The report presents a mixed picture. Over the past 25 years, there have been notable improvements in child well-being in the group of countries examined in this report: steady decline in child mortality, overall reduction in adolescent suicide and increase in school completion rates. But the last five years have …
The Paris Agreement, adopted in December 2015, calls for increased ambition by all nations worldwide in order to limit global warming to well below 2°C above pre-industrial temperature and to pursue efforts of limiting it to 1.5°C. This would be in line with what climate science tells us is needed …
This is the first study to examine the effect of alcohol marketing exposure on adolescents’ drinking in a cross-national context. The aim was to examine reciprocal processes between exposure to a wide range of alcohol marketing types and adolescent drinking, controlled for non-alcohol branded media exposure. Original Source
The cost of offshore wind power in the North Sea is 30% lower than that of new nuclear, writes Kieran Cooke - helped along by low oil and steel prices, reduced maintenance and mass production. By 2030 the sector is expected to supply 7% of Europe's electricity. Output from the …
Overweight and obesity are associated with increased risk of type 2 diabetes. Limited evidence exists regarding the effect of excess weight on years lived with and without diabetes. We aimed to determine the association of overweight and obesity with the number of years lived with and without diabetes in a …
A Dutch foundation has developed floating barriers to try to collect trash from the world's oceans, and will launch a 100 meter-long prototype in the North Sea this week to see how it fares during storms. The Ocean Cleanup Foundation's 21-year-old Chief Executive Boyan Slat, who first had the idea …
The Netherlands government has pledged 1,5 million euros to Zimbabwe as assistance towards fighting the effects of the El Nino-induced drought. This is part of the 8 million euros that was pledged to Southern Africa by the Dutch government. Speaking at the Netherlands National King's Day celebrations last Thursday, Netherlands …
New cars sold in the European Union were 3 percent cleaner in 2015 than the year before as restrictions on pollution forced manufacturers to make more efficient engines, data from the 28-nation bloc’s environment agency showed. The average carbon dioxide output of the 13.7 million cars put on the road …
This IEA Bioenergy report provides an overview of the current status of biomass cofiring. The report shows that the firing and co-firing of biomass as a replacement for coal in large pulverised coal boilers can be a very attractive option for the utilisation of biomass materials for power production, and …
On 25 September 2015, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Central to this agenda are 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that apply to all countries. Member States now have to translate the global SDGs into national targets and policies. The Netherlands already has national …
India ranks 76 in a tie with other developing economies such as Brazil and Thailand India has moved up nine spots on the Corruption Perceptions Index in 2015 to 76, from 85 in 2014, according to a new report by Transparency International. But, the jump in rankings should not be …
The annual average temperature in the Netherlands in 2015 was among the highest since 1901, the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI) announced on Wednesday. The year 2015 was placed at joint fifth place with an average annual temperature in De Bilt, where the KNMI is located, of 10.9 degrees Celsius, …
Health councils recommend higher fish consumption because of its associated health benefits. However, overfishing is considered the main threat to marine fisheries. To answer to the global fish demand, cultivated fish production continues to grow and may come with environmental concerns. This study aims to evaluate environmental sustainability and n-3 …
The first aptly-titled SolaRoad made its debut last November in the Netherlands, not far from Amsterdam. The road itself is a unique foray in pollution-free solar energy. Nearly one year later, the SolaRoad’s designers say the high-tech bike path is performing better than they expected. In the first six months …
Natural disasters due to weather extremes occur frequently, both in Europe and in the rest of the world. In the first decade of the 21st century, for example, 3000 natural disasters were reported worldwide due to flooding, heatwaves, drought, storms and cyclones. Climate change means that disasters such as these …
Dutch scientists have constructed the world’s biggest man-made wave machine to find out if their country can cope with increasingly devastating floods. Called the Delta Flume, it can create the largest artificial waves in the world – anything from the choppy waters of stormy seas to a single tsunami surge. …
A Dutch court on Wednesday said an environmental licence issued for a major new coal-fired plant built by RWE was granted properly, removing the last hurdle to operating the 3 billion euro ($3.36 billion) plant at full capacity. The Council of State dismissed objections by environmental groups including Greenpeace to …
The world's first ever smog-absorbing tower, designed to provide pockets of clean air in polluted cities, opened on Friday in the Netherlands. The seven metre-high tower, described by its makers Studio Roosegarde as the’ largest smog vacuum in the world’, uses patented ion technology to clean 30 cubic metres of …
The Dutch government will appeal against a district court ruling ordering it to cut emissions of greenhouse gases faster than currently planned, in a politically sensitive case that is being closely watched by policy-makers abroad. Deputy Minister for the Environment Wilma Mansveld wrote in a letter to parliament on Tuesday …
It's no secret that the air of some of the world's most highly populated cities is thick with smog and harmful pollutants. Now a team of Dutch designers have come up with an innovative solution to clean up our skies - and create jewellery in the process. The Smog Free …
A Dutch district court has ordered the Netherlands to cut greenhouse gas emissions to 25% lower than 1990 levels by 2020. This is several percentage points deeper than the 17% reduction the country had been envisaging. image-20150626-1405-vbi62iWhile such a ruling may seem astonishing at first, the move by civil society …
