Communication
Voices in Global Environmental Politics
Podcast: All Hands on Deck: Do Cooperative Climate Initiatives Deliver?
In this episode, Hayley Stevenson speaks with Dr. Sander Chan, a political scientist at Radboud University, the Netherlands, who has spent more than 15 years studying how non-state actors—such as cities, businesses, and NGOs—cooperate to tackle climate change and advance sustainable development.
They discuss the rise of “cooperative climate initiatives” beyond the UN process, exploring what these diverse actors are doing, why an “all hands on deck” approach has become essential, and how to assess whether such initiatives genuinely deliver on their promises.
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COP29 is mislukt en dat gaat over veel meer dan geld
Klimaatrechtvaardigheid Van solidariteit of transparantie was geen sprake op de klimaatconferentie in Bakoe, zag Heleen de Coninck. Rijke landen ontlopen hun verantwoordelijkheid.
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De afgelopen weken vond de jaarlijkse klimaattop plaats. De armere landen vertrokken ontevreden, terwijl Westerse politici tevreden klonken. Hoe zit dat?
Bronnen: Bronnen: de Volkskrant, Sander Chan (wetenschapper klimaatfinanciering), NOS, De Correspondent
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Denemarken wil met CO2-belasting voor boeren klimaatdoelen halen
Klimaatbeleid Per 2030 moeten Deense boeren als eerste ter wereld betalen voor de CO2-uitstoot van vee. De opbrengst wordt gebruikt om boeren te helpen bij de klimaattransitie. Is het plan ook geschikt voor Nederland?
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Wetenschappers reageren op akkoord klimaattop: ‘Dit is een stap achteruit
Armere landen krijgen meer klimaatgeld, maar toch overheerst bij experts klimaatfinanciering Pieter Pauw (TU Eindhoven) en Sander Chan (Radboud Universiteit) teleurstelling over het resultaat van de klimaattop in Bakoe. ‘Normaal zet je bij klimaattoppen een stap vooruit, dit is juist een stap achteruit.
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Onderzoeker: eerste afspraken COP openen deur voor greenwashing
De eerste afspraken tussen landen op de klimaattop zijn onduidelijk en zetten de deur open voor greenwashing, waarschuwt onderzoeker Sander Chan van de Radboud Universiteit. De universitair docent milieukunde maakt zich zorgen: met de afspraken over CO2-handel kunnen bedrijven en landen zich milieuvriendelijker voordoen dan ze daadwerkelijk zijn.
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PhD candidate speaks at climate summit: ‘Large-scale action is needed to address climate change impacts’
The climate summit (COP29) in Baku is attended by government leaders and policymakers, but also many scientists. One of them is PhD candidate Sebastian Reyes de la Lanza, who is conducting research on voluntary climate action and sharing his main findings at this major international summit.
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Did the climate ambitions of cities remain intact during the COVID-19 pandemic?
'Who is concerned about climate and worried?", tweeted political scientist Sander Chan during the first lockdown in the COVID-19 pandemic. More than sixty people responded. At the time, the researcher and associate professor of international environmental politics could not have imagined what his action would lead to four years later. What started as a chat session, 'just to share our concerns with each other', ended in an international collaboration, special friendships, culminating in a publication in Nature Cities, together with Dr Tanya O'Garra (Imperial College of London) and other colleagues.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Chan saw governments suddenly capable of quick and decisive action. What if they used that forward-thinking approach in the climate field too? He wondered if the pandemic might offer an opportunity for the climate. Besides the effectiveness of governments, there were more bright spots. In Delhi, usually covered under a thick grey smog blanket, the air suddenly cleared. Not only there, but air quality improved worldwide. Together with fellow researchers, Chan examined what happened to cities' climate ambitions during the pandemic.