The Green Deal, formulated by the European Union, comprises climate targets that are as ambitious as they are all-important. It aims to reduce net emissions of…
Without access to raw materials, it is impossible to build the wind turbines and solar panels that are at the heart of the energy transition. Continuous…
Last year, the Netherlands capacity for creating solar energy increased with 30% to a total of 11.4 billion kWh – equalling 67 square kilometres of installed…
Urban mining is a relatively new concept. It perceives the whole of society as a mine containing large quantities of resources. “Take the company Umicore, for…
Rare metals are important in building the technology the EU needs to realize energy independence, and to achieve the political goals set out in the Green Deal…
As consumers, we mainly notice the shortages in sunflower seeds, grain, caused by the war in Ukraine, and the shortages in computer chips that is a result of…
“The energy transition has to speed up if we want to meet the goals set for 2050,” says industrial ecologist dr. Benjamin Sprecher, assistant professor at…
For dr René Kleijn time is the scarcest resource when it comes to halting climate change. “The latest report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change…
In 2021 the minor 'Modes of existence: architecture and philosophy' was launched. Lecturers from TU Delft and Erasmus University Rotterdam explain how the minor…
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