In a speech to the Bank of International Settlements (BIS), Knot gives a glimpse of what the FSB (Financial Stability Board) is doing and will do to ensure financial stability. Not surprising that he does this, because Klaas is not only president of the central bank, but also the chairman of the FSB. The beauty … Read more
This bold statement does not come from a left-wing climate activist, but from a head of state of one of the most important countries in Latin America. It comes from a speech by Gustavo Petro Urrego at the World Economic Forum. In it he announces, among other things, that Colombia will stop extracting petroleum. Below … Read more
Give up your well-paid job at an oil giant to become a full-time climate activist. Here and there, employees are taking ‘climate layoffs’ to take action against global warming. NU.nl spoke with a number climate quitters: “I get much more satisfaction from this.” Foto: Jelle Hatenboer Jelle Hatenboer traded his job at Shell for climate … Read more
The growing green finance movement is a step in the right direction. The financial world can draw inspiration from ancient knowledge systems to act more ethically, writes author and economist Atul K. Shah. Companies can work with different, more sustainable concepts and still be successful. ‘To tackle the environmental crisis, more radical changes are needed.’ … Read more
The fact that natural population growth is negative this year is mainly due to the aging population and the ever-decreasing birth rate in the Netherlands. According to Statistics Netherlands (CBS), 168,000 children will be born in the Netherlands in 2022. The last time so few babies were born in a year was in 1919, when … Read more
• Today • reading time 4 minutes • 1035 views • store © cc photo: Stay Grounded The end of 2022 is in sight, and some would call this year a climate year. A lot has happened in the field of climate this year. So much that some things can sometimes get out of sight. … Read more
In 2022, we will find ourselves in various crises in the Netherlands. Philip van Tin looks back and concludes that dignitaries failed to solve the problems. Even worse, they have sometimes even caused the crises. It has not escaped your notice: in 2022 we have rolled from one Crisis to another. The Energy Crisis, the … Read more
There will be a study into the introduction of a mandatory water label for homes and buildings. Minister Mark Harbers (Infrastructure and Water Management, VVD) writes this in a letter to the House of Representatives. Harbers follows a proposal from a group of experts who have been thinking about measures against damage and nuisance caused … Read more
John Auman Yanaika Denoyelle is a bio-engineer and has been working for some time as a ‘climate assistant’ at Econopolis, the organization through which well-known television face Geert Noels advises governments and companies on how to make a profit without harming our planet. This week she published the book Climate Shock in which Denoyelle junior … Read more
Months of occupations, massive demonstrations and fighting with the police: many Dutch activists look with some jealousy at the student protests of the sixties and seventies. Today, protests seem to go no further than peaceful demonstrations or occupations of just a few hours. Have students lost their fighting spirit and if so, why have they … Read more