Digital Member Forum

sustainability

General info

Datum:
Address:
virtueel event 1000 virtueel event Belgium

The implications of the Urgenda case and the current Covid 19-crisis on the climate debate 

Following the positive experience of our digital General Member Assembly, we kindly invite you to the GUBERNA Digital Member Forum which takes place on Tuesday April 21 at 19.30.  
Central topic: “The implications of the Urgenda case and the current Covid 19-crisis on the climate debate”.  

Starting from the Urgenda case and its potential implications on the liability of organisations, we will investigate the impact of the current situation on the climate debate. In briefing note you will find more elaborate background information.   

19:25

Opening of the live stream
19:30

Start GUBERNA Digital Member Forum
De implicaties van de Urgenda case en de huidige Covid 19-crisis op het klimaatdebat

Implications of the Urgenda case and the current Covid 19-crisis on the climate debate 

- Introduction - Sandra Gobert, Executive Director GUBERNA  

- Introduction to the debate  

  • Prof. Luc Van Liedekerke (UA, KUL) - the philosophical perspective 

  • Prof. Olivier De Schutter (UCL) - the legal perspective 

  • Message from Prof. Jean Viard - Prof et sociologue, auteur du livre “Le sacre de la terre” 

  • Bart De Smet (Executive Director Ageas) – the business perspective 

- Q&A with participants   

- Conclusions - Prof. Abigail Levrau, Director Research & Education
21:00

End of the meeting

Together we build resilience

We warmly invite you to contribute to the debate and reflection. You can submit us your questions and comments either beforehand on events@guberna.be or during the live event. 

Looking forward to meeting you digitally on April 21 for an interesting discussion.