Global Sustainability Governance
In the Media
2023
16 March
Tánaiste meets UN chief to talk peacekeeping, Ukraine and sustainable development
Interviewed by RTÉ, Ireland’s National Television and Radio Broadcaster. Direct link here.
6 March
Inside the high-stakes battle over dimming the sun’s light to cool the planet
Interviewed by Boston Globe by Sabrina Shankman. Direct link here.
February
Geknutsel aan de natuur verdeelt de wetenschap
Interviewed for Trouw by Maarten van Gestel
28 February
De zon dimmen? Wetenschappers willen meer onderzoek klimaatinterventies
Interviewed in NOS Nieuwsuur by Marijn Duintjer Tebbens. Direct link here.
27 February
Efforts to block sunlight get boost from prominent scientists
Cited in ClimateWire. Link here.
20 February
Interviewed by Joris Tielens for NEMO Kennislink
15 February
Red het klimaat, installeer buitenaardse zonwering
De Standaard (Belgium), interviewed by Senne Starckx. Link here. PDF here.
12 February
This controversial climate solution could be exactly what the planet needs. Or it could be a colossal disaster
Cable News Network (CNN). Interviewed by Laura Paddison. Direct link here.
9 February
A solution to the climate crisis: mining the moon, researchers say
The Guardian, citing my comments. Direct link here.
Covered in 360Magazine, Berliner Zeitung, Business Insider, Canada Today, HLN, Ouest France, and many others.
8 February
With cash infusion, developing nations boost sun-dimming research
Cited in Reuters. Direct link here.
Covered in The Jakarta Post and other outlets.
28 January
Verdensmål har ændret den politiske diskurs – men de har skabt meget få forandringer
Interviewed by the Danish political weekly Mandagmorgen about the impact of the SDGs. Link here.
12 January
Pathways to sustainability
Roundtable interview for business magazine Management Scope (with Prof. Rick van der Ploeg, Amsterdam/Oxford, & Sandra Phlippen, chief economist ABN AMRO).
11 January
The debate over blocking the sun to counter climate change
The New York Times, citing my work. Direct link here.
January
Kunnen we in 2023 het klimaat fixen?
Interviewed by NOS, Dutch national radio
January
Mag dat: draaien aan de thermostaat van onze aarde? Geo-engineering: een omstreden noodrem bij oververhitting.
Interview with education magazine NVOX: Magazine voor het Onderwijs in Natuurwetenschappen (2023/1). PDF here.
2022
25 December
Can geoengineering fix the climate? Hundreds of scientists say not so fast
Interviewed by Oliver Milman in The Guardian. Link here.
28 November
Interviewed by Andrew Freedman, Axios
25 November
China noemt zich ontwikkelingsland. Valse bescheidenheid of eigenbelang?
Interview in Trouw. Online here; PDFs here and here.
23 November
Scientists increasingly calling to dim the sun.
Futurism (Canada)
22 November
Dimming the sun to cool the planet is a desperate idea, yet we’re inching toward it
Interviewed by Bill McKibben in The New Yorker. Link here.
17 November
Tempting solution: cool the planet artificially
Cited in Swiss Info.com. Link here.
12 November
Knutselen aan het klimaat.
Cited by Joris Heijn in lead article in Elseviers Weekblad (vol. 78, no. 45). Link here.
8 November
Interviewed by Katrina Megget for Chemistry & Industry Magazine
27 September
Wereldbankbaas onder vuur na opmerkingen over klimaatcrisis.
Interviewed by Annelies Roon over climate-skeptical comments by David Malpass, in Dutch national paper Trouw. Link here.
16 September
Is er geen regen? Dan maken we regen, denken steeds meer landen.
Interviewed in De Volkskrant
28 August
Tegenlicht
Interviewed by Amanda Verdonk in Dutch Research Council magazine Onderzoek. Link here.
22 June
Duurzame ontwikkelingsdoelen: veel gepraat, weinig actie.
De Wereld Morgen
20 June
Voor een betere wereld zorgen de ontwikkelingsdoelen van de VN nog niet.
Interview over the effects of the SDGs by Hans Nauta in Dutch national paper Trouw. Link here.
20 June
Klima, Tierschutz, Nachhaltigkeit: Studie offenbart den großen UN-Selbstbetrug.
Interviewed about the SDGs in the German national magazine Focus. Link here.
20 June
Report: UN global development goals have not changed policies.
Courthouse News Service
2 June
Fighting climate change through solar geoengineering is a bad idea, scientists warn.
Interviewed by Olivia Rosane in Treehugger: Sustainability for All. Link here.
22 April
Blocking the sun is a risky gambit for fighting climate change.
The Daily Beast
1 February
Solar geoengineering can deflect from climate control efforts, say scientists
Interviewed by Vaneisa Baksh in UWI Today (University of the West Indies magazine). Link here.
1 February
Sonnengott spielen: Radikale Ideen gegen den Klimawandel erhitzen die Gemüter
Interviewed in Neue Zürcher Zeitung by Kalina Oroschakoff. Link here.
17 January
After sun-dimming setback, geoengineers seek a diplomatic fix
Cited by Thomson Reuters Foundation. Link here.
Covered among us by Yahoo! and others
17 January
De zon blokkeren? Een gevaarlijk idee', zeggen klimaatwetenschappers.
Linda
In early 2022, I have been cited in numerous media outlets about solar geoengineering. Not all interviews can be linked here.
Interviews and media citations before 2022 are not online.
