Name
Climate Festival 'Gent aan Zee'
country
Belgium
Goal
On May 8th, 2022, Ghent Climate City brought citizens and stakeholders together for the second edition of Gent aan Zee. The climate festival is the flagship action of a broader strategy to lower thresholds, endorse motivators and induce lasting behavioural change towards sustainable living. The many activities included workshops, an information fair, in-depth inspiration sessions, and a plant-based barbecue contest.
Main Topic
Increasing the EU's climate policy ambition for 2030 and 2050;
All Topics
Increasing the EU's climate policy ambition for 2030 and 2050
Responsible and circular economy: mobilizing industry for a clean and circular economy
Sustainable food: from "farm to fork": a fair, healthy and environmentally-friendly food system
Mobility futures: accelerating the shift to sustainable and smart mobility
Biodiversity: preserving and restoring ecosystems and biodiversity
Scale
- City and peri-urban
Actors
- Local government
Main Activity
Raising awareness and/or political agenda-setting;
Activities
- Providing knowledge transfer / advisory / education services
- (Re-)selling goods and/or facilitating good exchanges
- Raising awareness and/or political agenda-setting
- Showcasing and/or demonstrating practices
Source
This initiative is adapted from the European Sustainable Cities Platform, ©2023 https://sustainablecities.eu/transformative-actions-database/
This initiative is self-reported and not identified by the SHARED GREEN DEAL Consortium
CONTACT
For further details please contact co-leads Dr Chris Foulds (chris.foulds@aru.ac.uk) and Dr Rosie Robison (rosie.robison@aru.ac.uk).
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under grant agreement No 101036640. The sole responsibility for the content of this website lies with the SHARED GREEN DEAL HAS project and does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the European Union.