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Natural Sciences of the Environment
Natural Sciences of the Environment
Research School for Socio-Economic and
Natural Sciences of the Environment
Natural Sciences of the Environment
News
| Feeding 10 billion people by 2050 within planetary limits may be achievable If we all start eating more healthy and plant-based foods, halve our food loss, recycle more waste and improve our agricultural practices, then by around 2050 we can feed around 10 billion people sustainably. "But it has to be a combination, because with just one of these measures we will not make it without exceeding environmental boundaries," says SENSE professor Wim de Vries of Wageningen University. Tuesday 16 October 2018 |
| What if the sea level should rise with ten metres? "The sea level kept rising. With higher dikes and big pumps the situation had been mastered for long. But with a 10-meter rise this was no longer possible."
SENSE professor Jeroen Aerts (VU) and SENSE alumnus Marjolijn Haasnoot (Delatares) contributed to an article with a "what if" scenario about this topic in NRC Handelsblad of 11 October 2018. (in Dutch) Tuesday 16 October 2018 |
Upcoming events
| Eleventh Annual Meeting of the Integrated Assessment Modeling Consortium IAMC 13-15 November 2018, Spain |
| Current Themes in Ecology 2018: "Biodiversity: Bending the Curve" 15 November 2018, Lunteren |
| Amsterdam International Water Week 2018: Adressing water 3.0 - from vision to action 15 November 2018, Amsterdam |
| PNS 4 Symposium: Post-normal science as a movement: between informed critical resistance, reform and the making of futures 15-17 November 2018, Spain |
| Inaugural Lecture Martina Vijver (LU-CLM): Environmental chemistry and toxicology 16 November 2018, Leiden |
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PhD graduations
| Angélica Rada Ariza Photo-activated sludge: A novel algal-bacterial biotreatment for nitrogen removal from wastewater IHE Delft, Pollution Prevention and Control Graduation date: 16 November 2018 |
SENSE vacancies
| Assistant / Associate Professor in the Sociology of Sustainable Consumption (Tenure Track), Wageningen University Application deadline: 18 November 2018 |