During the conference, you will have to possibility to attend one of three excursions. Read more about your options below:
Excursion 1: Lomma municipality
On this excursion you will get to explore how nature-based solutions can be implemented to address climate related hazards such as sea-level rise, coastal erosion, drought, and flooding – from a landscape perspective. During the excursion, Helena Björn, Environmental strategist at Lomma Municipality, will guide us through their work with NbS from comprehensive planning to concrete solutions, showcasing different nature-based solutions from the recently finished LIFE Coast Adapt-project.
Excursion 2: Greening Möllan and Augustenborg
A excursion combining visits to the following two projects:
Greening Möllan
Cities such as Malmö are increasingly using nature-based solutions to adapt to a changing climate. However, implementing them in a dense city with many other competing pressures on land can prove difficult. In the project “Greening Möllan”, the city of Malmö implemented a range of multifunctional green interventions centered around trees in the area Möllevången—a dense district from the early 1900s with a socially disadvantaged population and a large population of children. The project is indicative of how the city will work on adaptation in the coming years—prioritizing the district most in need of investment and planning interventions with as many positive benefits for the local community. You will hear about raingardens extending under parking spaces, vitalization of older trees, site-specific species selection and collaborations with property owners.
Climate adaptation with nature-based solutions in Augustenborg "eco-city", Malmö.
Join a guided tour through one of Sweden’s oldest and pioneering city planning projects were climate related hazards have been addressed with nature-based solutions since 1998. In this excursion you will learn about how this neighbourhood was planned to address flood risks and creating socially inclusive spaces for its inhabitants through a myriad of different nature-based solutions. We will follow the flow of the rainwater through the neighbourhood and stopping to learn more about specific solutions along the way.
Excursion 3: Nordic Genetic Resource Centre (NordGen)
Genetic resources are essential for human life on earth. They provide us with food, feed, fibers and medicines. But they are also part of the infrastructure used for many types of nature-based solutions, such as NBS for adaptation of food production to climate change and increasing biodiversity in forestry and the agricultural landscape. Nordic Genetic Resource Centre (NordGen) is the Nordic countries’ joint seed genebank and knowledge centre for genetic resources. With the mission to conserve and promote a sustainable use of genetic resources, NordGen keeps thousands of seeds samples important for our future food production. Join us for a visit to our seed laboratories, greenhouse and garden where the Nordic seed collection is maintained. You will also learn more about Svalbard Global Seed Vault and might even enter the iconic Arctic building virtually.
