Press release Wetenschappers roepen Minister Hermans op: geen nieuwe gasboringen Donderdag 3 april gaat minister Hermans met Tweede Kamerleden in debat over het versneld uitbreiden van gaswinning op de Noordzee. Een kwartier voor aanvang overhandigt een delegatie wetenschappers een petitie aan de woordvoerders klimaat van verschillende politieke partijen. In de petitie worden ze opgeroepen om de uitbreidingsplannen van minister Hermans van Klimaat en Groene Groei een halt toe te roepen. Woordvoerder Guus Dix: "De overheid en de gasindustrie zingen al een paar jaar hetzelfde lied: 'schoner' Nederlands gas zal 'viezer' buitenlands gas deels vervangen. We dienen zowel onze energiezekerheid als het klimaat, is het refrein, door vergunningstrajecten in te korten en financiële steun van de overheid flink op te schroeven. De wetenschappelijke, economische en juridische onderbouwing is echter ronduit zwak."
News report In-person meeting October 2024 On 5 October, we gathered in Utrecht for the national meeting. We discussed how we can involve more academics and researchers in our activities, and planned the actions for the next months: during the National Climate Week of 11-17 November, we will have a program of actions that can be taken individually and in your institute. You will read all about it in the next newsletter!
Opinion Letter about demonstration rights The Dutch House of Representatives recently accepted two motions that seek to limit the access to university campuses for people without official institutional affiliations. Around the same time, several Dutch politicians made statements that betrayed disturbingly authoritarian attitudes towards participants in campus protests. We find these developments deeply worrying, as they threaten academic freedom and the democratic right to protest. Therefore, we have sent a letter to the Minister of Education, Culture and Science and other politicians.
Press release Introduction of climate education in secondary schools Scientists for Future NL has written a letter to minister Mariëlle Paul advocating for the introduction of climate education in Dutch secondary schools.
Opinion Call to Members of the House of Representatives: Take Climate Seriously Scientists4Future wrote an open letter to all members of the House of Representatives with an urgent call to pay particular attention to the long term regarding the major problems we are facing, including climate change. The Netherlands needs a policy that is sustainable for more than four years, and that incorporates a vision of the country and the world that we, as well as our descendants, can live with. And a policy that is fair to all people.
