Executive Summary - Temperatures across the Middle East region are predicted to increase by 3°C by 2050 - Warming will be felt more in cities because of the urban heat island (UHI) effect, causing heat-related health problems - City planning and management regimes are often disconnected from disaster …

Nederland gaat gebukt onder de stikstofcrisis en dus gingen onlangs vier ministers naar Brussel om te vragen om meer coulance voor de Nederlandse situatie. Christianne van der Wal, Hugo de Jonge, Mark Harbers en Henk Staghouwer kwamen met lege handen thuis. Kamerleden Caroline van der Plas (BBB) en Derk …

Background: Continuing professional development (CPD) in nursing is defined as ‘a life-long process of active participation in learning activities that assist in developing and maintaining continuing competences, enhancing professional practice and supporting achievement of career goals’. Research has …

The vast literature on accountability in the public sector (usually called ‘public accountability’originating from political science and public administration tends to emphasize the positive dimension of holding authorities to account. As formulated by one prominent scholar in the field, ‘[a]ccountability …

We summarize what we assess as the past year's most important findings within climate change research: limits to adaptation, vulnerability hotspots, new threats coming from the climate–health nexus, climate (im)mobility and security, sustainable practices for land use and finance, losses and damages, …

More and more municipalities are, fortunately, working on play-friendly public spaces. However, many policy visions and investments are still based on assumptions made by municipal officials or suppliers of play equipment.

De EU verbiedt vanaf 2035 de verkoop van personenauto’s en bestelbusjes met een ouderwetse verbrandingsmotor. Deze maatregel is onderdeel van de ‘Fit-for-55’-afspraken waarmee de CO2-uitstoot met 55% naar beneden moet gaan, zo legt VVD-Europarlementariër Jan Huitema uit aan Brusselse Nieuwe. Over ruim …

SMEs in South‐Holland: Digitally Mature? • High‐tech products (AgTech, (Aero)Space, Maritime‐Offshore, MedTech, Composites, Mechatronics • SMEs slow to digitalize • Industry 4.0 Toolkit helps?

Een beweegbaan als motoriektest voor schoolleerlingen tussen de 12-15 jaar is er nog niet. Echter is gebleken dat de motoriek binnen deze leeftijdsgroep nog volop in ontwikkeling is. Dit onderzoek richt zich op de vraag of het mogelijk is een extra beweegbaan aan de huidige MQ scan toe te voegen die …

In September, the president of the Dutch central bank wrote what may have been the most remarkable letter of his career: it said that the ECB’s interest rate hikes will lead to losses for De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB) for the first time since 1932. Several countries throughout the eurozone are facing a …