Guus Berkhout As enormes inundações na Europa mostram que o escoamento de água na União Europeia (EU) é insuficiente para proteger os cidadãos. Mesmo no sul do meu país (Holanda), com um excelente histórico de gestão da água, os danos são enormes. Como isso pôde acontecer? Cidadãos culpados A situação ao longo [...]
Guus Berkhout Ogromne poplave u Europi su pokazale da sustav odvodnje u EU nije uspio zaštititi stanovništvo. Čak i na jugu moje zemlje (Nizozemske), koja ima odlične rezultate vodnog upravljanja su nastale ogromne štete. Kako se to moglo dogoditi? Građani okrivljeni Situacija uz morsku obalu i velike rijeke u mojoj zemlji je [...]
Guus Berkhout Die riesigen Überschwemmungen in Europa zeigen, dass das EU-Wassermanagement beim Schutz der Bürger versagt hat. Sogar im Süden meines Landes (den Niederlanden), wo das Wassermanagement hervorragend funktioniert, gibt es enorme Schäden. Wie konnte das passieren? Bürger beschuldigt Die Situation entlang der Küste und der großen Flüsse meines Landes ist ziemlich [...]
Guus Berkhout Las enormes inundaciones en Europa muestran que el drenaje de las aguas de la UE se ha quedado corto para proteger a los ciudadanos. Incluso en el sur de mi país (los Países Bajos), con un excelente historial de gestión de las aguas, hay una gran cantidad de daños. ¿Cómo pudo pasar [...]
The huge floods in Europe show that the EU water drainage has fallen short in protecting citizens. Even in the South of my country (The Netherlands), with an excellent record of water management, there is a huge amount of damage. How could this happen? "[..] European politicians state that they are not to [...]
Preamble Universities serve society by generating and passing on scientific knowledge through research and teaching. Today, universities have become a primary source of prosperity in their region. The higher the scientific level realized, the larger the contribution to prosperity. Universities, therefore, should promote excellence at all times. This means that they should not settle [...]
Prof. Dr. Ineke Sluiter, President Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) Trippenhuis Kloveniersburgwal 29 1011 JV AMSTERDAM The Hague, 10 June 2020 Dear Professor Sluiter, As a dedicated KNAW member, I wrote to past-President José van Dijck more than two years ago and past-President Wim van Saarloos more than a year ago [...]
Amsterdam, May 5, 2020 Professor Guus Berkhout office@clintel.org Dr. Frans Timmermans Executive Vice President European Commission Wetstraat 200 1049 Brussels Your Excellency, CLINTEL’s network of more than 800 experienced scientists and professionals in climate and related fields has the honor to share with you our profound worries about your plans to re-engineer the [...]
Amsterdam, May 5, 2020 Professor Guus Berkhout office@clintel.org Sr. António Guterres, Secretary-General, United Nations, United Nations Headquarters, New York, NY 10017, United States of America. Your Excellency, CLINTEL’s network of more than 800 experienced scientists and professionals in climate and related fields has the honor to share with you our profound worries about [...]
CLINTEL wishes to hearten and encourage members of parliament and proposes to them how to get the economy back on its feet without risky experiments. Divinely-appointed King Canute (above) could not stop sea-level rise. Nor can we. We cannot prevent the emergence of natural events such as earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, extreme weather, [...]
