An ecological but desperatly derisory way of life
Category: Environment & biodiversity
Frédéric Clette / Chef de Travaux
Positive actions by citizens will remain bounded without vigorous political actions against the supremacy of economy and finance, competition and predation.
Renate Wesselingh / Professor
Concerns: The human population on earth is still increasing rapidly, and although poverty has been reduced, which in itself is a welcome development, this also means that our ecological (...)
Jean-Pascal van Ypersele / Former IPCC Vice-Chair / Professor of Climatology
My concern, which sometimes keeps me awake at night, is that we, humans, are threatening the very inhabitability of the only inhabitable planet in the solar system
Manuel Sintubin / Full Professor
Living a fulfilling live in harmony with our 'living' planet
Roy Remmen / Professor Department of Primary and Interdisciplinary Care
Think globally but act locally, in the meantime we should keep on influencing our policymakers and provide them new evidence to get them in the right direction.
Raf Aerts / Scientist
I have studied forests and agro-ecosystems on four different continents to understand how human activities and environmental change affect biodiversity, ecosystems, and human health (...)
Véronique Servais / Professor
From small changes to a shift of my system of values
Anne Franklin / Analyst
I was bord as a city girl and nearly always lived a city life. Yet I chose studies and holidays that enabled me to roam outside whenever that was possible. Those moments clearly (...)
Annick Wilmotte / Chercheuse Qualifiée FRS-FNRS
Concerns: I work mainly on the microbial diversity in Polar Regions. It is obvious that climate change and human influence have an important impact on the function of ecosystems (...)