Can you run so fast that you stay ahead of climate change?

Run the Climate - With the sustainability policy and commitment, Ghent University wants to work on a structural conversion of our fossil society. The sustainability report will be presented on 22/10. From then on, a sustainability theme will be highlighted every week. Thursday 22/10, 12:00: online presentation of sustainability report. Curious about which measures Ghent University is taking to shape and accelerate the transition to a sustainable society? What results does Ghent University achieve? And how Ghent University wants to further concretize its sustainability vision in new actions in the coming years? Then the vice-rector and the administrators respond to concerns, suggestions and pleas from some 'challengers' who scrutinized the sustainability report: Director of the European Environment Agency Hans Bruyninckx Entrepreneur Thomas Leysen Founder of social construction company Re-Vive Nicolas Bearelle Initiator of the petition to declare a climate emergency, Joris Meys Climate activist Natalie Eggermont Capture investigator Korneel Rabaey Flemish Minister of Justice and Enforcement, Environment, Energy and Tourism and Zuhal Demir You too can leave your suggestions on the Facebook page of the Sustainability Office or via duurzaam@ugent.be. From 10/26 until the Christmas holidays: a sustainability theme in the spotlight every week. Every week, for a specific sustainability theme, the progress of Ghent University and what is planned for the coming years is shown.