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Join Climate week

From Monday 9 until Friday 20 November 2026

From Monday 9 till Friday 20 November 2026, we’re hosting Climate Week, in collaboration with the , two weeks full of inspiring activities on climate and sustainability.

While world leaders gather in Antalya for , the UN Climate Change Conference, our university community will come together to explore how we can make a difference locally. Through open lectures, creative workshops, and a theatre performance on the value and madness of the word "Why", Climate Week offers countless opportunities to learn about sustainability, connect with peers, and help make a change.​

EVENTS

  • 10 NOV | Regenerating Life / A screening organised by emagine.life as part of Food.Film.Fest
    • Regenerating Life explores how we can rethink our relationship with food, nature and the living world. 
    • 🎬 Location & time | TBA 
  • 12 NOV | AHA Theatre Performance (NL)🎭&Բ;
    • CST, Sint-Ignatiuskapel | 3 PM 
    • Admission is free but registration is required .  
  • 16 NOV |  Spinning Wheel Quiz & Cookies 🍪&Բ;
    • Stop by for a sweet treat, test your climate knowledge with our spinning wheel quiz, and discover more about sustainability. 
    • Location TBA | from 1PM – 3PM 
  • 17 NOV | Bee Hotel Craft Day 🐝🛠️&Բ;
    • Get creative and help give our local pollinators a place to thrive. Join us for an afternoon of crafting bee hotels and learning more about biodiversity. 
    • Campus Product Development | 2PM – 5PM 
  • 18 NOV | Thrift Shop Tour Around the City Campus 👕˻️&Բ;
    • Discover some of the city’s thrift shops and explore more sustainable ways of shopping. 
    • City Campus | 1PM – 3PM 
  • 19 NOV | Preparing the Garden for Winter 🌱🍂&Բ;
    • Get your hands in the soil and help prepare the garden for the winter months. An afternoon of gardening, biodiversity and connecting with nature. 
    • CGB, behind building Z | Time TBA 
  • 20 NOV | AHA Theatre Performance ()🎭
    • CGB, W001 | 2 PM 
    • Admission is free but registration is required . 
  • 24 NOV | Campus V-Cup – Plant-Based Table Event 🌱🥗&Բ;
    • Try the UA’s plant-based food and learn more about sustainable choices at the Campus V-Cup Plant-based table event. 
    • Campus TBA | 11:30AM – 2PM 
  • THE MONTH: NOVEMBER | Extra Veggie & Plant-Based Food at Komida 🥕🌱&Բ;
    • Komida restaurants | Throughout November Throughout November, Komida offers extra veggie and plant-based options, giving you more opportunities to try plant-based food! 

LECTURES

  • 04 NOV | Lecture SEAries: When the Ocean loses its breath- the failing safety net against climate change by Professor Gudrun De Boeck (ENG)
    • 🎓 CST, aula R224 | 7 PM - 9 PM
    • Admission is free but is required
  • 09 NOV | Open Lecture: Sustainable Mobility and Spatial Planning by professor Thomas Vanoutrive
    • 🎓 CST, aula MU A 3.3 | 2 PM - 3.50 PM
  • 09 - 20 NOV | Polar Regions and Oceans: A Reflection of a Changing Planet by documentary photographer and explorer Christian Clauwers
    • CST, Hof van Liere |Continuously
  • 09 NOV & 19 NOV | Open lecture: Global Change - An introduction to the multiple dimensions of climate change by Professor Ivan Nijs (NL)
    • 🎓CDE, Aula R4 | 9 NOV 1:45 PM - 3.15 PM & 19 NOV 10.45 AM - 12.45 PM
  • 12 NOV | Open literature seminar focused on Robin Wall Kimmerer's Braiding Sweetgrass and Rachel Carson's Silent Spring by Professor Heather Houser (ENG) 
    • 🎓 CST, aula E 207| 2 PM - 5 PM 
    • Guests can come during the whole seminar or for a portion of this time to listen in on the discussion or to participate if familiar with the texts
  • ​12 NOV | Open lecture: Emissions and Future Scenarios by Professor Sara Vicca (NL) 
    • 🎓 CDE, aula R2| 10:45 AM - 12.15 PM
  • 17 NOV | Open lecture: The Thermodynamics of Exoplanets: Insights for Earth's Climate by Professor Jacques Tempere (NL)
    • 🎓 CGB, aula U408 | 10.45 AM - 12.45 PM
  • ​18 NOV | Open lecture: Sustainable Food: Protein 91Թs and Solutions by Professor Siegfried Vlaeminck (NL) 
    • 🎓 CGB, aula T 148 | 1:45 PM - 5 PM 
  • 18 NOV | Open lecture: Resource justice and raw materials for the energy transition by Diego Marin, European Environmental Bureau (ENG) 
  • 18 NOV | Open lecture: Role of psychology in the context of climate change and the sustainable transition (ENG) by Professor Ruth Krebs, UGent
  • 18 NOV | Open lecture: Climate justice: now and in the past (ENG) by professor Tim Soens (ENG)
  • 19 NOV | Open lecture: International Climate Cooperation - Theories of International Relations By Professor Dirk De Bièvre (NL)
    • 🎓 CST, aula R2 | 9.30 AM - 11.30 AM
  • 19 NOV | Lunch and Learn session: 91Թ Carbon Footprint 2025 by Simon Geerts & Matthias Verstraeten (ENG) 
    • 🎓CGB, aula Z126 | 12:30 PM - 1.15 PM | Lunch included

  • 19 NOV | Open lecture: EU Climate Policies by Dr. Jeffrey Rosamond, UGent (ENG) 
    • CDE, aula R2| 1:45 PM - 5PM 
  • 20 NOV |  Open lecture: Building with earth: working with variability in contemporary construction by Professor Daria Ardant and visiting Professor Filip Van de Voorde
    • CST, aula R14  |  10.30 AM - 12.30 PM 
  • 25 NOV | Lecture SEAries: Climate Governance in Turbulent Times by Professor Hans Bruyninckx
    • 🎓 CST, aula R224 | 7 PM to 9 PM
    • Admission is free but is required
  • 26 NOV | Lecture: From Concrete Barriers to Timber Buildings by Esther Vandamme🌳&Բ;
  • 3 DEC | Lecture on circular design, reuse and circularity in architecture, by Professor Mario Rinke, Guestprofessor Frederik Vandyck and professor Olga Ioannou ˻️
  • 16 DEC | Lecture SEAries: Carbon Sinks in Terrestrial Ecosystems by Professor Ivan Janssens
    • 🎓 CST, aula R224 | 7 PM to 9 PM
    • Admission is free but is required