How does climate change affect biodiversity in European wetlands? How can riverine floodplains and coastal wetlands help us mitigate climate change and adapt to climate change impacts? How do we succeed in restoring these vital ecosystems in practice, and which policy frameworks do we need? These questions will be discussed by experts from all over Europe at the fifth European Conference on Biodiversity and Climate Change.

Virtual attendance

Virtual attendance is free.

The plenary lectures and panel discussions will be livestreamed to allow the largest possible expert audience from across Europe to participate virtually.

Register now via the conference website to receive the link to the livestream and all relevant conference materials.

>> Registration for online attendance via live-stream

In-person attendance in Bonn

In-person attendance is €65, unless you are a chosen contributor.

For in-person attendance in Bonn, only very few remaining places are also still available. Participants on site will engage in a lively exchange as well as a series of interactive workshop sessions in which they can contribute their expertise and jointly develop concrete recommendations on the conference topic.

>> Registration for in-person attendance in Bonn

About this conference

This conference, a collaborative effort between the German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN) and the European Network of Heads of Nature Conservation Agencies (ENCA), will be held from September 26th-28th, 2023, in Bonn, Germany, in cooperation with the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) / German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv), and adelphi.

The conference aims at bringing together researchers, practitioners and policymakers from across Europe to advance and advise the management, protection, and restoration of wetlands. The conference results will play a pivotal role in shaping ENCA recommendations regarding the vital contributions of riverine and coastal wetlands to biodiversity conservation and climate change mitigation and adaptation.

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