SLU+50 – A healthy planet for all

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"A healthy planet for all - our responsibility, our opportunity." In the light of the Stockholm+50 conference, how can SLU contribute? Welcome to the third internal Climate Conversation at SLU which takes Stockholm+50 as a starting point for the discussions.

”It’s time for bold choices. It’s time for urgent action. It’s time for a better future on a healthy planet.” This is the message from the UN meeting Stockholm+50 that Sweden hosted in June 2022 together with Kenya. Stockholm+50 drew attention to the 50th anniversary of the UN's first environmental conference, the Stockholm Conference in 1972, and aimed to increase the pace of the transition to sustainable and green societies.

SLU+50 is an SLU-internal webinar within SLU's series "Climate Conversations". On this occasion, the focus will be on the climate-related issues at Stockholm+50. How can SLU contribute to speeding up the implementation of the commitments made within the framework of, for example, the Paris Agreement and Agenda 2030?

The topic for the first session is "Accelerate restructuring of the sectors where there is greatesteffect to be gained, such as food" with questions such as:

How to keep focus on long term goals in a world ofacute crisis and war?
We need tools that help us think long-term, to imagine scenarios of the future, and to mobilize everyone, we must expand the ideas of what the future can look like. How can we do this?
How to get a broad acceptance/understanding from stakeholders when Introducing policy measures? How can the social community gain somehow?

The second session will cover "Global Warming and Biodiversity Loss are Transforming the Planet" with questions such as:

What are the barriers to transformative change within SLU
How might science fill the gap between existing scientific knowledge and transformative action – what is missing from the range of knowledge produced and communicated by SLU
What are the key research and innovations that might support a transformational pathway to achieve a vision of “Living in Harmony with Nature”?

The Climate Conversations are arranged by SLU's four Future Platforms and SLU Global.

Facts

Time: 2022-08-31 09:00 - 10:30
City: Webinar on Zoom
Organiser: SLU Future Food, SLU One Health, SLU Urban Futures, SLU Future Forests and SLU Global
Additional info:

Climate conversations at SLU
Stockholm+50
The Swedish Government's web site on Stockholm+50
SLU Future Food's podcast Feeding Your Mind, episode 26 (in Swedish): Stockholm +50: Hur har vi förvaltat tiden som gått?
Debate article about the climate in Aftonbladet 2022-08-25 initiated by scientists at SLU and endorsed by 1 944 Swedish scientists

Host, moderator and speakers

Annsofie Wahlström, Program Director at SLU Future Food, host

Ylva Carlqvist Warnborg, Science Journalist, SLU Future Food, moderator

Johanna Lissinger Peitz, Senior Adviser at Miljödepartementet, speaker

Sara Gräslund, Head of SLU Global, SLU

Björn Fondén, member of Stockholm +50 Youth Task Force

Michael Jones, Adviser at the SLU Swedish Biodiversity Centre (CBM)

Jeannette Eggerts, Programme Director at the Department of Forest Resource Management, SLU

Organisers

SLU Future Food is a platform for research and collaboration to develop knowledge, solutions and innovations aimed at ensuring that the entire food system is characterized by economic, ecological and social sustainability to overcome tomorrow's challenges. The research addresses both plants and animals, from the smallest molecules to global systems.

SLU Future Forests is a platform for interdisciplinary forest research and research communication. The platform is a collaboration between SLU, Umeå University and Skogforsk. We are one of SLU's four future platforms.

SLU Future One Health is a strategic platform for interdisciplinary research and collaborations that provides knowledge and solutions to good health and welfare for animals and people in sustainable ecosystems. More content is available on the Swedish page.

SLU Urban Futures is a strategic platform that develops and strengthens transdisciplinary research, education and collaboration in sustainable urban development.

SLU Global is a unit at the Vice-Chancellor's Office that supports and facilitates the university's efforts to collaborate with low-income countries and regions, based on the Global Goals of the Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development.

Please note

The event will be conducted in English
The audience will be able to note down reflections and suggest topics for discussion at future SLU Climate Conversations

Programme

8:45–9:00 CET

You are welcome to join some minutes before the programme starts

9:00–10:30 CET

Welcome by SLU's four Future Platforms and SLU Global
Reflections on Stockholm+50
- Reflections by Johanna Lissinger Peitz, Senior Adviser at Miljödepartementet
- Reflections by Sara Gräslund, Head of SLU Global, SLU
- Reflections by Björn Fondén, member of Stockholm +50 Youth Task Force
- Panel discussion and questions from the audience
- Group session 1: Accelerate restructuring of the sectors where there is greatesteffect to be gained, such as food
Global Warming and Biodiversity Loss are Transforming the Planet
- How Does SLU Respond to the Challenge? Michael Jones, Adviser at the SLU Swedish Biodiversity Centre (CBM)
- Group session 2: Global Warming and Biodiversity Loss are Transforming the Planet