In recent years, climate change has become a burning issue in all fields of expertise, literary studies included. In my PhD dissertation, I investigate the extent to which literary (...)
Noémie Nélis / Assistant
Testimonies
Michael Fettweis / Researcher
Sea water temperature rise through global warming will have disastrous cascading effects on the marine productivity and thus human food security.
Marie-Jeanne Holveck / Postdoc
Responsible communication and education for a responsible and sustainable way of life
Michel Massart / Administrator
In the Space sector, we are implementing a major European Union satellite Earth observation and monitoring program. The objective of the program is of course environmental monitoring (...)
Annick Wilmotte / Chercheuse Qualifiée FRS-FNRS
Concerns: I work mainly on the microbial diversity in Polar Regions. It is obvious that climate change and human influence have an important impact on the function of ecosystems (...)
Peter Claeys / Professor
Economic systems can suddenly change, with dramatic consequences, as we have seen with the Global Financial Crisis. Climate change can similarly get us into deep trouble globally (...)
Pieter De Frenne / Professor
My main concerns in the field of biodiversity and plant responses to climate change is that many ecosystems (forests, grasslands, drylands, etc. across the globe) ARE already actually (...)
Paul Bacquet / Former PhD student no longer active
I’m mostly concerned by the chain reaction that will come from global warming and biodiversity loss, and especially by the fact that we do not fully realise its consequences on (...)
Joeri Van Mierlo / Professor
Electric vehicles charged with renewable energy can reduce climate change significantly
Jeanne Rezsöhazy / PhD Student
Today, I am mainly concerned by how quickly environmental and climate changes occur, compared to the political inertia with regard to environmental issues.