Catégorie : Climate change & political action

Climate action should not only be taken top-down (policy) but also bottom-up. Within this testimony I give an overview of my personnel actions to live in a more sustainable way.

I made changes in my daily life. I still feel powerless to fight climate change. Stopping lobbies and populism's influence on politicians is the key to the ecological transition.

Do we really need a recurrent disaster with immense human death toll to acknowledge the ecosystem goods and services of mangrove forests and protect them ?

I conduct research on the impacts climate change has on ecosystems, also in conjunction with other global changes – such as biodiversity loss. When I’m at conferences, it is easy (...)

While individuals can deliberately change their own lives, the key to reaching the goals of the Paris Agreement lies in cross-sectorally consistent and ambitious policies

Economic systems can suddenly change, with dramatic consequences, as we have seen with the Global Financial Crisis. Climate change can similarly get us into deep trouble globally (...)

Every day Earth Observation satellites provide us with images of the state/health of the Earth surface (...)

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.