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Rivers Running Dry: What Now?

Thursday 3 September 2026, 12:30 pm - 1:15 pm
DUTCH | The Talk of the (Thurs)Day | Radboud Reflects and VOX

Venue: Lecture Hall Complex, CC 5, Radboud University
This programme is Dutch spoken.

Never before have water levels in Dutch rivers been as low as they have been this summer. Inland shipping has ground to a halt, houseboats have been left stranded, and the landscape has turned yellow. Elsewhere in Europe, too, it has been a summer of extremes, marked by wildfires, severe storms, and failed harvests.

Is this the new normal? How should we deal with the consequences of climate change? And why is there so little sense of urgency?

Join spatial planner Sander Meijerink and climate scientist Heleen de Coninck to explore these questions and reflect on the rise of extreme weather events in Europe.

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When
Thursday 3 September 2026, 12:30 pm - 1:15 pm
Organisation
Radboud Reflects