Animation of the climate institute of the UvA: SEVEN
SEVEN
Joining forces for fair climate solutions
SEVEN is the climate institute of the UvA. We interweave knowledge and research from all our 7 faculties to combat climate change and make vulnerable societies more resilient.
Impact
The researchers of SEVEN create new scientific knowledge; not as an end in itself, but to contribute to solutions for critical societal problems. With their research, they want to combat climate change and its harmful effects. These 3 researchers do just that: creating impact.
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Study in 27 countries: Scientific consensus strengthens pro-climate attitudes in society
Climate scientists have long agreed that humans are largely responsible for climate change. But the public often considerably underestimates this consensus. A new study, co-led by Bojana Većkalov from the University ... -
Joyeeta Gupta: “What I could do at the UN? Maybe less than what I can do in a scientific paper, but at least I can push the political agenda forward.”
An interview with Prof. Joyeeta Gupta, who has been appointed as co-chair of the so-called United Nations 10-Member-Group. -
Making wind energy safer for birds
Scientists have been studying how birds move and migrate for hundreds of years. Recently, understanding this complex phenomenon has become much more important because countries are building thousands of wind turbines ... -
‘Let us make no mistake: the climate crisis is also a crisis of culture, and thus of the imagination.’
Colin Sterling, an Assistant Professor of Memory and Museums at the UvA, critically examines heritage and museums through the lens of art and ecology.