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Today almost every schoolchild can tell you about plastic soup. But what are microplastics and what happens once they enter the environment? We ask Maria Westerbos of the Plastic Soup Foundation.

Microplastics are everywhere, but we actually know very little about how they affect human health. Dutch consortium Momentum has initiated studies to research the impact of microplatics and health.

More than three years ago, international delegations, experts and activists flocked together in Egypt to agree on next steps to take to limit climate change. Agriculture is part of the problem, but also part of the solution. Since the conference in Sharm el Sheikh, the Dutch agrifood sector started working together…

In the run up to the COP27 in Egypt -with water being one of the main themes- and with the 2023 UN Water Conference in view, the Netherlands called on photography enthusiasts from around the world to create and share inspirational and thought-provoking environmental photography in our Water = Life photo…

2022 was international Year of Groundwater. The year ended with a UN Groundwater Conference and a plan to intergrate solutions to groundwater challenges.

A recent report co-authored by the International Labour Organization shows that if investment in nature-based solutions (NbS) is tripled, the implementation of nature-based solutions could:   create 20 million jobs  protect biodiversity and the climate  restore depleted land  …

Rising sea levels, drought and extreme weath­er are becoming more and more frequent, as climate change is coming closer to home. But how to capture that in a picture? Back in 2022, in the run up to the COP27 in Egypt, the Neth­erlands called on photography enthusiasts from around the world to create and share in…

The World Water Day 2023 was marked in 2022 with the three-day UN 2023 Water Conference co-hosted by the Netherlands and Tajikistan. Together delegates discussed some of the most pressing issues of our time ─ too much, too little and too dirty water. The conference promised to be a watershed moment and ended with over…

This year on World Wetlands Day, the Netherlands joins the global community in celebrating these vital ecosystems and their immense contributions to our planet's health and well-being. Nestled among our coastal landscapes, wetlands are not just picturesque landscapes; they are nature's sponges, filtering pollutants…