Science-policy interfaces for transformative change? Insights from our innovative session at the Earth System Governance conference
Global calls for transformative change in the face of urgent sustainability challenges are growing increasingly louder, across science, policy and society. Transformations are inherently political...
A choice for 2050: The Netherlands more compact, more polycentric, or more diffuse?
The new National Environment and Planning Strategy (NOVI) has identified a great housing shortage in the coming decades. It urges that new homes be built at locations within the existing urban...
Putting Dutch ‘urban sprawl’ in a European perspective
The Netherlands is the European champion for urban sprawl. This dubious honour is the result of a calculation on land-use changes since 2000 performed by the ESPON SUPER project ( Sustainable...
Solid progress in a marathon - How do new city, region, and business announcements from the Global Climate Action Summit measure up?
The 2018 Emissions Gap Report that will be released next week will feature the contribution of cities, regions, and business to bring the world closer in line with global climate goals. More than 5...
Learn from the past and bring the Paris Climate Agreement goals closer within reach
The Talanoa Dialogue in the UNFCCC negotiations extends a broad invitation to share low-carbon stories on how to move from ‘where do want to go’ to ‘how do we get there’. The aim is to ratchet up...
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