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Sander Chan @sanderchan.bsky.social · 7d

@nieuws.nos.nl revealed that @gcadaptation.bsky.social overstated results to raise funds. As a former researcher, I faced pressure to support hype over science. I left because real research became impossible. Climate adaptation needs scientific knowledge, not spin. nos.nl/artikel/2585...

Nederlands klimaatcentrum misleidde donateurs om geld binnen te halen

Uit onderzoek van de NOS blijkt dat het Global Center on Adaptation zijn eigen invloed sterk overdreef.

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Sander Chan @sanderchan.bsky.social · 8d

Unchecked power has no place in climate adaptation. Granting immunity to @gcadaptation.bsky.social in Kenya, combined with conflicts of interest in Verkooijen's dual role as GCA CEO and University of Nairobi Chancellor does a disservice to global adaptation action.

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Sander Chan @sanderchan.bsky.social · 17d

Een echte internationale organisatie zou niet zelf kunnen besluiten om te verhuizen. Een echte IO zou zulke dreigementen niet mogen uiten.

A real international organisation would not be able to decide by itself to relocate. A real IO should not be allowed to make such threats.

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Nederland draait geldkraan dicht van prestigieus maar omstreden klimaatcentrum

Acht jaar geleden haalde Nederland het centrum nog met veel bombarie hierheen. Nu de Nederlandse financiering wegvalt, dreigt de directeur met een vertrek.

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ACHIEVE Achieving High-Integrity Voluntary Climate Action 🌱 @achieveproject.bsky.social · Sep 11

🌍 Inaugural Talk – Dr. Lauri Peterson 🎓
🗣️ “A Symphony of Efforts: Voluntary Climate Initiatives and Subnational Climate Action”
📅 Tue, 16 Sept 2025 | 🕐 13:00–14:00 EEST
💻 Online (Zoom link via registration)
🔗 Register: lnkd.in/dHN8G_vW
More info: www.achieveproject.eu/news/inaugur...

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ACHIEVE Achieving High-Integrity Voluntary Climate Action 🌱 @achieveproject.bsky.social · Sep 9

🚨 New Report!
Fixing the Broken Governance Chain
Aligning Private Finance with the Paris Agreement 🌍💰
This report explores how FIs, coalitions & regulators can work together with real-world climate goals.
Read the full report: www.achieveproject.eu/publications...

#netzero #voluntaryclimateaction

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Sander Chan @sanderchan.bsky.social · Sep 2

Beyond Nature‐based Solutions: The case for Integrated Nature‐Climate Action. New paper w. Hollie Folkard‐Tapp - Journal of Applied Ecology - Wiley Online Library besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Beyond Nature‐based Solutions: The case for Integrated Nature‐Climate Action

Moving beyond NbS to pursue an inclusive INCA concept can help address the systemic drivers of the global polycrisis. With synergies between the Rio Conventions expected to be a key focus of the upco...

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ACHIEVE Achieving High-Integrity Voluntary Climate Action 🌱 @achieveproject.bsky.social · Aug 24

🌍 Stay tuned for ACHIEVE at #ECPR2025 in Thessaloniki! 🇬🇷
We're joining two key panels on Achieving Higher Accountability, Credibility and Integrity in Voluntary Climate Action & Governance and Policies to Strengthen Voluntary Climate Action.
#Sustainability #voluntaryclimateaction #highintegrity

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ACHIEVE Achieving High-Integrity Voluntary Climate Action 🌱 @achieveproject.bsky.social · Jul 1

🌍 On 2 July 2025, the EU will propose its 2040 climate target—potentially using international carbon credits under Article 6.

Our new #PolicyBrief outlines key conditions to ensure any such use strengthens, not weakens, EU climate action.
Read more: www.achieveproject.eu/publications...

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Sander Chan @sanderchan.bsky.social · Jun 30

At #SB62 in Bonn, I shared 5 lessons from 10+ years of research on nonstate & subnational climate action:

Don’t let cooperation peak & fade
Tackle structural imbalances
Share decision-making power
Nature-based action = inclusion
Deliver on ambition
#ClimateAction #GST
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ACHIEVE Achieving High-Integrity Voluntary Climate Action 🌱 @achieveproject.bsky.social · Jun 24

⏰ 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐎𝐧: 𝐀 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐖𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐖𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐌𝐢𝐬𝐬!
📍 𝐅𝐫𝐢 𝟐𝟕 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐞 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓, 𝟏𝟎:𝟎𝟎-𝟏𝟏:𝟑𝟎 𝐂𝐄𝐒𝐓
Cities and Citizens Partnering for Climate Action: share best practices, connect cities & actors, and spotlight what works.
Register here: www.achieveproject.eu/news/worksho...
#publicengagement

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ACHIEVE Achieving High-Integrity Voluntary Climate Action 🌱 @achieveproject.bsky.social · Jun 16

🌍 Nature-based climate action = key to solving the climate, biodiversity & justice crises.
Join us at #SB62:
Scaling High-Integrity Nature-Based Climate Action
📅 Sat 21 June | 🕥 10:30–11:45 CEST
📍 Kaminzimmer, WCCB, Bonn
#NatureBasedSolutions #ClimateAction #COP30 #ACHIEVEproject #HighIntegrity

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ACHIEVE Achieving High-Integrity Voluntary Climate Action 🌱 @achieveproject.bsky.social · Jun 5

Missed our webinar? no stress, you can catch the replay here: www.achieveproject.eu/publications... 🎥
we covered key updates on net zero integrity – from SBTi + ISO draft to GHG Protocol + EU regs (CSRD/CSDDD)
let us know what you think!
#voluntaryclimateaction #netzero #highintegrity

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ACHIEVE Achieving High-Integrity Voluntary Climate Action 🌱 @achieveproject.bsky.social · May 26

🚨 Workshop Alert 🚨
How can cities turn citizen involvement into real climate impact? 🌍🏙️
👥 Join us to explore inspiring examples across the EU, share success stories, and discuss how to scale them up!
🗓️ 27 June 🕓 10:00 CEST
👉 Register here www.achieveproject.eu/news/worksho...

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Benni Leemhuis @bennileemhuis.bsky.social · May 22

Of in Groningen

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ACHIEVE Achieving High-Integrity Voluntary Climate Action 🌱 @achieveproject.bsky.social · May 20

🌍 Reflections from Day 1 of our General Assembly – Cologne 2025 🇩🇪
From SBTi updates to EU regulations and carbon credits in cities, today was packed with key topics shaping climate action.
We’re back tomorrow!
📩Subrcribe and stay tuned www.achieveproject.eu

#netzero #voluntaryclimateaction

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ACHIEVE Achieving High-Integrity Voluntary Climate Action 🌱 @achieveproject.bsky.social · May 16

𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐍𝐞𝐭-𝐙𝐞𝐫𝐨 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲!
𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐧𝐞𝐭-𝐳𝐞𝐫𝐨, 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐩𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐧: 𝐒𝐁𝐓𝐢, 𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐟𝐭 𝐈𝐒𝐎 𝐍𝐞𝐭 𝐙𝐞𝐫𝐨 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐝, 𝐆𝐇𝐆 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐜𝐨𝐥, 𝐄𝐔’𝐬 𝐂𝐒𝐑𝐃 & 𝐂𝐒𝐃𝐃𝐃.
Register here: www.achieveproject.eu/news/webinar...

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Sander Chan @sanderchan.bsky.social · May 16

ADVANCING NET-0 INTEGRITY
Tue 20 May,11.00–12.30CEST
Latest on SBTi, ISO Standard, GHG Protocol, CSRD/CSDDD
@achieveproject.bsky.social

🎤Maximilian Müller (U.Cologne);Sybrig Smit (@newclima.bsky.social):@markroelfsema.bsky.social (PBL):Isabel Haase(@oekoinstitut.bsky.social)
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markroelfsema.bsky.social @markroelfsema.bsky.social · May 13

Join us for an open session on the latest developments on Net-Zero Integrity!
Advancing Net-Zero Integrity: Updates from Voluntary and Regulatory Arenas'.
🗓️ Tuesday 20 May 2025 | 🕚 11.00–12.30 CEST
📍 Online – Link to join: lnkd.in/eUZgZ54s
@sanderchan.bsky.social @achieveproject.bsky.social

This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn

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Sander Chan @sanderchan.bsky.social · Apr 22

Link to position: www.ru.nl/en/working-a...

Postdoctoral Researcher: Effectiveness, Integrity and Synergies of Cooperative Climate Action | Radboud University

Do you want to work as a Postdoctoral Researcher: Effectiveness, Integrity and Synergies of Cooperative Climate Action at the Nijmegen School of Management? Check our vacancy!

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Sander Chan @sanderchan.bsky.social · Apr 22

🚨 Last chance to apply!

Join our research project on effectiveness, integrity & synergies in cooperative climate action as a post-doc

🗓️ Deadline: 30 April — fast approaching!

📌 Apply now: www.ru.nl/en/working-a...

@esg-journal.bsky.social @radboudpol.bsky.social @ribesresearch.bsky.social

Postdoctoral Researcher: Effectiveness, Integrity and Synergies of Cooperative Climate Action | Radboud University

Do you want to work as a Postdoctoral Researcher: Effectiveness, Integrity and Synergies of Cooperative Climate Action at the Nijmegen School of Management? Check our vacancy!

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Sander Chan @sanderchan.bsky.social · Apr 9

Exciting opportunity! We're hiring a postdoctoral researcher to work with us on the effectiveness, integrity, and synergies of cooperative climate action.

If you're passionate about impactful research and transnational climate action, I’d love to hear from you.

www.ru.nl/en/working-a...

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Sander Chan @sanderchan.bsky.social · Mar 12

🚨We're hiring! Join Radboud University as Postdoctoral Researcher on Effectiveness, Integrity & Synergies of Cooperative #ClimateAction. 🌍
Work with our interdisciplinary research team to strengthen global climate action. Apply by 30 April!

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Thomas Hale @thomasnhale.bsky.social · Feb 3

A good time to be studying the politics of asset revaluation driven by climate change www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/o... @jeffcolgan.bsky.social @greenprofgreen.bsky.social

Opinion | The New Evidence Climate Change Will Upend American Homeownership

A new analysis predicts an extraordinary reversal in housing fortunes for Americans.

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Maximilian Mayer @maximilianiras.bsky.social · Feb 15

Between Beijing and Brussels, there are signs that a reset could be in the offing after four tense and difficult years. China’s public statements have stressed that with “the world turning into a less stable and certain place”, its relationship with the EU is more strategically important than ever.

Chinese foreign minister visits Dublin as China and EU reassess fraught relationship

If Trump’s talks with Putin facilitate a pause in the fighting, Ukraine will decline in salience as a point of contention

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ACHIEVE Achieving High-Integrity Voluntary Climate Action 🌱 @achieveproject.bsky.social · Jan 3

🎇 🎆 Wishing everyone a joyous New Year filled with health, happiness, and success. May the year ahead bring hope, optimism, and a greener future for our shared home—planet Earth! 🌎🍃
#horizoneurope #VoluntaryClimateAction #netzero #achieveproject #highintegrity

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