Biodiversity Conservation under Climate Change

Room: Vingen 3+4
Time: 14.00-15.30

Session chairs: Prof. Regina Lindborg (Stockholm University, Bolin Centre)

What are the consequences of climate change on biodiversity and ecosystem services? What are potential responses to biodiversity loss, and are nature-based solutions a way forward? Biodiversity loss and climate change are closely linked but have been treated separately in science and policy for a long time. Today, we know that a warmer climate impacts wildlife and entire ecosystems, while biodiversity loss exacerbates the effects of climate change with severe consequences for human live on the planet. Well-designed nature-based solutions can benefit biodiversity, mitigate climate change and promote human well-being.



14.00 Welcome Regina Lindborg

  • Dr. Cecilia Palmér (Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences) – Identifying species with enhanced invasiveness under climate change
  • Dr. Carolina Rodriguez (Lund University, BECC) – Nature-based solutions for climate and biodiversity: exploring the mechanisms and trade-offs of biodiversity components
  • Prof. Anders Forsman (Linnaeus University) – Latitudinal gradients of biodiversity and ecosystem services in protected and non-protected oak forest areas can inform climate smart conservation
  • Dr. Sam Fredriksson (Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute) – Climate invasives- minimizing the negative effects of climate change-induced spread of invasive alien species to marine protected areas using species distribution modeling, stakeholder engagement and effective eradication methods
  • Prof. Kimberly Nicholas (Lund University, BECC) – Biodiversity footprints for consumer bioproducts