The Sustainable Development Goals

The United Nations has set Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s) to be achieved by 2030. These goals are meant to ensure a better and more sustainable future for all. They address challenges such as: poverty, inequality, climate, environmental degradation, prosperity, and peace and justice. In this lecture series, you will gain insight into how some of these challenges relate to one another. You will also learn about different viewpoints on sustainability.

The individual lectures
1. Life Cycle Assessment, for or Against Greenwashing? (Samani / 13 Jan)
2. A Biological Approach to Sustainable Buildings (Van Marken Lichtenbelt /20 Jan)
3. Will we Save Nature when Nature will Save us? (De Kraker / 3 Feb)
4. Towards Climate Neutrality in the European Union: Current Prospects and Challenges from a Legal Perspective (Peeters / 10 Feb)
​​​​​​​5. New Business Models in the Circular Economy (Bocken / 24 Feb)