For the first time, three UT researchers secured the prestigious ERC Advanced Grant in the same year. Professors Arjen Hoekstra, Bram Nauta and Andrew Skidmore all get a personal grant of €2.5 million! utoday.nl/news/66741/erc…

Super happy to be among the winners of Europe's most prestigious research prize #ERCAdG. Will use the funds to study global land & water use for food & energy from the perspectives of sustainability, efficiency, fairness & resilience utwente.nl/en/news/!/2019…

Best read news last week: ERC Advanced Grant for Arjen Hoekstra, Bram Nauta and Andrew Skidmore. Read Article: utwente.nl/en/news/!/2019… #utwente

#ERC Grants Laureates 2019 are... Nadia Ameli UCL , Nikoleta Jones ARU and Arjen Y. Hoekstra University of Twente (inactive) ➡️eaere.org/erc-grants-lau… CONGRATULATIONS!👍🏼 #EAERE2019 Manchester Economics

Our new MAGIC Nexus paper on governing the water-energy-food nexus points out that challenges are not (just) about information deficits, but about institutional structures & cultures. doi.org/10.1016/j.jrur… #nexus #sustainability #policy #sciencepolicy #openaccess coming soon

A whole week for sustainability events University of Twente (inactive). Where research, food and fashion meet..I'm in. utwente.nl/sustainability Sustain our World, Design your Future | University of Twente youtu.be/pt6XEaX6Gbg

The EARTH@LTERNATIVES project has just formally started! Thanks to European Research Council (ERC) Advanced Grant. Project keywords: land | water | food | energy | sustainability | resource efficiency | equity | resilience | global scenarios

How can we feed the world without overwhelming the planet? New study by IIASA sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/…

🌳Global forest area is now 68% of estimated pre-industrial levels #Nature can be conserved, restored and used sustainably🐒 —ipbes #GlobalAssessment Look at #CostaRica: a change of policies can reverse environmental damage and #biodiversity decline🦎

Now out in print: The very first issue of the new ESG flagship journal, EARTH SYSTEM GOVERNANCE! In addition to this print version, all our articles are of course online available – all open access! – at journals.elsevier.com/earth-system-g…. Earth System Governance Journal Earth System Governance Project #earthsystemgovernance

Call for papers for Special Issue on local water management in a global context journals.elsevier.com/advances-in-wa…

Register now for the E-learning course on Water Footprint Assessment (25 Nov – 13 Dec 2019). waterfootprint.org/en/about-us/ev…

Open letter to the AGU (American Geophysical Union) and European Geosciences Union asking to consider ways to reduce the footprint of the large yearly meetings, e.g. through video conferencing and low impact transportation: framaforms.org/signatories-of…. It has already over 300 signatories. x.com/copernicus_org

If we want to halt #biodiversity loss and stop #climatechange, we need #naturebasedsolutions. 🌳🌴#Reforestation would be a key solution.🌲🌳 Here are some phenomenal examples of how countries around the 🌍 are planting trees to protect our #environment.

Robust evidence of declines in insect abundance and biodiversity. Published in Nature. nature.com/articles/d4158…

First Earth@lternatives project meeting! Great team, much energy and ambition.

Most countries' climate plans 'totally inadequate', say experts - US and Brazil unlikely to meet Paris agreement pledges - Saudi Arabia has no emission cut target - Russia has failed to make any pledge - 75% of 184 national pledges 'insufficient theguardian.com/environment/20…

Review article on the control vs resilience rationale for managing systems under uncertainty iopscience.iop.org/article/10.108… | #risk #resilience #adaptation #robustness #sustainability #governance