The Netherlands has the potential to become a global leader in developing Lab-on-Chip technologies, according to a new report from Invest-NL’s Deep Tech Fund. Gert-Jan Vaessen, fund manager of the Invest-NL Deep Tech Fund, stressed that a national strategy and targeted investment could help strengthen the sector. CPB researcher Debby Lanser pointed out that Europe lacks a single world-class tech …
The number of heat-related deaths in the Netherlands could more than double or even quadruple if climate policies do not succeed in keeping global warming within the limits set in the Paris agreement, a new study has revealed. Estimated annual heat-related deaths in the Netherlands could rise from the current median of 1,054 to 1,231 if average global temperatures increase …
If Prime Minister Mark Rutte extends the current hard coronavirus lockdown as he is expected to announce in a press conference on Tuesday, it will push the Dutch economy into a recession, NU.nl reported after speaking to economists from ING and Rabobank. The economists expect that the economy shrank in the last quarter of 2020, due to the stricter coronavirus …
