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'History is not over'
If there is one thing worth taking away from the lectures of the great historian Timothy Snyder it is this: be very sceptical every time...

Rob De Schutter
Jun 21, 20233 min read
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What is the most dangerous nuclear power plant?
What is the world’s most dangerous nuclear power plant? Fukushima? Chernobyl? Zaporizhzhya? The answer is none of these. It is the one...

Rob De Schutter
Jun 14, 20234 min read
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To save nature, we need to redesign the world
Politicians have become too shy about their role in land planning. If they’re serious about protecting nature, they must adopt a radical...

Rob De Schutter
Jun 8, 202313 min read
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The pros and cons of seven positions on zero-carbon energy: A guide
Debates on energy policy can easily derail. To recognise and avoid caricatures, we need a better understanding of what the different...

Rob De Schutter
May 24, 20239 min read
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What are the most effective actions for the climate?
If we don’t change course, the lifestyle of every family will result in one climate death. We urgently need ways to prevent global...

Rob De Schutter
May 22, 20234 min read
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Study finds strong public support for advanced nuclear energy, especially amongst environmentalists
New study finds strong public support for advanced nuclear energy, especially amongst environmentalists

Rob De Schutter
May 12, 20234 min read
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Getting a taste of animal-free cheese: Our visit to Formo
How to experience the exciting world of precision fermentation up close? Hanno Kossmann and Martin Reich got a tour around the offices...

Rob De Schutter
May 11, 20235 min read
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We don’t need special legislation on new breeding technologies in the EU
The current burdensome approval procedure for new breeding technologies doesn’t make sense, argues Joost van Kasteren. If the European...

Rob De Schutter
Apr 26, 20236 min read
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Never do anything for the first time
Whatever technology comes along, it never enters the world without a message of doom. That was true for writing, for the steam train, for...

Rob De Schutter
Apr 19, 20238 min read
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Nobel laureates and leading scientists urge Chancellor Scholz to stop Germany’s nuclear exit
Experts warn that eliminating this major source of low-carbon power while reopening coal power plants endangers the global climate and...

Rob De Schutter
Apr 14, 20233 min read
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Open letter: Call for continued operation of German nuclear power plants
An open letter towards German chancelor Scholz

RePlanet DACH
Apr 13, 20233 min read
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WePlanet Australia launch: Our story and our hopes
WePlanet Australia is excited to have officially launched, bringing WePlanet’s mission of elevating humanity and liberating nature to...

Rob De Schutter
Apr 12, 20233 min read
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To get rid of global poverty, let’s make a stronger case for aid
While many in the West doubt the effectiveness of international aid, studies overwhelmingly show that while aid may not solve global...

Rob De Schutter
Apr 11, 202311 min read
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Recycled nuclear waste can provide clean energy to Europe for hundreds of years
If nuclear waste were recycled and repurposed as fuel for advanced nuclear reactors it could generate up to a millennia of zero carbon...

Rob De Schutter
Apr 4, 20232 min read
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Vegans, know your privilege!
Eating plant-based food is good for animals and the climate, but should we impose veganism on cultures where eating meat is an important...

Rob De Schutter
Mar 31, 20238 min read
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Europe must keep low-carbon nuclear in EU sustainable taxonomy
Why we ask European Commissioners to resist the pressure to ignore the science about Europe's largest source of low-carbon energy. In...

Rob De Schutter
Mar 28, 20232 min read
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To our EU Commissioners, and to all interested parties,
Amsterdam, 28 March 2023 Ms. Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission Mr. Frans Timmermans, Commission VP for the...

Rob De Schutter
Mar 28, 20234 min read
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When climate policy becomes ‘a cover for colonialism’
Recently, Greta Thunberg protested the construction of a wind farm on indigenous land in Norway that would provide electricity to the...

Rob De Schutter
Mar 24, 20234 min read
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Seeing a movement emerge: My reflections on Atomic Hope
A new documentary on the rise of the pro-nuclear movement is out, featuring Ben Heard. Here he looks back on what it meant to stand up...

Rob De Schutter
Mar 17, 20235 min read
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Q&A with George Monbiot: ‘It is time we became food-numerate’
WePlanet’s wildly successful Reboot Food campaign has some ambitious core principles: end animal agriculture; use minimal land for food...

Rob De Schutter
Mar 7, 20237 min read
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