The construction industry consumes up to 50 percent of all primary raw materials. Under the Paris agreement, 196 countries committed to cut their consumption of primary materials by half by 2030.

Imagine a car that captures carbon, rather than emitting it. Dutch students are redefining the term ‘super car’ with a typical #newdutch approach as they invented a zero-emissions car that captures carbon as it drives. A team of students from Eindhoven University of Technology have presented Zem, the Zero Emission Mobile. It's an all-electric and solar-powered car fitted with innovative self-designed filters. When the car is driving, air flows through these filters, capturing CO2 from the air.

There is a close connection between hunger and poverty. People who are unable to grow their own food or cannot afford to buy food go hungry. This is a daily reality for over 800 million people worldwide.

While we are closing off BBQ season in the Northern hemisphere, the discussion on meat, meatless, vegetarian and vegan, tends to subdue too. But innovation is still quietly cooking away in the Dutch culinary field with Mosa Meat’s cultured meat.