Sessions

Developed by Baltic Sea Future in cooperation with partners the Nordic Association and CBSS and Quiddity. Interactive and innovative workshop with transdisciplinary and cross-sectorial group work around how organizations can work with climate change mitigation, adaptation and resilience. The workshop and the Baltic Sea Future app engages stakeholders before, during and after the congress, enabling broader networking and capacity building for you and your organization.

14.20 – 14.30 Euro Region Baltic 20 years of cooperation across the south Baltic
Ms. Akko Karlsson, President Euroregion Baltic & Vice Chairman of Regional Council in Kalmar County.
14.30 – 14.40
Mr. Pär Holmgren, Natural Disaster Specialist Länsförsäkringar AB
14.40 - 14.50 Stockholm action plan for good water status
Mr . Gunnar Söderholm, Director Environmental and Health Administration in the City of Stockholm.
14.50 - 15.00 Liveable cities for climate change adaption
Ms. Karolina Skog, Minister of Environment, Swedish Ministry of the Environment and energy
15.00– 15.25 Panel discussion and questions 

(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

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? 

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.

The agendaPresented by the Polish National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management:Transnational cooperation in investments in sewage management (protection of surface and underground water conditions) outside Poland, in the Bug river basin.·Q&A session on “Funding instruments to boost new technologies coping with climate change”.
Participants in the projects’ presentation part:Ms Katarzyna Wantoch-Rekowska, Communication Officer (Poland-Russia Programme)Ms Marta Niciejewska, Project Officer (Interreg South Baltic Programme)Mr Igor Kaniecki,  Head of the Joint Secretariat (Interreg South Baltic Programme)Mr Peter Lundberg, Project Officer (Interreg Öresund-Kattegat-Skagerrak)Ms Elea Nova, Project Officer (Interreg Baltic Sea Region Programme)Mr Valdur Lahtvee, Policy Officer (Council of the Baltic Sea States)Mr Kazimierz Kujda, President of Polish National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management