Hetzelfde recht op schone lucht: One Planet Port reageert op EU-regels voor luchtkwaliteit
Wie in een havenstad woont, heeft hetzelfde recht op schone lucht als ieder ander. One Planet Port vraagt de Europese Commissie om haar nieuwe rapportageregels voor luchtkwaliteit strikt technisch te houden en artikel 4(2) te schrappen, waarmee overheden schoneluchtmaatregelen voor havens zouden kunnen laten vallen.
Koolstofvrij, maar niet stikstofvrij: One Planet Port in Kyoto over de verborgen voetafdruk van varen op ammoniak
Op N2026, de International Nitrogen Conference in Kyoto, presenteerde One Planet Port nieuw onderzoek naar ammoniak als scheepsbrandstof. Het bevat geen koolstof, maar zonder strenge maatregelen kan de stikstofuitstoot even groot worden als die van de huidige stookolie. De scheepvaart hoort thuis in stikstofactieplannen.
Voorbij CO₂: de stikstofrisico’s van ammoniak als scheepsbrandstof
Ammonia is being considered as a fuel for the future of shipping because it releases no carbon when burned. But does it really cut emissions as much as it seems to, and could it harm the environment in ways nobody intended? Those were the questions at the webinar Beyond Carbon: Environmental considerations of ammonia as […]
Kleine havens, grote opgave: experts zoeken samen naar beleid voor een eerlijke transitie
How can small and medium-sized ports contribute to a just transition within planetary boundaries? That was the focus of a policy workshop that One Planet Port organised at TU Delft on 18 September, together with PortCityFutures and the European research network COST Action PACT. In Delft, participants came from various port contexts, including Puglia in […]
Right to Breathe: meet wat er in de Rotterdamse lucht zit
What’s in the air you breathe? In a port city like Rotterdam, where industry, shipping and heavy traffic sit right next to residential neighbourhoods, it’s an important question. Yet we often don’t know, especially when it comes to ultrafine particles: tiny particles that penetrate deep into your lungs and bloodstream, but are measured at just […]
Nieuwe Diepgang-aflevering: De grenzen in kaart op de IABR
From his window, Theodor Reinhardt sees the flickering lights of the refineries. Banal, he calls it – so ordinary you almost overlook it. It led him to delve into how it all connects. Reinhardt – cartographer, researcher and designer, trained as an architect at TU Delft – maps those connections in his work ‘You can […]
De duurzame biomassafabel: wat je wél zou moeten doen met overheidsgeld
Is burning biomass to generate energy a good idea? According to the Dutch government it is, since it supports companies producing this form of ‘green power’ with billions in subsidies. But the sustainability claim is a myth, as the investigative journalism programme Zembla revealed on 10 September, in an episode about the link between energy […]
Denk met ons mee op de After Summer School van het Nieuwe Instituut
Can the Port of Rotterdam – Europe’s gateway – transform to operate within all nine planetary boundaries? At the After Summer School, join One Planet Port’s researchers, citizen scientists and policy advisors in conversation about the port’s impact and consider what it means in your own life. During the After Summer School 2026 (23 – […]
Nieuwe aflevering Diepgang: tijd voor relatietherapie
In episode four of Diepgang – the series in which One Planet Port gives the floor to people with their own critical perspective on how the port affects their surroundings – researcher Christel Voncken shares her story. Christel moved to Schiemond to study, a neighbourhood right on the Maas in Rotterdam. From there she looks […]
Van collegezaal naar kade: drie workshops over havens binnen planetaire grenzen
Seven of the nine planetary boundaries defined by science have been breached. Ports sit right in the middle of this crisis: as end nodes of the global maritime system, they enable the flows that push the Earth past its limits. This summer, One Planet Port brought that message across in workshops for researchers from the […]