Poverty – Inequality – Environment
In September 2015, the world leaders assembled at the United Nations Sustainable Development Summit to adopt the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda, the next step beyond...Read More
CCU sector scenario development workshop
Last week the group (Kim Vreys, Sophie Van Schoubroeck, Sarah Elshout, and myself), with the help of VITO-colleague Miet Van Dael, organized a scenario development...Read More
Climate Changes: good or bad for agricultural yields?
The new Food, Water, Energy and Climate Outlook (Outlook 2016) which explores the direction towards which the World is going in terms of economic growth...Read More
Why are diamonds valued more highly than water?
Water is vital to our existence and survival. Yet, it is valued less than diamonds. What explains this and is there a possibility that this...Read More
At the precipice, we evolve: adaptation versus aliens
In this introductory blog post, I highlight three important climate change adaptation characteristics that complicate adaptation a lot: its context dependent planning and implementation, its required...Read More