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Inge Jonckheere

@ingejonckheere.bsky.social

Week of interesting exchanges in @gfoi with @esa @fao @unfccc @ipcc and @worldbank to discuss solutions for land and forest monitoring

October 23, 2025 at 11:59 PM

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Dr Space Junk (Alice Gorman)

@drspacejunk.bsky.social

Should humans colonise space? 5 experts respond.
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Should humans colonise space? We asked 5 experts

Earth is the only home humans have ever known. But that might not be the case for much longer.

theconversation.com

October 19, 2025 at 8:11 PM

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Klimaatcrisis

@klimaatcrisis.bsky.social

De afgelopen hete zomer kostte 43 miljard euro. Niets doen aan klimaat, is vele malen duurder dan een stevig klimaatpakket. Stem verstandig! www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

Europe’s summer of extreme weather caused €43bn of short-term losses, analysis finds

Greatest damage from heat, drought and flooding done in Cyprus, Greece, Malta and Bulgaria

www.theguardian.com

September 15, 2025 at 12:02 PM

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marc konijn

@marckonijn.bsky.social

Vandaag deze opinie in de @volkskrant.nl van @leonsimons.bsky.social en Kas Bakx

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www.volkskrant.nl/columns-opin...

Opinie: Angst voor oorlog? De klimaatcrisis bedreigt pas echt miljarden levens

Het Europese veiligheidsdebat negeert de grootste dreiging voor ons allemaal: de klimaatcrisis.

www.volkskrant.nl

September 15, 2025 at 12:20 PM

Inge Jonckheere

@ingejonckheere.bsky.social

Honoured to have been part of a panel on Foresights, innovation and policy for #climateresilience in the Resilient Europe Summit organized by the Pontifical Academy in #Vienna

August 29, 2025 at 3:24 PM

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European Commission

@ec.europa.eu

ℹ️Between 8 and 25 August, wildfires destroyed nearly 600,000 hectares in Portugal and Spain alone – a land area twice the size of Luxembourg.

We thank 🇨🇿🇩🇪🇫🇮🇫🇷🇬🇷🇮🇹🇲🇹🇳🇱🇷🇴🇸🇪🇸🇰 for standing with Portugal and Spain in their fight against devastating fires.

A firefighter in protective gear and a helmet holds a hose as they walk through tall grass. A massive wall of bright orange fire and thick black smoke burns in the background.

Three people in military-style uniforms and helmets stand in a field of dry, brown grass, looking up at two large military helicopters flying overhead. The helicopters are carrying large orange buckets on long cables.

A firefighter in a red and yellow jacket and a red helmet stands on a road, holding a hose. They're looking up at a bright yellow firefighting helicopter that's dropping a large bucket of water onto a massive wildfire behind them. The flames are bright orange, and thick smoke fills the sky. A fire truck is visible on the right side of the image.

This image is taken from inside a helicopter, looking out a large open door. A person in a dark blue jumpsuit and helmet is holding onto an orange bar, looking out over a smoke-filled landscape. In the distance, a second helicopter is flying near the mountain ridges. The sky is hazy with smoke, and the mountains are covered in trees.

August 28, 2025 at 8:48 AM

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Vincent Merckx

@vmerckx.bsky.social

Trump wil 2 CO2-meetstations in de ruimte uitzetten. Dat gaat grote gevolgen hebben voor onze kennis over de klimaatverandering maar ook voor apps als Buienradar, waarschuwt @ingejonckheere.bsky.social van @esa.int www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/20...