The Strategic Research Areas MERGE, BECC, Bolin Centre for Climate Research, the centres Centre for Climate Science and Policy Research & KTH Climate Action Centre, and SMHI host the 3rd Swedish Climate Symposium on 20–22 May 2026 in Lund, Sweden.
BECC (Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in a Changing Climate) is a strategic research area and a collaboration between Lund University and the University of Gothenburg. About 350 researchers work together to promote the sustainable management of ecosystems and biodiversity. BECC brings together expertise from both the natural and social sciences.
Modelling the Regional and Global Earth System (MERGE) is a research environment focused on creating reliable models of how the Earth system works – both regionally and globally. Approximately 250 researchers are members of MERGE, which is a collaboration between Lund University, the University of Gothenburg, the Rossby Centre/SMHI, Chalmers University of Technology and the Royal Institute of Technology.
Bolin Centre for Climate Research is a multi-disciplinary consortium of over 400 scientists that conduct research related to the Earth’s climate.
SMHI gathers knowledge, conducts research and develops services in the climate area.
We all want to create a better world. At Linköping University, LiU, we use boundary-breaking research and innovative education to get there.
KTH Climate Action Centre is a multi-disciplinary, collaborative and research-focused centre aiming to advance climate mitigation and adaptation in synergy with all the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Co-organisers
The Swedish Centre for Impacts of Climate Extremes (CLIMES) is a platform for research and training to promote scientific progress in the study of climate extremes and support societal resilience. The centre bridges the physical, medical, social and engineering sciences and focuses on three overarching themes: compiling data on impacts of climate extremes; investigating the societal and physical interplays determining the impacts of an extreme; and building policy-actionable scenarios of impacts of future extremes.
EcoChange is a Strategic Research Area that focuses on the effects of climate change on marine ecosystems. Collaboration between several universities enables unique possibilities to perform holistic syntheses of the effects in the Baltic Sea. The research includes different thematic areas, with the Baltic Sea ecosystem as a common denominator.
LU Profile Area: Nature-based future solutions focuses on ecosystem-based approaches to handle biodiversity loss and climate change, and how the intertwined crises can be linked to sustainable societal development. The profile Area spans 5 faculties within Lund University.
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