2025 Festival of transformative Nature-based Solutions
April 9 – 8h30 – 20h00
Empowering change-makers for climate resilience
The first Arcadia festival on community-led adaptation in Croatia – 9 April 2025 – is dedicated to empowering change-makers for climate resilience through Nature-based Solutions (NBS). By fostering the exchange of knowledge, tools, and best practices, the Festival aims to equip local and regional actors with the means to adapt to climate challenges and implement effective, sustainable solutions. This initiative highlights the importance of collaboration, innovation, and community engagement in building a climate-resilient future.Achieving climate resilience demands a fast and transformative approach, one that embraces a holistic vision combining research, innovation, policy, finance, and local community collaboration.
Festival objectives and target audience
The Festival is designed to address the needs of policymakers, public technical officers, and practitioners who support public bodies in their mandate to safeguard and enhance the environment amidst growing climate risks.Find out key objectives of the Festival!
Engaging stakeholders across Europe
The Festival will gather a diverse audience. Discover the guests!
Programme: a day packed with knowledge and collaboration
The one-day Festival will feature a mix of conference-style sessions, round tables, and interactive workshops. The agenda offers opportunities for networking, knowledge exchange, and practical learning.
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Agenda
8.30 – 9:30 | Registration9:30 – 10:00 | Institutional salutes and intro10:00 – 11:00 | Which are the gaps to make climate adaptation through Nature-based Solutions happen? The perspective of policy and decision-makers
11:00 – 11:30 | Coffè break11:30 – 13:00 | Session 1 – Governance, regulations, and standards11:30 – 13:00 | Session 2 – Tools & methods to work with NBS in a changing climate scenario11:30 – 13:00 | Session 3 – Finance and values
13:00 – 14:30 | Networking lunch, a chance for participants to connect and share experiences.
14:30 – 16:00 | Session 1 – Governance, regulations, and standards
14:30 – 16:00 | Session 2 – Tools & methods to work with NBS in a changing climate scenario
14:30 – 16:00 | Session 3 – Finance and values
16:00 – 16:30 | Coffè break16:30 – 18:00 | Learning from success stories: real-world cases of NBS interventions: technical aspects, engagement, costs, impacts
18:00 – 20:00 | Networking aperitif, concluding the day with informal discussions over refreshments
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Poster session
Would you like to showcase a project on Nature-based Solutions and climate adaptation? A tool, a method, or an approach that you have designed, implemented, or tested in your project?
Please submit your poster in the dedicated session of the Festival by filling out the following form.
Deadline: 28 March 2025
