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Listen to the positive Stories of Purpose from The Hague, also known as the international city of Peace and Justice about how to create a better, safer, more peaceful world together.

In a world where peace and justice can be hard to come by, The Hague in The Netherlands projects something special: the city is a base for several world courts, as well as non-governmental organizations, charities and non-profits. It's even earned itself the title of the "City of Peace and Justice." In The Fire Within Us, IDEAS takes a look at why some organizations call The Hague home.

National courts aren’t doing enough, especially to fight transnational thievery that robs countries of development, jobs and hope.

31 August 2025. Last week, the UN's highest court issued a stinging ruling that countries have a legal obligation to limit climate change and provide restitution for harm caused, giving legal force to an idea that was hatched in a classroom in Port Vila. Jamie Tahana charts how a group of young...

Legislation makes it illegal to advertise fossil fuel products and services with a high carbon footprint.

"Courts are about making the members of our society feel safe. They are the instrument of justice, ensuring that everyone is treated in an equitable and fair manner."

Since the beginning of September, The Blinkerd, a sports facility and swimming pool in The Hague, has been heated with warmth extracted from the local sewer, saving 170,000 cubic metres of gas per year.

The industry has tested both simple and complex mitigation measures with some success.

Floating Radar: The need to mitigate the impact of wind farms on birds and bats is becoming increasingly urgent. In the Dutch part of the North Sea alone, by the end of 2023, offshore wind farms with a total capacity of 4.7 gigawatts were operational.

A project is being run between the municipality of Hague and Stedin to develop a battery-powered smart beach electric grid to power the coast of Scheveningen.

Industry experts join Dutch prime minister Dick Schoof in calling on energy and industrial firms to step up their cybersecurity efforts as attacks escalate.

IT Europa attended this week’s annual cybersecurity ONE Conference in The Hague this week, and heard about the disconnect between what cybersecurity AI professionals are needed, and what professionals were actually available. Critically, we also heard that cyber pros that were thrown on the scrapheap because of a lack of perceived AI skills, could well become the major cybercriminals of the future, out of “necessity” and “spite”. New research results about the European cybersecurity labour and education market were also presented.

Mayor of The Hague, Jan van Zanen, has underlined that both Qatari cities and The Hague benefit from closer co-operation to global challenges in the field of sustainable...

The city's municipal council voted to approve the new rules for outdoor advertising, which will apply to billboards and freestanding advertising screens.

With clients like Ikea and KLM, Dutch social enterprise i-did could be judged a success story. But breaking new ground in the social economy hasn't always been easy. Join Estelle Uba in the Netherlands visiting the circular economy pioneer.

A new music studio complex is opening in The Hague, Netherlands in a former nuclear bunker dating back to the Cold War.