Niels Debonne
Organisation
Milieudefensie
Type of researcher
NGO
Short biography
I work as a senior analyst and policy advisor on the topics of Food and Agriculture for Milieudefensie (Friends of the Earth NL). Previously, I was an assistant professor working on how sustainable land use is helped or hindered by different actors. I have been campaigning with Scientist Rebellion on various topics, notably on the ties between universities and the fossil fuel industry
Areas of expertise (keywords)
lobbying
greenwashing and PR
academic collaboration with fossil fuel industry
forestry
agriculture
environmental sciences
biofuels
indigenous rights
geography
climate justice
Climate obstruction publications
Debonne, N. et al. 2021. Agency shifts in agricultural land governance and their implications for land degradation neutrality. Global Environmental Change 66. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959378020308049 Debonne, N. 2021. Opinie: ‘Het platteland wordt sluipenderwijs door banken en perverse subsidies gekaapt’. Het Parool, 14 Feb 2021. https://www.parool.nl/columns-opinie/opinie-het-platteland-wordt-sluipenderwijs-door-banken-en-perverse-subsidies-gekaapt~bcb7ecde/ Kaupa, C, & Debonne, N. 2023. Opinie: Er is alle reden om onderzoeksgeld te weigeren van fossiele bedrijven. Ze saboteren moedwillig de energietransitie. De Volkskrant, 27 Feb 2023. https://www.volkskrant.nl/columns-opinie/opinie-er-is-alle-reden-om-onderzoeksgeld-te-weigeren-van-fossiele-bedrijven-ze-saboteren-moedwillig-de-energietransitie~ba14bd43/ Debonne, N., & Doci, E. 2023. Opinie: ‘De eisen die de VU stelt aan fossiele bedrijven zijn nobel, maar naïef’. Het Parool, 28 April 2023. https://www.parool.nl/columns-opinie/opinie-de-eisen-die-de-vu-stelt-aan-fossiele-bedrijven-zijn-nobel-maar-naief~b486d687/?utm_campaign=shared_earned&utm_medium=social&utm_source=copylink