The Circularity Gap Report 2023 was presented in Amsterdam during the World Economic Forum in mid-January. Unfortunately the news is not good. Circularity has fallen from 9.1 percent in 2018 to 7.2 percent today. That means proportionatly less raw materials are entering the circular economy when we need that figure to grow.

Today, people worldwide buy more clothes, due to rising availability of cheaper brands. But while 'fast fashion' makes dressing with style more affordable, it comes with a huge price tag for our planet. According to the World Economic Forum, the fashion industry produces 10% of all humanity's carbon emissions. It is also the second-largest consumer of the world's water supply. 

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 in­spirational and thought-provoking environ­mental photography in our Water = Life photo competition.

It's official! Breakdancing will be an official Olympic sport at the Paris 2024 Games. But what does this mean for the future of the sport, the community around it, and the global impact it's creating? 

Delegates from almost 200 countries have reached a historic agreement on the UN Treaty of the High Seas to protect 30 percent of the ocean by 2030.

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 700 commitments to advance the water agenda. In the meantime, and not even after a year, the number of actions on the UN-Water Action Agenda, has risen to 832.