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#WeChangeForLife, also BIRA-IASB scientists testify

2019-05-13

We are experiencing a period in which the population is crying out for 'Action for the Climate'. We believe that it is our role as scientists to support the debate with objective scientific information, and also that it is our role, as a conscientious citizen, to contribute to the reflections on how we can adapt our lifestyle and our way of working to contribute to a climate-neutral society, and to translate these reflections into action.

The #WeChangeForLife initiative brings testimonials from over 250 Belgian scientists with expertise in the field of climate and environmental sciences. In these personal testimonies they tell how their expertise inspires them to make small but essential changes in their lives, but also what social or political solutions they believe can make a big difference. They tell what they are most concerned about and how they personally try to do their bit to protect our planet. In this way they hope to be a source of inspiration for everyone and to wake up the political world.

Some scientists from the Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy (BIRA-IASB) also took part in the initiative.

At the Space Pole level (which unites the Royal Observatory of Belgium, the Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium and the Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy), a working group has been set up to reflect on the concrete actions that we can undertake within our Institutes to contribute to a climate neutral future.

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#WeChangeForLife initiative brings testimonials from over 250 Belgian scientists with expertise in the field of climate and environmental sciences