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The Young Academy: “Dutch universities’ sustainability plans not ambitious enough”

4 november 2025 - 13:23

Solar panels and a green roof at the Science Park.

Climate policy at Dutch universities needs to be stepped up, concludes the Green Young Academy (GrYA) in a report published today. It is therefore calling on knowledge institutions to sign a manifesto. Six institutions have signed, the University of Amsterdam is still considering its position.

Why climate change is conspicuously absent from the election campaign

23 oktober 2025 - 12:08

Why climate change is conspicuously absent from the election campaign

Housing shortages, healthcare, migration: climate change is barely mentioned in the political parties’ election campaigns. Force majeure or strategy? “Climate change polarises public debate, and that doesn’t help anyone.”

How climate change is slowly driving biodiversity off the mountain

11 september 2025 - 08:00

Alpine zone in the Swiss Alps.

Climate change is causing temperatures to rise, pushing the treelines higher up in mountain ranges. Rare species that live above that treeline are forced to seek higher ground. How did nature cope with warm periods in the past? University of Amsterdam alumna Eline Rentier is reconstructing this on a...

UvA researchers can better predict extreme weather with AI model

23 mei 2025 - 14:01

Cloudburst over a field.

Weather forecasts have improved significantly in recent years with the help of AI. UvA researchers have contributed to an AI model that can now predict extreme weather more accurately than traditional weather stations. “If you see extreme weather coming, you have more time to make evacuation plans...

Melting sea ice changes the color of the ocean

20 mei 2025 - 15:09

Melting sea ice changes the color of the ocean

Melting sea ice not only changes the amount of light that enters the ocean, but also its color. This has consequences for algae that live off the light and absorb the greenhouse gas CO₂, and therefore for the climate, as UvA biologists Monika Soja-Woźniak and Jef Huisman have discovered.

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