on that. Some say we can only change the system from the inside, because society will never accept the costs…
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Ties with fossil fuel industry
At universities and academic institutions across the Netherlands, students and staff are discussing their institutions’ ties with fossil fuel industries. We believe such conversations are crucial to have with all of our academic and scientific communities. As Scientists for Future NL, we urge all Dutch higher education institutions to be transparent about (fossil) industry ties;…
Julia Steinberger: Struggle for survival
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…
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…
