Helpt een verbod op fossiele reclames uitstoot te verminderen?Er is al ruim draagvlak voor het verbod op fossiele reclame. Niet alleen in #Nederland, maar in heel #Europa volgens onderzoek van Jan Willem Bolderdijk, @thijsbouman.bsky.social & E. Keith Smith capableclimate.eu/fossil-fuel-...

Half the world’s 100 largest cities are in high water stress areas. As we enter a global era of water bankruptcy we need water front and centre of agendas. Check out the new Water Security Atlas (second post) and my story in the Guardian. 1/2 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Nederland moet zich beter voorbereiden op onveiligheid door extreme regen, waarschuwt de Onderzoeksraad voor Veiligheid (OVV). Door klimaatverandering valt er vaker en langduriger regen. Volgens de OVV is Nederland niet goed voorbereid op de veiligheidsrisico’s van nu én straks.

A new pilot project is giving hundreds of old bikes a new lease of life, by redirecting unwanted, damaged bikes from @glasgowcc.bsky.social recycling centres to be repaired and redistributed to local communities. 🚲 Find out more: cycling.scot/news/pilot-p...

Australia’s worst heatwave since black summer made five times more likely by #climatecrisis, @wwattribution.bsky.social analysis finds - Extreme heat ‘is getting worse and there’s ultimately a limit to what we can physically cope with’ scientist says www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

🚜 New Britain Talks Climate & Nature research on farming has landed! 👉 Check out our new insights - and what they mean for policy and communication in farming: climateoutreach.org/btc/2025/rep...

In 2025, 50% of the globe experienced more days than average of at least strong heat stress – with “feels-like” temperatures of 32°C or higher. 🔥 At the same time, most regions saw fewer cold stress days than average. Learn more in the #GCH2025: climate.copernicus.eu/global-clima... @ecmwf.int ⬇️

Our colleague Linda Steg is among the co-authors on a paper about the role of #behavior in decarbonizing transportation, focusing on "integrating behavioral insights into climate policy design to ensure technical effectiveness, social acceptability & equity" www.nature.com/articles/s44...

I am also hiring a PhD student (4-years, home student only to join the project, starting in September 2026🌏 Please share it widely! www.royalholloway.ac.uk/studying-her...

2025 gaat de boeken in als het op twee na warmste jaar wereldwijd tot nu toe, na 2023 en 2024. Deze laatste drie jaar waren gemiddeld meer dan 1,5 graad warmer dan rond 1900.

Onderzoek naar zoninstralingsbeheer (SRM) door onze collega's liet zien dat mensen voorwaardelijk maar met tegenzin akkoord gingen met de mogelijke noodzaak om SRM-technologie in te zetten als laatste redmiddel als we er niet in slagen de #klimaatverandering te beperken.

Tekort aan duurzame energie kan Nederland miljarden euro's kosten | Zonde! Gebruik geld liever voor verduurzaming in Nederland, dat maakt ons onafhankelijker en biedt kansen aan mensen en bedrijven @nieuws.nos.nl nos.nl/artikel/2598...

Publication news! Our colleague Isabel Pacheco (with co-authors Ellen van der Werff & Linda Steg) found that there's much untapped potential for systemic change through citizen action (influencing other citizens, governments & businesses) to instigate societal change towards a circular economy.

Every fraction of a degree below 1.5 degrees means millions of lives saved from extreme weather and billions of euros in disaster recovery funding saved. We need to take every action and pursue every solution to combat climate change – in our homes and all over the world.

And these are the actions we can take on every level of society to keep the worst impacts of climate change from coming to pass: epgroningen.nl/we-dont-have...

What have we achieved in the ten years since the Paris Agreement - and where are we falling short? Our colleague Linda Steg, together with the other IPCC AR7 authors from @rug.nl - Raul Cordero, Prajal Pradhan and Klaus Hubacek - will reflect on the past decade of climate action & what lies ahead.

No, grass-fed beef isn’t better for the climate. Several of us spoke with @sachimulkey.bsky.social at the New York Times about the confusion. 🧵 www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/c...

68% van de beroepsbevolking vindt duurzaamheid belangrijk & willen zich op de werkvloer daar voor inzetten door in gesprek te gaan met collega’s over #klimaatverandering, hun leidinggevenden te bevragen over hun bedrijfsstrategie of door samen met collega’s draagvlak te creëren voor #duurzaamheid

How can we evolve - not just adapt - through crises? Our former colleague Valentina Lozano Nasi gave a tedX talk (in Italian with subtitles) about #transilience: the human capacity to persist, explore new possibilities, and transform through adversity (like #climatechange) @rug.nl

Klimaatbeleid op de formatie tafel, @leefomgeving.bsky.social @nkp.nl en @klimaatraad.bsky.social aan tafel: 👉 Beschouw klimaatbeleid integraal met andere grote opgaven 👉 Geef met klimaatbeleid vaste koers en perspectief 👉 Duurzame producten en diensten zijn een kans www.wkr.nl/actueel/nieu...

We have a PhD position on motivations to contribute to societal transitions, focusing on how citizen collectives can drive just and sustainable transitions by motivating participants and non-participants alike. Deadline to apply is 15 February: werkenbij.rug.nl/vacature/phd...

Even with weak La Niña conditions, 2025 was among the hottest years on record. @wwattribution.bsky.social’s annual report shows adaptation alone isn’t enough, and data gaps deepen climate injustice. 🔗 www.worldweatherattribution.org/unequal-evid...

Seeing what motivates our neighbors' #energy use (through social media) can change our own motivations, reveal behavior inconsistencies in ourselves, and prompt us to change our behavior. Our colleague Gabriel Muinos is a co-author on a new paper in the Journal of European Control:

Love to see community energy named as a core goal in this article for a greener 2026 🌱⚡️ Putting power in the hands of local people makes the energy transition fairer, stronger, and more resilient. Climate action works best when communities lead the way ✊

"(1) to succeed, essential policies including bans, carbon taxes and the promotion of new technologies must be both implementable and politically sustainable, entailing (2) a critical role for citizens’ green values, which (3) may be either diminished or cultivated, depending on policy design."

‘A silent majority’: Politicians strongly underestimate support for green policies, study reveals - From solar subsidies to meat taxes, minority rightwing voices appear to drown out the consensus Research by Lisa-Maria Tanase et al Story by me #climatecrisis www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Happy New Year/Gelukkig Nieuwjaar! Our master’s programme is entering its 10th year in 2026, demonstrating the urgency of environmental psychology as a way to better understand our behavior in the face of climate change. Here’s what the members of our group achieved in 2025:

‼️The research teams from the University of Groningen & LMU Munich conducted 2 large-scale surveys in five European countries to examine to what extent employees have accurate perceptions of consumers’ willingness to engage in certain #CircularConsumptionBehaviours. 👉 circeular.org/employee-per...

Our ( not-so-recent-anymore) article on suspicion, trust, and acceptability of hydrogen production got featured in the news section of GroenvermogenNL. Glad to see that it was interesting to audiences beyond social science. @epgroningen.bsky.social groenvermogennl.org/en/nieuws/be...

ECCO has 10 PhD positions open: PhD 4 has Tine De Moor (Erasmus University Rotterdam) as promotor and our colleague Lise Jans (University of Groningen) as co-promotor, and will focus on 𝘐𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯-𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴.

Several members of our group have been awarded seed funding from @rug.nl for engaging the public in our research: Brian Wagner, Isabel Pacheco, Ellen van der Werff and Linda Steg will develop a board game on climate action & Lisa Hof will get youth more actively involved in sharing climate stories.

Make that 29 papers this year: our colleague Catho Vermeulen and co-authors (including @thijsbouman.bsky.social) have a publication out now on how basic human values and value orientations relate to each other and to feelings of responsibility to protect marine environments

Since it's the final week before winter break, we’re reflecting on what our group members have been working on over the past year. Researchers from EP Groningen have been lead authors or co-authors on 28 scientific articles in 2025, and we’ll be sharing them in this thread, starting today! 🧵

Ons collega Ellen van der Werff was vanochtend op @nporadio1.bsky.social (vanaf 25:30) mbt mogelijk terugdraaien van beleid over elektrische auto's op EU niveau. Daardoor maken beleidsmakers niet alleen de aanschaf van EVs direct moeilijker maar geven ze ook het signaal af dat het niet belangrijk is

"De energietransitie wordt nu vooral gemotiveerd door andere factoren, zoals de kosten van energie en de afhankelijkheid van andere landen'', zegt @louisevanschaik.bsky.social. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ublr...

Opinie: Formatie lukt alleen als je uitgaat van gedeelde waarden

Our colleague Adrien Chanteloup (with @jayneglass.bsky.social and Harry Fischer) has a new paper out about restorative commoning (inclusive and sustainable landscape revitalisation through centering local agency, affective ties to place, and democratic governance) in #Scotland

Our colleagues Adrien Chanteloup, Charlie Walker Clarke and Lisa Novoradovskaya will be presenting at #BEHAVE2025 in #Paris later this week! They'll be sharing research on local energy collaboration, energy sufficiency, home energy use and citizen participation

The new Global Environment Outlook lays out a simple choice for humanity: we can continue down our current path with rising climate impacts, nature loss, degraded land and polluted air - or change direction & secure a healthy planet, people and economies. More on #GEO7: www.unep.org/news-and-sto...

There are 10 (!) #PhD positions available through the ECCO project (which our colleagues Lise Jans and Ellen van der Werff are part of) on #sustainable transitions - deadline to apply is 15 February: www.collectievekracht.eu/ecco/ecco+pr... @collectievekracht.bsky.social

Nearly 600 experts met in Paris last week to begin drafting IPCC AR7. Proud that four @rug.nl researchers are among the CLAs and LAs guiding this global effort. Details: www.rug.nl/rudolf-agric... #IPCC #ClimateScience #UGResearch

Vandaag vindt er een landelijke #staking in Amsterdam plaats om wederom aandacht te vragen voor de desastreuze gevolgen van bezuinigingen op het #hogeronderwijs. De staking wordt georganiseerd om wéér in actie te komen, nu de toekomst van het hoger onderwijs en wetenschap op de formatietafel ligt.

We were particularly pleased to see: 1) Commitment to reduce practical barriers to behaviour change - we know from our research that sustainable choices must be accessible, convenient and affordable.

Big news: The UK Government has published its first #PublicParticipationPlan on climate change & nature 📣 We welcome this as an important first step to involve, inspire & empower Brits to tackle climate change & protect nature. Read the plan: www.gov.uk/government/p... Key thoughts thread 🧵

Our colleague professor Linda Steg is among the lead authors for the upcoming Assessment Report 7 by the IPCC meeting in Paris this week. Through Working Group 3, she will contribute to the chapter on barriers and enablers of #climatechange #mitigation. @rug.nl @rug-gmw.bsky.social

🎁 It's #Pakjesavond - so ask Sinterklaas and the Piets to give you the gift of a subscription to the EP Groningen newsletter of 2025! It's sustainable, circular, informative and nice to look at: the perfect present for the ecologically-mindful consumer. epgroningen.nl/sign-up-for-...

Next Tuesday on 9 December, students and staff at universities across the #Netherlands will go on strike to protest proposed budget cuts to higher education. A demonstration will also be held at noon at the Dam Square in Amsterdam. Read more about it: www.rug.nl/about-ug/lat... @rug.nl

Research recap: pro-environmental behavior at work What motivates employees to be more environmentally-friendly while doing their jobs? When people care about the environment and believe their organisation does too, they're likelier to adjust how they work to reduce their environmental impact.

The Dutch National Climate Citizens Assembly explicitly focused on what values mattered to participants, rather than expecting them to be technical experts. And now, the Dutch public can show their support for the assembly's findings: www.burgerberaadklimaat.nl/Beheer/Formu... (short thread)