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World leaders embrace climate adaptation action at Climate Adaptation Summit 2021
More than 30 world leaders expressed their firm support for climate adaptation action at the international online Climate ...
Chinese Deputy Prime Minister Han Zheng and US climate envoy John Kerry to speak at Climate Adaptation Summit in the Netherlands
The Hague – 24th January 2021 - The Deputy Prime Minister of China, Han Zheng, will speak at the opening session of the Climate ...
Night-time curfew as of Saturday 23 January
On Saturday 23 January a night-time curfew will come into force throughout the Netherlands. The House of Representatives ...
Climate resilience: sunflowers for a better life
‘Solutions for climate adaptation come from people, not from protocols’, says Dr Mithika Mwenda, Executive Director of the Pan ...
Support and recovery package substantially expanded
The government is substantially expanding its support package for jobs and the economy. Vaccination has begun, opening up ...
Airspace redesign: collaboration to reduce noise impact and create more airspace capacity
The use of Dutch airspace increases and intensifies. Its capacity however is not increasing. This calls for large-scale airspace ...
Lockdown measures tightened in response to concerns about new variants of virus
Please note: this news item was published on 20 January. Read more about the current approach to tackling coronavirus in the ...
The Netherlands announces intention to earmark €2 million to combat impunity
At a digital event dedicated to fighting impunity, which was organised in collaboration with International Commission of Jurists ...
Bas van ‘t Wout appointed Minister of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy
On Wednesday 20 January 2021 King Willem-Alexander will honourably discharge Mr Bas van ‘t Wout as State Secretary for Social ...
Vote for the best Water ChangeMaker in Africa
African countries are in the front lines of climate change. African organisations and communities are developing ideas on how to ...