Category: Climate change & political action

I am Hendrik Wouters, researcher at Ghent University. I study the emergence of heat waves, drought and intense precipitation. I have participated in the latest climate report from (...)

Consume less, reduce eco-footprints, learn more about climate change and spread the word. Make my own contribution to lower the energy consumption and protect our environment.

My main concerns: Climate change induces ocean warming, sea level rise, deoxygenation and acidification with consequences on ocean biodiversity and biogeochemical cycles that are (...)

Wild bees and other pollinators are declining. To preserve them and make a difference we need everyone to play a part!

Market "laisser faire" and capitulating politics in the face of polluters and false solutions is incompatible with restoring our planet and human dignity.

I am very concerned by the climate warming, mainly due to Human activities. We are already observing many alarming signals and some action should be done now, at a personal level (...)

In our struggle to make this world a better place, our best weapon remains our determination to change ourselves. "Be the change you want to see in this world." Mahatma Gandhi

Working on the African urban climate at KU Leuven, one of my main concern is concerning data scarcity and the induced lack of resilience from populations living there.

Today, I am mainly concerned by how quickly environmental and climate changes occur, compared to the political inertia with regard to environmental issues.

Climate change threatens animals and humans, so don't waste time but act