Scientists and societal partners from Leiden University, TU Delft and Erasmus University Rotterdam have joined together in a new network around Climate and Biodiversity, where the interaction between the two themes will be highlighted. Over the past year, our network is expanding within but also outside of the universities, throughout the Netherlands. Currently our network consists of +280 members! Do you want to become part it?
Why join our network?
- You will be invited to our activities and have access to our growing transdisciplinary network of Leiden-Delft-Erasmus universities researchers and societal partners.
- You will stay up to date on relevant events, grants, our Seed Funds and project updates from our network through a regular news e-mail.
- You have a point of contact to put all your questions related to the biodiversity-climate nexus, if you are a knowledge institute, government agency, non-profit organisation, entrepreneur, researcher, student, citizen or anyone else.
- You can share your knowledge or use other (organizations) knowledge for a guest lecture, for verification of knowledge or become a knowledge partner for our LDE Thesis Labs, for example: Thesis Lab 25/26 Generation Regeneration.
- You have a place to put and discuss your bold research questions or ideas, or find collaborators when there is an interdisciplinary call affiliated to the biodiversity-climate nexus.
- You have a point of contact for (outdoor) locations and living labs for place-based learning, such as the Green Village (Delft), Hortus Botanicus (TU Delft and Leiden), the Polderlab (Oud Ade), The Field (Leiden) and Buitenplaats Brienenoord (Rotterdam),
Through our activities, we are expanding our network of knowledge partners so that we can increasingly fulfil the role of knowledge director. Also, we work in close collaboration with the LDE Centre for Sustainability.
Upcoming
- A Follow up meeting on September 29th 2026 at The Green Village in Delft, for the first round of Seed Projects that started in 2025.
- A Seed Fund 2027 Matchmaking session in November 2026, to pitch potential project ideas and facilitate new connections between project partners.
- A Climate & Biodiversity Network event on the 25th of February, 2027: an opportunity to re(connect), get inspired, follow workshops, and kick-start new seed fund ideas!
Events for our network in 2026
- A kick-off workshop in March at The Field, Leiden, for the newly awarded Climate & Biodiversity Seed Projects of 2026 (see article here).
- A progress meeting on June 16th with the Seed Projects of 2026 at Buitenplaats Brienenoord, at the island van Brienenoord in Rotterdam.
- The LDE Thesis Lab final event on July 2nd in the South-Holland Delta, where 15 master students presented their ideas for 2100 in a white paper (see article here).
Events for our network in 2025
- A kick-off workshop on June 5th for the Seed Projects Climate and Biodiversity at the TU Delft Hortus Botanicus aiming to bring all participants of the four awarded Seed Projects together, get to know each other and the other projects and enhancing the future impact (see article here).
- A break-out session on September 25th at the Climate Action Festival 2025 of the TU Delft Climate Action Programme aiming to explore and define collaboration for transdisciplinary research and education, and opportunities for collaboration in a potential new flagship about Climate and Biodiversity (register here).
- A Climate and Biodiversity Network Event on November 27th (13:30-17:00h) in PLNT Leiden to get to know fellow network participants, get inspired and get involved in our Climate and Biodiversity program (see the program and registration form)
Events for our network in 2024
- White paper presentation at Naturalis in Leiden in May on the International Day of Biodiversity (see Whitepaper)
- A kick-off meeting in November at the Green Village in Delft to get to know fellow network participants, gain insights on projects related to climate and biodiversity, and a Lorentz Workshop to feed the long-term strategy of the LDE Climate and Biodiversity program in November (see article here)
- A collaboration with TU Delft Climate Action Programme in December for a lunch lecture on Climate and Biodiversity nexus with Dr. Nico Tillie (Head of the Urban Ecology Lab ) and Bob Kreiken (PhD Researcher Biodiversity Data & Equity at TPM Faculty)
Would you like to participate in this network from one of the three LDE universities or be affiliated with it from another organization? We would be happy to welcome you. Please contact our program coordinator, Suzanne van den Bosch, email: s.j.m.van.den.bosch@cml.leidenuniv.nl.