| Date | Theme |
| Monday 7th November | Democracy |
| Tuesday 8th November | Energy |
| Wednesday 9th November | Agriculture |
| Thursday 10th November | Economy |
| Monday 14th November | Inequalities |
| Tuesday 15th November | Education |
| Wednesday 16th November | Biodiversity |
| Thursday 17th November | Health |
| Sunday 20th November | Synthesis evening |
An inter-university forum for meetings between scientists and citizens will be held for nine evenings on the Place Schuman in Brussels.
From 6th to 20th November, a life-size replica of the Rosetta Stone will be exhibited on Schuman Square by a citizens’ collective. With a message engraved in four languages, it will serve as a reminder of the urgency of climate change at the time of COP27.
The universities Université Libre de Bruxelles, UCLouvain, ULiège, Université Saint-Louis-Bruxelles and UMONS have joined this initiative by organising 9 thematic evenings.
During these “climate nights”, which will be held from 18:30 to 22:00 under a marquee set up on Schuman Square (Brussels), scientists from the universities, citizens, and representatives of civil society will have the opportunity to debate the major issues linked to climate change: democracy, energy, agriculture, the economy, inequalities, education/transmission, biodiversity and health.
Universities have long been involved in fundamental and applied research on climate change, both to understand its causes and measure and quantify its effects, as well as to identify technical and social solutions to reduce its extent and impact. This cutting-edge research feeds into the teaching of future graduates and is at the heart of the universities’ commitment to sustainability across social, economic and environmental dimensions. In addition to these primary missions, we also contribute to the public debate by making information and expertise available to policy makers, the media and the general public.
The aim of these events is to encourage exchanges between universities and society, to identify the synergies which could make it possible to better meet the climate challenge, and to understand the main obstacles that need to be overcome in order to implement the necessary lifestyle and policy changes.
Each evening will be divided into two sessions, during which the topic will be introduced by short interventions of scientists, followed by discussions with the participants. The discussions of the thematic evenings will feed into a final synthesis evening on Sunday 20th November.
