How farm subsidies wreck landscapes in Europe

The CAP, which represents about a third of the EU’s budget (€55 billion annually), was meant to address sustainability alongside supporting farmers. It grants financial rewards for environmentally friendly practices, like planting trees or conserving wetlands. However, these measures have largely failed to protect biodiversity.

Now the water resources of the world are under threat

The year 2023 marked the driest year for global water resources in over three decades, according to a new report coordinated by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), which signaled critical changes in water availability in an era of growing demand. 

Living Planet Report: climate and nature to reach point of no return

The Living Planet Report warns that, as the Earth approaches dangerous tipping points posing grave threats to humanity, a huge collective effort will be required over the next five years to tackle the dual climate and nature crises.

Data that fuel gaslighting about the climate

Datacenters are notorious for their power consumption and their effect on climate change. Now, the explosive growth of AI adds an extra dimension. But there is more, like huge underreporting of emissions, and the real climate costs of LNG.

The Hague, Netherlands, first city to ban fossil advertising

The Hague is the first city in the world to ban fossil advertising through local law (ordinance). The city council voted in favor of the initiative proposal from the Hague Party for the Animals that regulates this ban.

Basic standard of living for everyone no longer sustainable

To sustain even a basic standard of living for everyone, we need to dramatically change our economic systems and technologies, new research reveals.

Report: Rich countries suppress climate protesters, violate rights

Democratic governments should stop using increasingly harsh, overly broad, and vague criminal laws against climate protesters and activists, Climate Rights International said in a new report 

Protein Transition as an Economic Driver

A Protein Transition Map highlights protein innovations in the Netherlands and can guide international participants in the protein transition.

Ancient Wild Relatives Hold Key to Climate-Proofing Global Wheat Supply

Crop wild relatives that have survived changing climates for millions of years may provide the solution to adapting wheat, humanity’s most widely grown crop, to climate change.

The market for lithium is blocking the energy transition

Increasing supplies of earth metals such as lithium and cobalt drive prices down. Good news, you might say. But it is holding back the energy transition.