Carolien Nijenhuis

Carolien Nijenhuis Carolien Nijenhuis is working as an enthusiastic member of the European Science-Media Hub within the European Parliament. With a background in language, philosophy and journalism, she has a passion for clear writing and science. She has been working since 2001 in Belgium as editor for several newspapers and magazines, as medical journalist and as communication expert at the EU institutions.
She is part of the ESMH team.
  • The challenges of a European climate label

    Articles, Environment
    Trying to shop sustainably? Climate labels aim to assist consumers to choose the products that cause the lowest amount of global warming. But are they really effective? And would a general, standardised European climate label help?   We asked Prof. Bo Weidema, an expert at the Danish Centre for Environmental...
  • Nuclear energy: innovation and sustainability

    Articles, Energy
      Interview nuclear physics expert Prof. Bent Lauritzen   "Nuclear energy will play a decisive role in a transition to a low carbon European economy", says nuclear physics expert Bent Lauritzen of the Technical University of Denmark. However, "continued research and development in nuclear energy provision...