Every second Thursday of the month, we organize lectures around the 17 Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations. Our guest speakers are academic experts and entrepreneurs working in the field of the SDGs. They discuss root causes, challenges, relevant theories and important stakeholders. But foremost, they talk about the role of innovation and entrepreneurship, if we want to reach the goals by 2030.

So join us, go back to school and immerse yourself in knowledge for sustainability!

SDG 13. CLIMATE ACTION

“We have reached a worldwide record, the last 5 years have been the hottest ever! Great for summer days on the beach, but at the same time leading to a huge increase in climate disasters. Tsunami’s, tropical cyclones and floodings are growing issues, as are drought and desertification. But how do such problems relate to climate change? How do we affect climate change and how can we adapt? Our first guest speaker, Joyeeta Gupta, professor of environment and development in the global south at UvA, co-chair of UN Environment’s Global Environmental Outlook-6, and lead author in the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), will give us an introduction in SDG 13: Climate Action.

The second guest speaker, will make a translation of theory into practice by showing how entrepreneurship can contribute to reaching SDG 13. Social enterprise Land Life Company mission is reforesting the world’s 2 billion hectares of degraded land. But how are they making this happen? Which technologies do they use to do so? Learn more about regreening cities and turning carbon into forests and join the next Entrepreneurship College on SDG 13: Climate Action!”.

PROGRAMME

• 17.15 – 17.30 Entrance in De Tropen
  (doors close 17.30 sharp)

• 17.30 – 19.00 Lectures and Q&A

• 19.00 – 20.00 Happy Hour: drinks, networking and exchange of ideas :)

TICKETS

After registration, the lectures are freely accessible.

CANT MAKE IT AFTER ALL?

Since the event is sold-out every month, a quick note for those wo are unable to join us after all. Please cancel your Eventbrite order, so someone else gets the opportunity to take your place. Just go to “your tickets” on the website and click “ cancel order”. Thanks!

ROUTE

You can access De Tropen by two entrances: at Mauritskade 64 and through the terrace at the Oosterpark. The lecture takes place in the Subtropen, a room adjacent to the cafe.

Entrepreneurship College - The SDG Edition is powered by KIT Royal Tropical Institute, HvA - Hogeschool van Amsterdam, De Tropen café-restaurant and the SDG House. The SDG House is a place where innovators share knowledge and work together, offering office space to 50+ entrepreneurs, organisations and NGO's that work on achieving the SDGs