The UT Climate Event: Wed 5 Nov! Sessions include: ✅ Energy innovation ✅ Sustainable industry ✅ A climate-proof regional food system ✅ Digitalisation for just climate adaptation in cities ✅ Disaster resilience for multiple hazards ✅ Drought & water scarcity Register: www.utwente.nl/en/climate-c...

UT Climate Café: Thu 5 June 15:30 on 'Resilience to Extreme Weather Events' Hear Megan Heim LaFrombois and Peter Chemweno on community resilience and co-designing technical solutions. Join us in the DesignLab or online (register to receive link) Info & registration: www.utwente.nl/en/climate-c...

Our latest newsletter is out: www.pronuntio.utwente.nl/2-1gxo_sauRR... About: Symposium 'Dealing with Drought and Water Scarcity' on 3 June Climate Café on 'Resilience to Extreme Weather Events' on 5 June UT Climate Event 2025 on 5 Nov, with Bart van den Hurk and Reint Jan Renes and much more ...

We have an exciting new interdisciplinary program in critical perspectives on the relation between science, technology, and sustainability The program is a track in the globally unique two year master in philosophy and social studies of science, technology and society at the university of Twente.

The European State of the Climate 2024 report is OUT! A joint effort by @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social & @wmo-global.bsky.social Read it & explore all additional resources which include a Graphics gallery, infographics, animations! Enjoy 😊 climate.copernicus.eu/esotc/2024 #dataviz #climate #ESOTC2024

What are the consequences of exceeding 1.5°C? The International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) is gathering experts from around the world for the Overshoot Conference, from September 30 to October 2, 2025, at the Conference Center in Laxenburg, Austria. iiasa.ac.at/events/sep-2...

Last semester the University of Twente @utwente.bsky.social launched a new minor in Sustainability and Climate Physics, organised by the Applied Physics programme. The minor was received with enthusiasm – students found the courses challenging, relevant, and inspiring: www.utwente.nl/en/news/2025...

Join us online on Thu 20 March 18:00–19:00 CET: *Visualising climate science* by Angela Morelli Visualisation is a powerful tool for navigating the complexity of climate change. However, visualising climate science can confuse, misinform or polarise. Register at: www.eventbrite.at/e/iiid-conve...

The Dutch @knmi.bsky.social Institute has just published ‘De Staat van het Klimaat 2024’, showing worrisome climate-related developments in very good visualizations. You can flip through (and download) the full report here: cdn.knmi.nl/system/data_... @maartenvanaalst.bsky.social @fruys.bsky.social

Join us this Wednesday afternoon, 29 January, 14:30!

We have two inspiring speakers next week on Wednesday afternoon, 29 January! Register (free of charge), and join us @utwente.bsky.social

Wed 29 January, 14:30 2 talks @utwente.bsky.social: Climate change and life on our planet by Gerard van der Steenhoven, previously Director @knmi.bsky.social Sustainable Technology and Global Health for a Resilient Future by @maroeskarovera.bsky.social Register at: www.utwente.nl/en/sustainab...

Our latest newsletter is out! Full of information about upcoming climate-related events at the University of Twente @utwente.bsky.social, with – for example – Debra Roberts, Gerard van der Steenhoven, Maroeska Rovers, plus more climate-related news at the UT: www.pronuntio.utwente.nl/2-1gxo_sauRR...

You are herewith invited to Prof. Dr. Debra Roberts’ inaugural lecture on Friday, 22 November 2024 at 4.00 pm, titled ‘Radical Realism – A Practitioner's Search for Useful, Actionable and Equitable Open Science’, at the University of Twente. Information & registration: www.utwente.nl/en/academic-...

U-Today: "A year and a half after its establishment, the UT's Climate Centre is holding its first major event. On Tuesday 5 November, interested parties are welcome to see where the centre is now. Director Cheryl de Boer is counting on 250 visitors." www.utoday.nl/news/74801/f...

‘The 2024 state of the climate report’: “We are on the brink of an irreversible climate disaster. This is a global emergency beyond any doubt. Much of the very fabric of life on Earth is imperiled.” By: @michaelemann.bsky.social @rahmstorf.bsky.social etc. Free download at: doi.org/10.1093/bios...

The Climate Centre of the University of Twente is proud to invite you to its first annual Climate Event on Tuesday November 5th, 2024: www.utwente.nl/en/sustainab... #UTwente #Climate #Klimaat

The 2nd 'Emerging Technologies and Societal Transformations' conference at the University of Twente will be held on September 25th, 2024: www.utwente.nl/en/sustainab... #UTwente #Climate #Klimaat

#UTwente #Climate #Klimaat

Hooray! Cheryl de Boer has been appointed as strategic director of the UT Climate Centre: www.utwente.nl/en/sustainab... 🎉 Your are welcome to join our next UT Climate Café, this Thursday 27 June, 15:30-17:30, about: 'GeoTechnoSocial perspectives on Climate Justice': www.utwente.nl/en/sustainab...

At the University of Twente we Show our Stripes today. More at: utwente.nl/en/sustainab... Create your personalised version, with your own name and timeline of your life, plus those of friends or family – free tool by NASA: svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/webapps/clim... @edhawkins.bsky.social #ShowYourStripes

Your chance to spread the word about how quickly our climate is changing. There’s no better way to communicate this than with @edhawkins.bsky.social Warming Stripes. #ShowYourStripes day is THIS Friday! Download: showyourstripes.info Choose the type of visual / region and post away!

UT Climate Café on Thursday 27 June at 3:30 pm: 'GeoTechnoSocial perspectives on Climate Justice' With presentations by three UT colleagues: Gerard Martínez Görbig (urban planning): lnkd.in/eNGayadW Boelo Schuur (chemical engineering): lnkd.in/eb_7t49N Michel Bourban (philosophy): lnkd.in/gWsYB3sF

UT Climate Café on Thursday 27 June at 3:30 pm: 'GeoTechnoSocial perspectives on Climate Justice' With presentations by three UT colleagues: Gerard Martínez Görbig (urban planning): lnkd.in/eNGayadW Boelo Schuur (chemical engineering): lnkd.in/eb_7t49N Michel Bourban (philosophy): lnkd.in/gWsYB3sF

I’m loving this variation on a cycle plot published by the Financial Times today: www.ft.com/content/8e83... By Jana Tauschinski

May #Temperature highlights from the #CopernicusClimate Change Service (#C3S) Last month was: 🌡warmer than any previous May on record, at 0.65°C above the 1991-2020 average; 🌡 the 12th month in a row that is the warmest on record for the respective month of the year. For more 👉 bit.ly/4e8yFWG

News: The Climate Centre has awarded funding to nine climate-related projects, varying from urban temperature mapping and investigating zoonotic infections to improving biodiversity insights and reducing the energy use of educational labs on the UT campus itself. www.utwente.nl/en/sustainab...

On Wed 15 May, 15:30, the third UT Climate Colloquium will be given by prof. Heleen de Coninck, TU/e, IPCC author, and vice-chair of the Netherlands Scientific Climate Council. She will discuss what research says about a new relationship with technological innovation. www.utwente.nl/en/sustainab...

A whole year of record breaking ocean temperatures. This warmth has significant effects on ocean ecosystems. A large fraction of the world’s human population rely on protein from the ocean to live. Disruption to life in the ocean does affect us all. www.bbc.co.uk/news/science...

🌍🔬 Today, #CopernicusClimate and WMO release the 2023 #ESOTC report. It details climate conditions, key events, their impacts, and discusses climate policy and action with a focus on human health.     Read the full report here 👉 climate.copernicus.eu/esotc/2023?u...

March 2024 continues to see climate records toppling, with the 10th consecutive record-breaking month. Global average temperature is the highest on record, with the past 12 months 1.58°C above pre-industrial levels. More: climate.copernicus.eu/press-releases #ClimateAction #ClimateCrisis 🧪⚒️

Extremely excited to introduce Climate Pulse - the latest application from #CopernicusClimate to start #climate conversations giving users global temperature data two days behind real time. 
👉 Check it out: pulse.climate.copernicus.eu
 *beta release - constructive feedback welcome:) 🧪⚒️🛰️🌍

Exciting update! @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social - launch the Interactive Climate Atlas atlas.climate.copernicus.eu/atlas
 This new tool builds on the data of the IPCC Climate Atlas and enables exploration of CMIP6 climate projections and other datasets including observations and reanalysis.

Call for Proposals for climate-related projects by staff or students at the University of Twente This is a funding opportunity for research or education-related projects in the context of addressing the climate crisis, preferably bridging disciplinary boundaries. See www.utwente.nl/en/sustainab...

Melting icebergs and sea level rise – 2nd UT Climate Colloquium, on Monday 26 February 15:30-17:30 With prof. Detlef Lohse (UT) and prof. Sybren Drijfhout (Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute KNMI, Universities of Southampton & Utrecht). More information at: www.utwente.nl/en/sustainab...

Call for Proposals for climate-related projects by staff or students at the University of Twente This is a funding opportunity for research or education-related projects in the context of addressing the climate crisis, preferably bridging disciplinary boundaries. See www.utwente.nl/en/sustainab...

Melting icebergs and sea level rise – 2nd UT Climate Colloquium, on Monday 26 February 15:30-17:30 With prof. Detlef Lohse (UT) and prof. Sybren Drijfhout (Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute KNMI, Universities of Southampton & Utrecht). More information at: www.utwente.nl/en/sustainab...