Climate Change Challenges and Ways Forward for Land Use

Researchers and doctoral students are welcome to a scientific dialogue on Climate Change Challenges and Ways Forward for Land Use. 

In 2021 and 2022, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) will present its sixth assessment report, and The Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) offers a webinar to discuss the current scientific knowledge about climate change in a series of conversations. The first one sets its focus on future land use, and takes place in the morning, 8:45 CET, of October 18, 2021.

The introduction will include a brief presentation of the sixth IPCC assessment report AR6 Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis. Then we will hear four keynote presentations, followed by a panel discussion and an open floor discussion, led by moderator Ingrid Öborn, Professor at the Department of Crop Production Ecology, SLU.

Program

8:45–9:00

• You are welcome to join a quarter before the program starts

9:00–10:30

• Welcome by Nina Vogel
• Markku Rummukainen will offer an introductory reflection on the IPCC report. He discusses the report's main findings and how the report has been crafted, and offers an outlook on its possible uses.
• Saleemul Huq shares his expertise on the links between climate change and sustainable development, particularly from the perspective of developing countries.
• Kristina Blennow shares her expertise in climate change questions concerning urban landscapes, from e.g. risk assessment to guidelines for adequate communication, across disciplines to meet challenges and move forward.
• Erik Karltun holds expertise on climate change and it consequences on land use change. His perspective on 'Sveriges klimatrapportering' will be of great interest for this seminar
• Panel discussion and open floor discussion lead by moderator Ingrid Öborn

10:30–11:00

• The meeting will remain open for informal discussions

More information and registration

The event is organized by SLU Urban Futures, SLU Future Food, SLU Global, SLU Future One Health and SLU Future Forests and promoted at UMU by Arcum and UTRI.