Sessions

17.10 - 17.25            Dr. Andris Andusaitis, Programme Manager, BONUS EEIG 
17.25 - 17.40           The fate of fish and fisheries at the Baltic Sea?Dr. Maciej Tomczak, Stockholm University Baltic Sea Centre - 
17.40 - 17.55           Blue Growth boundaries in novel Baltic food websDr. Riikka Puntila-Dodd, Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE)
17.55 - 18.10           Climate refugia in Marine Spatial PlanningDr. Jonas Pålsson, Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management -
18.10 - 18.40           Joint questions and discussions

Climate change will and has already affected the Baltic Sea. The prognosis is that the sea will be less of a sea and more of a lake. The levels of salt will change. The temperature will rise and the run off from land increase.
Climate change will change the weather. In the Baltic Sea region the areas with high precipitation will get more rain and drier areas even less. In the wetter areas increased rain/snowfall risks increasing the run off from agricultural land giving higher amounts of nitrogen and phosphorous reaching the Baltic Sea and thereby increasing eutrophication.
How must agriculture adjust to avoid increased impact on eutrophication? What kind of agricultural systems will stand a better chance of reducing run off? Can necessary changes go hand in hand with other environmental or production benefits? 

(Plenary session in cooperation with partner CBSS)(Moderator: Valdur Lathvee, CBSS Baltic 2030)
EU Climate Change Adaptation policy after Paris Agreement Ms. Elena Visnar-Malinovska, Head of Adaptation Unit DG CLIMA, EU Commission 
Implementation of Baltic Sea Climate Adaptation Strategy and Action Plan Ms. Valdur Lathvee (Baltic 2030 Unit CBSS) and Lotta Andersson (SMHI).
Mainstreaming Climate Adaptation - What works?  Mr. Gregor Vulturius, Research Fellow, Stockholm Environment Institute 
Monitoring adaptation measures and climate resilience in German Cities Mr. Christian Kind, senior project Manager, ADELPHI

Thank you – Magnus Breitholz on part of the foundersWelcome back 6-7 March 2018 

showing #IamtheBaltic campaign by Coalition Clean Baltic

Mr Marcin Grądzki, Senior Specialist, Department of Sustainable Development and International Cooperation, Ministry of Environment, Poland 
Ms. Joanna Kiernika-Allavena, Director of Climate and Nature Protection Office, Municipality of Wroclaw, Poland

EIB Climate Strategy - Mobilizing finance for the transition to a low-carbon and climate-resilient economy Mr. Alexander Schenk, Head of Office, European Investment Bank 
Mr. Magnus Billing, CEO Alecta and Member of EU Commission's High Level Expert Group on Sustainable Finance
Using Green Public Procurement to reach Agenda 2030 Mr. Ugiz Zanders, Latvian Ministry of Environmental protection and Regional development 
Accelerating Green Finance through Fintech InnovationsMr Marcus Svedberg, Advisor Stockholm Green Digital Finance and former advisor to Nordic Executive Director at the World Bank
Joint questions and discussions

12.50 – 13.05 City of Stockholm Climate Strategy and their work with reducing the cities vulnerability to a changing climate
Mr. Björn Hugosson, Head of the Climate Unit at the City of Stockholm Executive Office 
13.05 - 13.20 Plastic - a versatile material
Mr. Christoffer Wahlborg, Business Manager Automotive, Stena Recycling
13.20- 13.35 Nutribute - a platform for joining forces to improve the Baltic Sea environmentMs Anna Saarentaus, Project Manager John Nurminen Foundation
13.35- 13.50 Joint questions and discussions

The three-year EU funded BONUS RETURN project presents four finalists in the recently concluded ‘Baltic Sea nutrients and carbon reuse challenge’
BONUS RETURN aims to reduce emissions in the Baltic Sea by turning nutrients and carbon into reusable benefits.