On the recommendation of Climate and Energy Minister Jetten, the Dutch government has approved the appointment of nine new members of the Scientific Climate Council (WKR) effective April 15, 2023. TU/e scientist Heleen de Coninck will take a seat on the council as deputy chair, alongside chair Jan Willem Erisman of Leiden University.
Farmers in the Netherlands are up in arms over plans requiring nitrogen pollution to be slashed. But why this sudden explosion of protest, and could it spread elsewhere?