A shared message:

Integrated visions and strategies are key

Across presentations and discussions, participants univocally identified that society is not facing isolated environmental challenges, but interconnected systemic pressures involving climate, biodiversity, water, health, land use, and social inequality at unprecedented scales and rates of change.

Transformative governance requires moving beyond fragmented pilot projects and short-term policy cycles toward long-term, integrated visions for society and landscapes was a recurrent message throughout the day. Participants highlighted that nature-based solutions should not be understood as isolated technical interventions, but as part of broader societal transformation.

Sofia Biffi from C-NBS at Aarhus University participating in the discussion.
Photo: Lars Kruse