emissions

Climate gap widens as emissions continue to exceed pledges

A huge climate gap between aspirations and reality in emissions of greenhouse gases makes climate change head in the wrong direction.
deforestation

How this small country is big in deforestation

A new report by WWF assesses the quantity and provenance of the Netherlands’ import and use of eight deforestation and conversion risk commodities: soy, palm oil, maize, coconut, cocoa, coffee, beef & leather, and timber.
plastic waste from gpgp

Most plastic waste and garbage in Pacific from fishing

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch (GPGP) is largely composed of plastic waste relating to the offshore fishing industry.
fossil emissions and ccs

Why CCS increases the lifespan of fossil fuels

As a solution to tackling catastrophic rising emissions in its current framework however, CCS is not a climate solution.
ccs at Yara Sluiskil, NL

Pilot: CCS as a service in fertilizer production

Fertilizer producer Yara and Northern Lights have signed the world’s first commercial agreement on cross border CO2 transport and storage.
geoengineering

New Commission to reduce risk from global warming, or to increase it with geoengineering?

As temperatures continue to rise and overshooting the Paris Agreement’s global warming goals becomes more likely, additional approaches to reduce climate risks, like geoengineering, have been proposed by a new commission.
hydrogen powered aircraft

Dutch optimistic to build first ever commercial hydrogen powered aircraft

The first-ever larger hydrogen powered aircraft for passengers (40-80 seats) is scheduled to fly between the Netherlands and London in 2028.
fairphone

Repair phones to cut yearly impact on global warming by 31%

Researchers projects that using a smartphone for five instead of three years could reduce the phone’s annual carbon footprint by 31%.
lithium

NGOs demand clear commitments to responsible sourcing, design, reuse and recycling of batteries

The EU Batteries Regulation is crucial to guarantee sustainability requirements for the whole life-cycle and recycling of batteries.
wind power

Clean energy transition may eventually profit from war, report finds

The war in Ukraine may at first delay the transition and increase emissions, but ultimately will lead to an even faster acceleration in the pace of the transition, a new report finds.