Saxon Dialogue on Biodiversity- Two Urgent Challenges of the 21st Century: What Does Climate Change Mean for Biodiversity?

Date / Time

27.October.2021 / 16:00 - 17:30

Location

Online (Zoom-Webinar); Please be aware that registration is required. Further information about the seminar and the registration can be found here.

Speakers

• Dr. Kirsten Thonicke, Researcher, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)
• Dr. Josef Tumbrinck, Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, Deputy Director General N I – Nature Conservation

Co-Convenors

• Prof. Daniel Karthe, Head of Research Programme – Resource Nexus for Regions in Transformation, UNU-FLORES
• Dr. Katharina Stein, Technische Universität Dresden (TU Dresden)

Topic

Two Urgent Challenges of the 21st Century: What Does Climate Change Mean for Biodiversity?

Biodiversity and climate change are interdependent. Global warming is already pushing species to shift their habitats and life cycles and nature conservation needs to adapt to it. As a chain reaction it has a vast impact on primary production and people’s livelihoods.

Climate change is known to be a global issue and this fourth seminar will connect it with biodiversity loss and show its international, national, and local relevance.

The main language of the seminar series is German. Flash talks in English will be supplemented with German subtitles.

Background

Initiated by a UNU-FLORES and TU Dresden team, the Saxon Dialogue on Biodiversity aims to increase public awareness for biodiversity. The Dialogue features an online public seminar series and a social media campaign (#BiodiversityofSaxony), spotlighting biodiversity to mobilize action.

The Saxon Dialogue on Biodiversity project received the “eku idee” prize 2020 as part of the “eku Future Prize for Energy, Climate, Environment in Saxony” awarded by the Saxon State Ministry for Energy, Climate Protection, Environment and Agriculture (SMEKUL). The project also received support from PRISMA – Center for Sustainability Assessment and Policy (Prof. Jochen Schanze, TU Dresden, Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Board Member of PRISMA) and the Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ (Prof. Josef Settele, Head of Department of Conservation Biology and Social-Ecological Systems).

Be part of the action by tagging your photos on Instagram with the campaign hashtag (#BiodiversityofSaxony) to get your entries featured during the event!

***For the original text from UNU-FLORES, please visit here***