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  • KIT experts: Climate change detrimental to sexual and reproductive health

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    Climate change is negatively affecting people’s sexual and reproductive health. So say experts at the Royal Tropical Institute (KIT). They are confirmed in this by WHO (World Health Organisation), which is addressing the public health implications of climate change at the climate summit COP28 in Dubai. Climate change and Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights “Climate […]

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  • Climate march

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    Join the march for climate and justice in Amsterdam this Sunday. You are welcome to join KIT health advisers who are marching with the SDG 3 Alliance and other health professionals walk with colleagues from other Partos member organisations, or check in with the campaigners of Issue Killers. 

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  • Gaza – Israel Crisis 

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    In the face of the horrific escalation of violence in Gaza and Israel, our hearts go out to everyone affected by the ongoing crisis.   KIT does not condone any kind of violence.   As an organization which stands up for human dignity, we stand in solidarity with all of our partners working in the region.  We […]

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  • Peter Gildemacher leaving KIT

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    After 15 years at KIT, starting as Advisor Sustainable Economic Development in 2008, and the last 4 years as Head of the Knowledge Unit, Peter Gildemacher is leaving. He will embark on a new adventure and lead the Sepia Foundation (working title; www.sepiapotato.nl) in its ambition to improve potato production by making true seed varieties available […]

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  • Mayada El-Zoghbi appointed as Managing Director KIT Knowledge Unit

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    We are very pleased to announce that Mayada El-Zoghbi will be joining KIT as Managing Director of the KIT Knowledge Unit.  Mayada El-Zoghbi is an economic development expert with over 20 years of leadership experience focusing on inclusion and market systems development. She has published extensively on inclusive finance and a myriad of other topics in economic development […]

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  • KIT nominated for the “Heritage sustainability award”

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    Our building, the largest national monument in Amsterdam, has been nominated for the Heritage Sustainability Award 2023! We have been working on making the monumental building more sustainable since 2015. In March of this year we got rid of the gas boilers. From now on, our building will be heated using underground heat and cold […]

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  • Working Towards Responsible Hospitality

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    At KIT hospitality, sustainability lies at the heart of our mission and is the guiding principle in all our work. Every year we strive to become more sustainable, and we are always looking for new ways to improve. As our work is guided by the SDGs, we know that sustainability is not only about taking […]

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  • A Hearty Welcome: Three New Appointments at KIT!

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    We’re delighted to announce three new leadership appointments at KIT. Louis van den Berghe, the former CFO, has been appointed in the newly established role of Campus Director; Alexandra van Lokhorst, former Team Leader Finance & Control will be our new Director Finance & Operation  and finally, we’d like to warmly welcome Gina Pattisson to […]

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  • KIT builds one of the largest blue-green roofs of Amsterdam

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    KIT Royal Tropical Institute has built one of the largest blue-green roofs in Amsterdam on her terrain, with help from a subsidy of the municipality of Amsterdam. Because this roof is at ground-level of our terrain it is the most easily accessible blue-green roofs in the city, which makes it easier to show how a […]

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  • KIT Magazine

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    Introducing KIT MAG: an annual magazine packed with stories about our activities, at our campus in Amsterdam and with partners worldwide. Browse the magazine online or take a copy with you when you visit KIT (at the reception).

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  • KIT Board member Joyeeta Gupta wins prestigious Spinoza Prize

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    KIT Royal Tropical Institute’s  Supervisory Board Member Prof. Dr. Joyeeta Gupta has won the Spinoza Prize, the highest scientific award in The Netherlands. KIT is proud and pleased that Joyeeta Gupta is awarded this prestigious prize for her work on climate change and justice, which is at the heart of KIT’s mission to contribute to […]

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  • Lindy van Vliet leaves KIT

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    Lindy van Vliet will leave KIT at the end of this month. Lindy, who has led KIT’s Global Health knowledge work since 2016, is looking for a new challenge.  “The past seven years have flown by. With great pleasure I have devoted myself to the fantastic research, advisory and education work that is being done […]

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