SARCC PUBLIC LECTURES
Changing Weather Phenomena At The
Belgian Coast: What Does It Mean For Us?
Climate change affects all different types of environments. Sea-level rise and increasing flood risk pose difficult challenges. The Flemish Government wants to explore all the consequences it’ll have on various fields. They are organising a series of public lectures as part of the activities in work package 2 of SARCC in the autumn and winter of 2021 & 2022.
The SARCC-project is planning four different in-depth lectures for a larger audience, spread over 11 locations on the Belgian coast. The lectures will happen through four different thematic lectures about the impact of climate change on nature, agriculture, the water system and the coastline itself.
We invited several renowned experts for each lecture to explain their vision on the challenges ahead of us, suggesting some possible solutions for the big challenges of this century.
Via these lectures, we want to brighten up the knowledge of a complex
theme, for a wider audience. In this way, more people have access to
reliable and objective information on many different aspects of climate
change.
A well informed coastal citizen is worth at least two.
Four Different Thematic Lectures
The Changing Water System
Patrick Meire of the University of Antwerpen and Patrick Willems of the KU Leuven introduce the general challenges of climate change and the impact it will have on the water system.
Coastal Morphology, Then and Now
Wim De Clercq, Jan Trachet and Maxime Poulain of Ghent University and Pieter Rauwoens
of the KU Leuven. Focus on the coastline and coastal defences from a historic and present perspective. They explore how sea-level rise
opens up opportunities on how we can make the current coastal
defences more natural and sustainable.
Biodiversity In The Dunes
Dries Bonte of Ghent University and Sam Provoost of the INBO (Institute for Nature and Forest research) explain the impact climate change will have on biodiversity, with a special focus on the dunes.
The Future of Agriculture In The Polders
Climate change brings complex challenges for the entire agricultural
sector. The impact is complex and challenging. The speaker from the
ILVO (Institute for Agricultural, Fishery and Food research) will first bring together all the separate puzzle pieces, before looking at different pathways toward a climate-resilient form of agriculture in coastal zones. With attention to both the challenges and the opportunities, the future will hold. For eleven different locations.
Event Details
The Changing Water System
17th March 2022
De Grote Post
Oostende/Ostend
Biodiversity In The Dunes
24th March 2022
Zwin
Knokke-Heist
Coastal Morphology, Then and Now
30th March 2022
Trachet and Rauwoens
Blankenberge, Pier
Coastal Morphology, Then and Now
21st April 2022
De Grote Post - De Clercq and Rauwoens
Oostende/Ostend
Biodiversity in the Dunes
28th April 2022
Natuureducatief centrum Duinenhuis
Koksijde
Coastal Morphology, Then and Now
11th May 2022
Magdalenazaal - Poulain and Rauwoens
Brugge/Bruges
The Future of Agriculture in the Polders
27th October 2022
Kerk Westkapelle
Knokke-Heist
More info and registrations: https://omgeving.vlaanderen.be/publiekslezingen-over-klimaatverandering-aan-de-kust