ICTA-UAB researchers at the Dresden Nexus Conference 2020

ICTA-UAB researchers from the MAGIC Nexus project, led by Mario Giampietro, are taking part in the third Dresden Nexus Conference (DNC2020) which is taking place from 3 - 5 June 2020 under the theme “Circular Economy in a Sustainable Society”. This international conference series is dedicated to advancing research and the implementation of a Nexus Approach to resource management. By bringing together actors from a diverse range of disciplines and sectors, DNC fosters dialogue on how nexus thinking contributes to achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Mario Giampietro, Ansel Renner and Juan José Cadillo are participating in several sessions of the Conference, talking about the MuSIASEM tool-kit, sustainable economy concepts and nexus approaches, and the role of the agri-food system in human society of Europe. Dresden is one of Germany's most dynamic cities; the capital of Saxony is known for its indomitably pioneering approach, advancements in high technology, and strong research landscape.

DNC2020 aims to accelerate the transition to a more sustainable economy by focusing on identifying and discussing the concepts that nexus thinking offers to support the transition towards a circular economy. A Nexus Approach shares many synergies with the concept of a circular economy - a system that eliminates waste, keeps resources in use, and contributes to regenerating natural systems. Read more here.

Providing a platform for exchange on this topic is crucial to ensure the findings and good initiatives from the scientific community are communicated to the right actors for implementation – political decision makers as well as local stakeholders and representatives of the business community. DNC provides the scientific community opportunities to inform their initiatives through dialogue about the needs and challenges of political decision makers as well as local stakeholders and representatives of the business community. Across the scientific community itself, this platform is important because the discussion around the Nexus Approach must be inter- and transdisciplinary, involving, for example, the social sciences as well as practitioners.