Tag: climate change
2023 must be a year of action: ‘Only the image of Utrecht is green’
Three foundations in Utrecht are calling for 2023 to be a year of action. In a pamphlet they fight against the municipal climate policy, district heating and the choice for…
An international conference to help Pakistan overcome the devastating floods
This is one of the advances of the COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh: the creation of an aid fund for the countries most affected by climate change. Except that this fund…
2022, the hottest year recorded in France
Over the whole year, the temperature reached an average of 14.5°C in France. Météo-France qualifies this record as symptom of climate change “. The year 2022 is indeed the hottest…
Due to the heat, the hazel is already in bloom: ‘If it continues like this, it will become a kind of climate refugee’
If it does get cold again, we will see fewer hazelnuts this year, says Hoogenstein. Is this bad? “It can always happen that you have a different summer or winter.…
Mayor Dijksma in New Year’s speech: ‘Utrecht is in a multi-crisis’
Looking to the future, Dijksma emphasized that, after the refugees and corona, the city still has other major challenges ahead. “Unfortunately, the difficult circumstances are not over yet. Because we…
Drought, a major challenge for Iraq in 2023
The great challenge of our time, global warming affects the countries of the planet unequally. For Iraq, for example, a new year of struggle is being prepared in the face…
last abnormally hot day to conclude a record year 2022
Heat records until the very last hours of the year. This Saturday, December 31 promises to be the mildest ever recorded by Météo France, like a year 2022 emblematic of…
Heat from sewage water: is the heating method of the future being worked on in Utrecht Overvecht?
Next to the large building where four heat pumps will be located, there is also a huge rust-colored barrel. “That’s the heat buffer,” says Koen, pointing to the red tub.…
Inflation and climate change, the heavy challenges facing oyster farming
/ Podcasts / Report France In the bay of Bourgneuf, near Nantes, the oyster producers of La Bernerie-en-Retz are very active during the holiday season, which is decisive for their…
Advertising for flying holidays and petrol banned in Amersfoort
Amersfoort – The Amersfoort city council approved a ban on fossil advertising last night. This means that advertising from companies such as Shell and KLM is no longer welcome in…