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Luc Int Panis
@lucintpanis.bsky.social

Science, Health, Cycling 🚲, Energy, Climate
VITO Belgium & Hasselt University
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Luc-Int-Panis

Environmental science 42%
Engineering 26%
Between life or loss, clean or polluted, plentiful or depleted, the choice couldn’t be clearer.

It’s time to #BeatPollution in all its forms.

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De donkere maanden van het jaar gaat productie van elektriciteit traditioneel gepaard met een hoge gemiddelde CO2-emissie per kWh.
België scoorde in december 2025 zelfs de hoogste maandwaarde, sinds het land rond 1980 kerncentrales in gebruik nam.
#grafiekvandedag

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Elektriciteit goedkoper maken door (oa) taxshift naar gas (en hout) zou logischer zijn. Maar kom. Ook wel een gemiste kans om niet te vermelden dat er geen (lokale) fijnstofuitstoot is. Geen *lokale CO₂-emissies is in deze eigenlijk niet relevant.
www.vlaanderen.be/veka/vlaamse...
Vlaamse overheid en warmtepompsector slaan handen in elkaar om…
Warmtepompen zijn de toekomst. Ze stoten geen CO2 uit en zijn dus goed voor het klimaat. Bijna 70% van de Vlaamse woningen is vandaag al klaar voor een warmtepomp. Toch zien we dat slechts 10% van de ...
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Eindelijk een reactie van @vrtnws dat is toch al iets

Het is geen science fiction. Voorstanders en tegenstanders zijn hier al een hele tijd concreet mee bezig.
#InternationalNon-UseAgreementonSolarGeoengineering
www.solargeoeng.org
www.ciel.org/news/unea-7-...
Solar Geoengineering Non-Use Agreement
Our initiative stands against such emerging initiatives to explore planetary techno-fixes as a climate policy option.
www.solargeoeng.org

Die ideeën circuleren sowieso al

A request I have made myself so many times in the past; review 3 papers for every manuscript that you submit. But many scientists now work in a context where that principle is very difficult to uphold.
After four months, the journal has not found a single reviewer for my PhD student's manuscript. The academic peer review system is broken.

I think we all should:

1. Review three papers for every one that we submit.
2. Promptly declined to review a paper when the request arrives.

#AcademicChatter

Thanks to Bart Rymen from @belspo.be , Lien Bomans from Departement Omgeving ,and Luc Int Panis from @vito-research.bsky.social with the support of Barbara Delcourt from the Permanent Representation of Belgium to the UN & other International Organizations in Geneva.

As the Panel begins its work, we stand ready to contribute to an effective, inclusive and evidence‑driven global response to pollution for present and future generations.
#BE4Multilateralism
#GlobalResponseToPollution
#ISPCWP #chemicals #waste #pollution

🇧🇪 is also honoured to be elected to the Bureau as representative of the Western Europe region.
This trust reinforces our commitment to multilateral cooperation and to advancing science‑based action that protects human health and our planet🌍.

From 2 to 6 February, as the international community gathers in Geneva, 🇧🇪 is proud to take part in the first plenary of the ISP‑CWP in Geneva — a milestone for strengthening the global science‑policy interface on chemicals, waste and pollution.

www.linkedin.com/posts/belgiu...
#be4multilateralism #globalresponsetopollution | Permanent Representation of Belgium to the UN & other International Organizations in Geneva
From 2 to 6 February, as the international community gathers in Geneva, 🇧🇪 is proud to take part in the first plenary of the ISP‑CWP in Geneva — a milestone for strengthening the global science‑policy...
www.linkedin.com
After four months, the journal has not found a single reviewer for my PhD student's manuscript. The academic peer review system is broken.

I think we all should:

1. Review three papers for every one that we submit.
2. Promptly declined to review a paper when the request arrives.

#AcademicChatter

en de enige reactie van @bartschols.bsky.social is "dat is een punt om te onthouden alleszins" , zoiets kan toch echt niet door de beugel @vrtnws.be ?

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At #IPBES12, delegates are reflecting on additional topics to potentially consider in the context of the @ipbes.net rolling workp rogramme up to 2030, with priority candidates being: pollution; poverty; cities; and climate change

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The new Intergovernmental Science-Policy Panel on Chemicals, Waste and Pollution (ISP-CWP) will provide the world with the science and data we need to:

✅ Prevent pollution
✅ Ensure the sound management of chemicals
✅ Manage waste better

Understand more as #ISPCWP1 continues: www.unep.org/isp-cwp

Congratulations to my colleague Bart Rymen of @belspo.be for being elected to the bureau of ISPCWP on behalf of the WEOG group at the first meeting of the Panel in Geneva.
#belgium #chemicals #waste #pollution #unep
@enb.iisd.org @genevaenvironmentnetwork.org @vito-research.bsky.social
I don't say this often but: I'm so proud to be a climate and environment reporter. We cover an issue that is vitally important to humanity and the natural world. 14 of my climate colleagues at the Post were laid off today and I'm devastated.

www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/washington...
Breaking: Washington Post gutting its climate team
Clean energy dies in darkness. Courtesy of Jeff Bezos.
www.climatecoloredgoggles.com

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At #ISPCWP1 Tuesday, the US joined the new science-policy body for #chemicals, #waste and #pollution

Member States struggled to reach agreement on the rules of procedure, especially on which observers are allowed to participate in meetings

Read ➡️ enb.iisd.org/isp-cwp-p1-i...

...and also Luxembourg 👍
The US has joined the new @unep.org science-policy panel for chemicals, waste & pollution.

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The US has joined the new @unep.org science-policy panel for chemicals, waste & pollution.

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The new @unep.org science-policy panel for chemicals, waste & pollution is getting started at an interesting time.

Amid reports of the UN facing a budget crisis, delegates here are debating how often this body will meet, where its HQ will be & if all its bodies will work in all six UN languages.

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The first meeting of the newest science-policy panel already shows how far this new body must travel before its first report is published

Hours were spent at #ISPCWP1 on how to elect the Chair, with the rest of the Bureau's membership still undecided

➡️ enb.iisd.org/isp-cwp-p1-i...

#chemicals

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The first ever plenary of the ISP-CWP - a new science-policy body dedicated to chemical, waste & pollution issues - is underway.

@ingerandersen.bsky.social reminds "countries chose science. You chose multilateralism."

De Belgen kunnen een handje helpen door hun verbruik te spreiden of verschuiven. Alles wat we op dit moment inschakelen van verbruikers zal worden opgewekt met NL of D kolenstroom (en bijhorende emissies)....al gaat het morgen niet veel beter zijn.

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Dalende inkomsten* Rusland uit export van olie, gas en kolen; nu nog ruim €400 miljoen/dag. Bijna 50% daarvan uit China. Vooral door dalende prijzen, laatste maanden ook door lagere volumes.
#grafiekvandedag bron: CREA.
*de productiekosten schat ik op €200-250 miljoen/dag.

De nadelen zijn ook al lang bekend

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Upcoming 📣

The first meeting of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Panel on Chemicals, Waste, and Pollution will aim to finalize its rules of procedure

It will also address policies for producing reports, and its conflict-of-interest policy

enb.iisd.org/isp-cwp-p1-i...

#ISPCWP
1st Session of the Plenary of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Panel on Chemicals, Waste and Pollution (ISP-CWP P1)
The first meeting of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Panel on Chemicals, Waste, and Pollution will aim to finalize its rules of procedure. It will also address policies for producing reports, and...
enb.iisd.org

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Alex Pretti, ICU nurse and American hero, was a cyclist

https://www.cyclingeu.com/822765/alex-pretti-icu-nurse-and-american-hero-was-a-cyclist/

Bellingcat provides a thorough analysis of the multiple video angles of the murder of Alex Pretti: …
Alex Pretti, ICU nurse and American hero, was a cyclist - Cycling Europe
Bellingcat provides a thorough analysis of the multiple video angles of the murder of Alex Pretti:
www.cyclingeu.com

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Hoe we afhankelijkheid van Russisch aardgas vervangen hebben door afhankelijkheid van Amerikaans LNG; analyse van @lucpauwels.bsky.social
“Aardgasprijs stijgt ruim 40 procent door geopolitieke spanningen: wat als Trump de gaskraan dichtdraait?”
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Aardgasprijs stijgt ruim 40 procent door geopolitieke spanningen: wat als Trump de gaskraan dichtdraait? | VRT NWS: nieuws
In amper 2 weken is de prijs van aardgas op de toonaangevende Europese TTF-beurs met meer dan 40 procent gestegen. Reden: de oplopende spanningen tussen de VS en de EU over Groenland. De Europese Unie...
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Patrijskind...kandidaat voor woord van het jaar 2026? ;-)
Zoek mee in jouw stamboom naar #patrijskinderen: voorhuwelijkse kinderen die later ‘gewettigd’ werden door een ‘vader op papier’.
Was hij ook de biologische vader?

Met citizen science combineren we archiefonderzoek + DNA (KU Leuven). Meedoen kan t.e.m. 30/06/2026
👉 depatrijzen.be 🔍🧬