Green Climate Solutions News
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15 April 2024
How do trees survive dry and hot summers? Leaf lifespan and growth recovery are key
- Climate change has an effect on forests and trees. They suffer from heatwaves and periods of drought. But although we see tree mortality increase as a... -
11 March 2024
Europe is not prepared for rapidly growing climate risks
- Europe is the fastest-warming continent in the world and governments are too slow in taking action to reduce these climate risks. According to... -
30 January 2024
Sven Stremke appointed personal professor Post-carbon Landscape Design
- The Executive Board has appointed Sven Stremke as personal professor for Post-carbon Landscape Design in the Landscape Architecture Chair Group at the... -
08 December 2023
Global tipping points: threats and opportunities for our planet
- The newly released Global Tipping Points Report, presented at the 28th UN climate summit in Dubai, emphasises a crucial moment for our planet. Threats... -
27 October 2023
Green walls flourish at Dutch Design Week
- As in previous years, Wageningen University & Research (WUR) contributes to the renowned Dutch Design Week in Eindhoven. One of the inspirational... -
18 October 2023
Drought imperils carbon sequestration in European forests
- Forests play a critical part in mitigating climate change due to their ability to absorb CO2 from the atmosphere. However, many European forests... -
12 September 2023
Water quality deteriorating in rivers worldwide due to climate change
- Climate change and increases in drought and rainstorms pose serious challenges to our water management. Not only the availability of water is under... -
24 July 2023
Reclaiming open climate adaptation futures
- In the article ‘Reclaiming open climate adaptation futures’ published in Nature Climate Change, scientists from Griffith University,... -
01 June 2023
A just world on a safe planet: First study quantifying safe and just Earth System Boundaries
- Humans are taking colossal risks with the future of civilization and everything that lives on Earth, a new study published in the journal Nature... -
09 March 2023
A leap forward in measuring soil carbon enables carbon farming
- Agricultural soils hold great potential for climate change mitigation by removing atmospheric CO2 and storing it in the soil. Enhancing soil carbon...