Biodiversity loss and climate change amplify one another through coupled ecological and societal processes, yet their risks are still assessed and governed largely in parallel. The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, the Paris Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals call for integrated action, but operational frameworks capable of connecting climate hazards, ecosystem condition, biodiversity responses, human vulnerability and governance capacity remain fragmented.
This session advances a resilience-based science-policy agenda for aligning biodiversity goals with climate mitigation, adaptation and disaster risk reduction. We invite conceptual, methodological and empirical contributions that: (1) identify cascading, compound and cross-scale climate-biodiversity risks, thresholds and feedbacks; (2) develop integrated indicators and assessment frameworks linking biodiversity, ecosystem services, carbon, adaptation and equity; (3) combine Earth observation, in situ monitoring, environmental DNA, ecological and climate models, artificial intelligence, scenarios and uncertainty analysis; (4) evaluate synergies, trade-offs and maladaptation in nature-based solutions, ecosystem restoration, protected areas, renewable-energy transitions and land- and sea-use planning; and (5) examine governance arrangements, finance, stakeholder networks and monitoring, reporting and review systems that connect the Convention on Biological Diversity, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and related policy processes.
Comparative studies and place-based evidence from terrestrial, freshwater, coastal, marine and urban socio-ecological systems are especially welcome, including work with Indigenous Peoples and local communities. By bringing together geoscientists, ecologists, social scientists, practitioners and policymakers, the session will distil transferable methods and context-sensitive pathways for ecological security and just, climate-resilient development.