Tim Kliphuis

My new podcast “Stéphane Grappelli - His Life and Legacy” is out! 🎉 Insights, intimate stories and funny jokes. And some cracking music! youtu.be/0SeD8yLCIRA?si…

Percentage of Adults Speaking More Than One Language (Europe)
 1．United Kingdom 🇬🇧 — 34.6%
2．Romania 🇷🇴 — 35.8%
3．Bosnia & Herzegovina 🇧🇦 — 39.0%
4．Albania 🇦🇱 — 40.0%
5．Hungary 🇭🇺 — 42.4%
6．Bulgaria 🇧🇬 — 49.5%
7．Ireland 🇮🇪 — 50.9%
8．Spain 🇪🇸 — 54.3%
9．France 🇫🇷 — 60.1%
10．Italy 🇮🇹 — 66.1%
11．Greece 🇬🇷 — 66.5%
12．Poland 🇵🇱 — 67.0%
13．North Macedonia 🇲🇰 — 68.3%
14．Portugal 🇵🇹 — 69.0%
15．Croatia 🇭🇷 — 73.2%
16．Belgium 🇧🇪 — 78.6%
17．Germany 🇩🇪 — 78.7%
18．Czechia 🇨🇿 — 79.0%
19．Serbia 🇷🇸 — 79.3%
20．Slovenia 🇸🇮 — 84.1%
21．Austria 🇦🇹 — 86.3%
22．Netherlands 🇳🇱 — 86.4%
23．Slovakia 🇸🇰 — 88.2%
24．Cyprus 🇨🇾 — 89.5%
25．Estonia 🇪🇪 — 91.2%
26．Switzerland 🇨🇭 — 91.7%
27．Malta 🇲🇹 — 91.8%
28．Finland 🇫🇮 — 92.1%
29．Norway 🇳🇴 — 92.1%
30．Luxembourg 🇱🇺 — 94.5%
31．Lithuania 🇱🇹 — 95.6%
32．Denmark 🇩🇰 — 95.7%
33．Latvia 🇱🇻 — 95.7%
34．Sweden 🇸🇪 — 96.6% (Source: Eurostat, 2016)

A convincing large scale study on potential protection against dementia, but it surprises me how all the journalistic attention goes to coffee and not to black or green (not herbal) tea, which seems to have the same effect. Are we tea drinkers marginalized?

RT Johan Derksen krijgt tegenspraak longkanker patholoog ⁦@RTLnieuws⁩ ⁦@NUnl⁩ ⁦@arjenlubach⁩

Flawed economics puts world welfare and economics at risk. The climate crisis is real, it is here now, and it could fundamentally threaten the global economy .theguardian.com/environment/20…

Het blijft ingewikkeld om te begrijpen dat wereldwijde opwarming gekoppeld is aan extreme kou-uitbraken. De weerpatronen worden instabieler (dus soms lokaal extreme kou, maar veel vaker op meer plekken extreme hitte), impact wordt kostbaarder en noodzaak tot weerbaarheid groter!

The destabilisation of the #AMOC is no longer a distant scenario - it’s a national and global security risk. In a new article in Dagens Nyheter, Iceland’s Climate Minister Jóhann Páll Jóhannsson and I outline actions to tackle this threat: dn.se/debatt/vi-vet-… (in Swedish)

Climate change is inflaming tensions over resources, forcing people from their homes & tearing at our ecosystems. Vulnerability anywhere becomes a risk everywhere – for financial systems, supply chains & global stability. That's why climate justice is an investment in peace.

For centuries, the tritone - a musical interval spanning three whole tones - has added tension, drama and mystery to music by everyone from Bach to Bernstein classical-music.com/features/music…

„Die Zeiten ändern sich“ – die #Neujahrsansprache 2026 von Bundespräsident Alexander Van der Bellen

Let’s resolve to get our priorities straight in 2026. Let’s invest more in fighting poverty & less in fighting wars. Let’s heal the planet & secure a future of peace & justice. Let’s rise together: For justice, humanity & peace. I wish you all a peaceful #NewYear!

Five holly leaves from the same tree 🌳 If holly is allowed to grow into a tree it is highly likely to do the same Holly evolved to fight back against the large herbivores that used to roam the Earth. The higher the tree grows the smoother the leaves get Photo: Emmanuel Lattes

Remember, for much of the world - including pretty much all of South and SE Asia that relies on glacier-fed rivers for irrigation - no glaciers means no water and no water means no crops and no crops means no food theguardian.com/environment/20…

“We need to start now to reduce CO2 emissions from fossil-fuels, by at least 5% per year. This must happen to have a chance to avoid unmanageable & extremely costly climate impacts affecting all people in the world.” PIKs @jrockstrom via @guardian. theguardian.com/environment/li…

@_Tegengeluid Beste Marco, in voorbereiding op mijn volgende klimaatproject zou ik graag kort spreken. Hoe kan ik contact opnemen? Hartelijke groet, Tim Kliphuis, “klimaatcomponist”

Mijn boek "De energietransitie: Naar een fossielvrije toekomst, maar hoe?", is uit! Te koop op Bol.com voor slechts 16,99 euro. Met eerste 20 pagina's gratis via "Inkijkexemplaar". bol.com/nl/p/de-energi…

Some good news- With neonicotinoid pesticide ban, France’s birds make a tentative recovery - study theguardian.com/environment/20…

‘I was arrested for civil disobedience … I turned 82 in jail!’ — Actor and activist Jane Fonda sounding the alarm about the need for ‘bold action’ on the climate crisis. There's no time to wait. This planet is all we've got. Defend it. #ActOnClimate #ClimateEmergency #climate

An absolutely amazing @ipsjazzandblues session at @venue16ipswich this afternoon. The quality of musicianship from the @KliphuisTim Trio was jaw dropping. Thanks to all those who supported the gig - one of our very best! #jazz

This is very moving. Hard to watch when the betrayal of the next generation continues through the silence of politicians and media to really address the environmental disasters speeding towards us

Wild honeybees have just been declared endangered in the EU. Once thriving in forests and cities alike, they’re now vanishing under the weight of habitat loss, parasites, and industrial beekeeping. Life is losing its sweetness. theconversation.com/wild-honeybees…

How left-brain thinking is killing civilization youtu.be/FOsX666lCPk?si…