Wetlands in a Changing Climate: Restoring Coasts and Floodplains

When: February 26, 2026, 10:30-12:00 CET
Where: Virtual event via Zoom

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The launch event is open to everyone working on (or interested in) wetland restoration at the biodiversity-climate interface – including in government agencies, EU institutions, research institutes, implementation projects and NGOs. 

Participants will gain insights into:

• The vulnerability of riverine and coastal wetlands to climate change and strategies for boosting their resilience
• How to evaluate and communicate the multifunctional benefits of wetland nature-based solutions 
• Success factors and lessons learned from restoring and protecting coasts and floodplains all across Europe
• Current challenges and opportunities for scaling up wetland action in the context of the EU Nature Restoration Regulation

The Special Issue “Wetlands in a Changing Climate: Restoring Coasts and Floodplains” includes 15 peer-reviewed articles by over 100 European authors. It combines newest findings from wetland science, practice and policy in one transdisciplinary volume of the open access journal Nature Conservation.

The publication originates from the project "BioClim-Wetlands", commissioned by the German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN) with funds from the Federal Ministry for the Environment (BMUKN). The project was implemented by the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), iDiv and adelphi, in cooperation with the European Network of Nature Conservation Agencies (ENCA) Interest Group on Climate Change and supporting the implementation of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands.