Program

The conference program features keynote speeches, thematic sessions, panel discussions, poster presentations, and site visits, bringing together diverse voices from science, policy, practice, business, and communities.

The conference will offer diverse modes of participation, with in-person attendance as the primary format and limited online access available only to a small number of registered international participants.

Conference schedule (More updates coming soon)

Three-day conference (thematic sessions discussion and half-day field trip):

Day one: Registration and Welcome reception.

Day two: Presentations and discussions. Dinner.

Day three: field trip around Beijing.

Conference Themes and Sessions

Theme 1: Enabling Policy ,Governance and actions for NbS

User and policy needs in support of effective NbS implementation

Challenges and opportunities to scaling up NbS

New theories and methods for NbS

NbS: reconnecting people and nature

Climate-resilient planning and design strategies

Interdisciplinary exploration of NbS, research and practice

Theme 2: Ecological Foundations, Biodiversity and Resilience

Rewilding nature and biodiversity enhancement

NbS for ecological restoration

NbS and Low-Carbon Cities

NbS and Sponge City

NBS as resilient infrastructure

NbS in Extreme Climate Events

Theme 3: Monitoring, Evaluation and Decision-Support systems

Monitoring and evaluation of NbS

Earth observations for ecosystem, infrastructure, and city

Spatial big data for ecosystem, infrastructure, and city

Geospatial artificial intelligence (GeoAI) for nature-based solutions

Theme 4: Societal Transformation and Nature-Positive Economy

NbS for livable and healthy environment

Integrating NbS into Corporate ESG Strategies and Implementation Projects

NbS and social governance

Social transformation in response to climate change

NbS Strategies for the Doughnut Economy

Conference Journals

Urban Forestry and Urban Greening

Ecosystem Health and Sustainability

《Landscape Architecture Frontiers（景观设计学）》

《Acta Ecologica Sinica(生态学报)》

《Journal of Chinese Urban Forestry（中国城市林业）》