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Utrecht University is an internationally renowned top research university conducting fundamental and applied research covering a wide variety of scientific disciplines; from infectious diseases and human rights to climate research and cultural history.

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  • produce academics who have both specialist knowledge and professional skills
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  • address social issues and work towards solving them

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Photo de Mukuru, l’un des plus grands bidonvilles du Kenya, situé dans le sud du pays. Philip O'Donnell

Dans les bidonvilles d’Afrique, une économie informelle bouillonnante

Faute de soutien de l’État et d’employeurs officiels, les habitants des bidonvilles d’Afrique du Sud et du Kenya s’appuient pour faire des affaires sur leur connaissance de la rue.
In the Umzimvubu Catchment Partnership, communities work with non-profit organisations and academics to restore and protect natural springs so that people have clean drinking water. Courtesy Environmental and Rural Solutions

South Africa’s scarce water needs careful management – study finds smaller, local systems offer more benefits

A small South African water catchment partnership run by volunteers is cleaning up springs, tapping into natural water supplies and creating more food, water and energy security for local communities.
A picture of Mukuru, one of Kenya’s largest slums located in the South of the country. Philip O'Donnell

Why Africa’s slums are among the world’s most vibrant business hotspots

For want of state support or formal employers, slum dwellers in South Africa and Kenya rely on street savvy, friends and a strong tolerance for hardship and precarity to do business.
Six puits de pétrole en activité, survolés en avion. Les mesures à bord de l’avion ont permis d’obtenir des données régionales, et pour des sites isolés.

Methane emissions are the low-hanging fruit of the climate transition

If the fossil fuel industry tackles the methane leaks it generates before 2030, this could reduce global warming by 0.2°C by 2100.
Parc pétrolier survolé dans le sud de la Roumanie. Sur de tels sites, un manque d’entretien donne lieu à plusieurs fuites venant des réservoirs, des valves ou autre jonctions entre les tuyaux.

Ces émissions de méthane faciles à éviter pour lutter contre le changement climatique

Si l’industrie des énergies fossiles s’attaque aux fuites en méthane qu’elle génère avant 2030, cela permettrait de réduire de 0,20 °C le réchauffement à l’horizon 2100.
Dans la négociation d'un crédit et d'un taux d'intérêt, tout n'est pas affaire de données. Shutterstock

La difficulté d’obtenir un crédit lorsque banquier et client ne parlent pas la même langue

Ne pas partager la langue maternelle du client, c’est risquer d’analyser son dossier uniquement à partir d’éléments quantitatifs. Or, ils s’avèrent insuffisants pour les profils les plus risqués.
The damage done: the aftermath of an airstrike on the Jabalia refugee camp in Gaza, November 2023. EPA-EFE/Mohammed Saber

Gaza war: artificial intelligence is changing the speed of targeting and scale of civilian harm in unprecedented ways

AI is enabling a huge number of decisions about who to target. They are not always the right ones.
Entretenir des relations dans le monde politique, une bonne chose pour des femmes d'affaires ? Shutterstock

Entretenir des relations politiques, vraiment un avantage pour une dirigeante d’entreprise ?

Pour une entrepreneuse, entretenir des relations politiques, c’est avoir un accès privilégié à l’information et donc aussi potentiellement prendre connaissance de discriminations décourageantes.
Un exceso de agua dulce procedente de la capa de hielo de Groenlandia puede ralentizar la circulación del océano Atlántico. Paul Souders/Stone via Getty Images

El océano Atlántico se dirige a un punto de inflexión que puede desencadenar un cambio climático extremo en cuestión de décadas

Los científicos comprenden ahora mejor los riesgos que se avecinan y disponen de una nueva señal de alerta temprana a la que prestar atención.
Excesso de água doce vinda do derretimento das geleiras da Groenlândia pode desacelerar e até interromper a circulação do Atlântico Norte, em cenário que foi explorado no filme-catástrofe “O Dia Depois de Amanhã”, de 2004. Paul Souders/Stone via Getty Images

Corrente do Atlântico Norte se aproxima de ponto de inflexão, e isto é uma má notícia para o clima

Cientistas agora têm uma melhor compreensão das dinâmicas das correntes marinhas do Atlântico Norte e descobriram até um alarme de seu “desligamento”
Too much fresh water from Greenland’s ice sheet can slow the Atlantic Ocean’s circulation. Paul Souders/Stone via Getty Images

Atlantic Ocean is headed for a tipping point − once melting glaciers shut down the Gulf Stream, we would see extreme climate change within decades, study shows

Scientists now have a better understanding of the risks ahead and a new early warning signal to watch for.

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