From Monday 9 till Friday 20 November 2026, we’re hosting Climate Week, in collaboration with the Climate Team, two weeks full of inspiring activities on climate and sustainability.
While world leaders gather in Antalya for COP31, 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
- Regenerating Life explores how we can rethink our relationship with food, nature and the living world.
- 12 NOV | AHA Theatre Performance (NL)🎭
- CST, Sint-Ignatiuskapel | 3 PM
- Admission is free but registration is required here.
- CST, Sint-Ignatiuskapel | 3 PM
- 16 NOV | Spinning Wheel Quiz & Cookies 🍪
- 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
- Stop by for a sweet treat, test your climate knowledge with our spinning wheel quiz, and discover more about sustainability.
- 17 NOV | Bee Hotel Craft Day 🐝🛠️
- 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
- 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.
- 18 NOV | Thrift Shop Tour Around the City Campus 👕♻️
- Discover some of the city’s thrift shops and explore more sustainable ways of shopping.
- City Campus | 1PM – 3PM
- Discover some of the city’s thrift shops and explore more sustainable ways of shopping.
- 19 NOV | Preparing the Garden for Winter 🌱🍂
- 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
- Get your hands in the soil and help prepare the garden for the winter months. An afternoon of gardening, biodiversity and connecting with nature.
- 20 NOV | AHA Theatre Performance (NL)🎭
- CGB, W001 | 2 PM
- Admission is free but registration is required here.
- CGB, W001 | 2 PM
- 24 NOV | Campus V-Cup – Plant-Based Table Event 🌱🥗
- 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
- Try the UA’s plant-based food and learn more about sustainable choices at the Campus V-Cup Plant-based table event.
- THE MONTH: NOVEMBER | Extra Veggie & Plant-Based Food at Komida 🥕🌱
- 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 registration 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
- 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
- 🎓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 Challenges and Solutions by Professor Siegfried Vlaeminck (NL)
- 🎓 CGB, aula T 148 | 1:45 PM - 5 PM
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18 NOV | Open lecture: Resource justice and raw materials for the energy transition by Diego Marin, European Environmental Bureau (ENG)
- 🎓 CMI, aula G006 | 2:15 PM - 4PM
- This open lecture is part of the Postgraduate Energy and Climate
- 18 NOV | Open lecture: Role of psychology in the context of climate change and the sustainable transition (ENG) by Professor Ruth Krebs, UGent
- 🎓 CMI, aula G006 | 4:15 PM - 5.45 PM
- This open lecture is part of the Postgraduate Energy and Climate
- 18 NOV | Open lecture: Climate justice: now and in the past (ENG) by professor Tim Soens (ENG)
- 🎓 CMI, aula G006 | 6 PM - 8 PM
- This open lecture is part of the Postgraduate Energy and Climate
- 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
- 🎓 CST, aula R2 | 9.30 AM - 11.30 AM
- 19 NOV | Lunch and Learn session: UAntwerp Carbon Footprint 2025 by Simon Geerts & Matthias Verstraeten (ENG)
- 🎓CGB, aula Z126 | 12:30 PM - 1.15 PM | Lunch included
- Register here
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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 registration is required
- 26 NOV | Lecture: From Concrete Barriers to Timber Buildings by Esther Vandamme🌳
- 🎓CST, aula C103 | 6PM
- More information & registration
- 3 DEC | Lecture on circular design, reuse and circularity in architecture, by Professor Mario Rinke, Guestprofessor Frederik Vandyck and professor Olga Ioannou ♻️
- 🎓 CST, aula C103 | 5:30PM
- More information & registration
- 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 registration is required