DNCi2023 report published: Protecting biodiversity | What can Saxony do?

Around 50 experts from science, politics and practice accepted the invitation to the Interim Dresden Nexus Conference (DNCi2023) and discussed regional solutions to the biodiversity crisis. This was a follow-up to the World Biodiversity Summit (CBD-COP 15), which took place in Montreal, Canada, in December 2022. At the international meeting, almost 200 participating states concluded a global agreement for the protection, sustainable use and restoration of nature, the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework.

Species extinction and habitat destruction are pressing challenges also in Saxony, requiring a comprehensive political and societal response. Therefore, the Interim Dresden Nexus Conference (DNCi2023) was held under the heading "A reality check at the regional level: Implications of the CBD-COP15 for Saxony". It brought together experts from science, industry, agriculture, political institutions and civil society to discuss how Saxony can contribute to these global goals.

DNCi2023, a joint event organised by the United Nations University Institute for Integrated Management of Material Fluxes and of Resources (UNU-FLORES), the Leibniz Institute of Ecological Urban and Regional Development (IOER) and the TUD Dresden University of Technology, took place with the support of the Saxon State Ministry of Energy, Climate Protection, Environment and Agriculture (SMEKUL).

Original publication
Conference report DNCi2023:
A reality check at the regional level. The Implications of the CBD-COP15 for Saxony
Published by Vera Braun and André Lindner (both TUD) as well as Wolfgang Wende (IOER) and Nora Adam (UNU-FLORES)

Background
The DNCi is the regional format for the international Dresden Nexus Conference (DNC). The DNC regularly looks at the resource nexus, i.e. the integrated management of water, soil, waste, energy and other environmental resources. While the conference series is aimed at a global audience from science and practice, the workshop format of the DNCi addresses regional actors from science, politics and practice in order to accelerate innovation processes in selected fields of action. Both formats are jointly organised by the Leibniz Institute of Ecological Urban and Regional Development (IOER), the United Nations University Institute for Integrated Management of Material Fluxes and of Resources (UNU-FLORES) and the Technische Universität Dresden, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering.

Scientific contact at the IOER
Prof. Dr Wolfgang Wende, e-mail: W.Wendeioer@ioer.de