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SUMMARY:Grand Seminar: Nature’s Alarms — Connecting Biodiversity Loss t
 o Preparedness and Societal Safety
DESCRIPTION:Contact: josedin.madjidian@mgeo.lu.se\n\nRecent assessments by 
 both Swedish and international intelligence and academia warn that collaps
 ing ecosystems could trigger resource scarcity\, price shocks\, and geopol
 itical instability within just a few years\, underscoring how deeply local
  vulnerabilities are tied to global environmental decline. Against this ba
 ckdrop\, this seminar explores how we can connect biodiversity loss to cri
 sis preparedness and societal safety by examining:how our research can bet
 ter inform both “action now” and long-term strategieshow to understand
  societal risks from local communities to global systemswhere critical sys
 tem vulnerabilities liewhy policy responses so often address symptoms rath
 er than underlying global driversThrough cross-sector dialogue\, we aim to
  strengthen the connection between scientific insight and real-world needs
  in a time of profound ecological and societal disruption.&nbsp\;Registrat
 ion&nbsp\;Programme08:30 Coffee and registration9:00 Welcome and aim of th
 e seminar&nbsp\;&nbsp\;Moderator: TBA09:15-10:15 Keynotes: Do we understan
 d the scale of the challenges?&nbsp\;TBA10:15 Coffee break &nbsp\;10:45 Pa
 nel: Consequences of biodiversity loss - critical system vulnerabilities a
 cross sectors and scales &nbsp\;Fredrik NG Andersson\, Lund University&nbs
 p\;Pål Börjesson\, Lund University\, LTH&nbsp\;Lina Eklund\, Lund Univer
 sity &nbsp\;Jesica Lopéz\, Nature Development Company&nbsp\;Henrik Smith\
 , Lund UniversityModerator: TBA11:50 Introduction to mingle lunch &nbsp\;1
 2:00-13:30 Lunch with group discussion&nbsp\;What can research contribute 
 with – and when?13:30-14:30 Short talks: Actions now versus long-term re
 silience\, local versus global &nbsp\;Security in creeping crises&nbsp\;Ma
 gnus Ekengren\, Swedish defense UniversityNeed for coordinating efforts ac
 ross sectors – who does what?&nbsp\;Ulrika Postgård\, Swedish Civil Def
 ence and Resilience Agency&nbsp\;Food systems preparedness &nbsp\;TBAAddre
 ssing symptoms not drivers: Why is policy often reactive?&nbsp\;TBAModerat
 or: TBA14:30-15:30 Concluding dialogue: From tensions to takeaways &nbsp\;
 Magnus Ekengren\, Swedish Defense UniversityUlrika Postgård\, Swedish Civ
 il Defence and Resilience Agency&nbsp\;Additional panellists will be annou
 ncedModerator: TBA&nbsp\;\n\nMore information about the event: https://www
 .merge.lu.se/calendar/grand-seminar-natures-alarms-connecting-biodiversity
 -loss-preparedness-and-societal-safety
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LOCATION:Lund (venue TBA)
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