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Welcome to a Danish-Swedish summit on Sustainable Financing for Climate Change Adaptation

 

On 5-6 December 2024 participants from the Nordic region, as well as European and global stakeholders, will gather for a lunch-to-lunch summit to discuss challenges and opportunities in climate adaptation within the water sector. The target audience is decision-makers, water sector and city leaders, researchers, and others working on these issues at a high level.

Greater Copenhagen is hosting Climate Adaptation Summit 2024
Greater Copenhagen is joining forces with key organizations driving the green transition in the region to spark a conversation about financial and investment requirements, innovation needs and opportunities for industrial development.

The summit will focus on cities, urban water management, and the impact of investments in climate change in order to building resilience to anticipated changes such as rising sea levels, more frequent and severe storms, increased precipitation, and extreme events like cloudbursts and urban flooding. 

Under the theme “How much are our cities worth? – a Danish-Swedish summit on Sustainable Financing for Climate Change Adaptation” we will address vital topics including:

The summit will focus on cities, urban water management, and the impact of investments in climate change in order to building resilience to anticipated changes such as rising sea levels, more frequent and severe storms, increased precipitation, and extreme events like cloudbursts and urban flooding. 

During our discussions we will develop recommendations for financing and improving climate adaptation, partnerships and innovation to be taken forward by organizers. The summit will also offer a valuable opportunity for knowledge sharing and networking within the Nordic, European and global water sector.

You will meet outstanding European and Nordic speakers, such as:

Catarina Rolfsdotter-Jansson will guide the summit through a Nordic and European discussion on adaptation challenges, how to plan and invest for an uncertain future, societal and technological solutions to protect infrastructure and the values at stake in our cities and the current innovation needs alongside funding opportunities and models.

DTU – Technical University of Denmark is hosting the Climate Adaptation Summit. It takes place at Oticon Hall, DTU, 2800 Kongens Lyngby. 

Price for participation is 3 000 DKK.
This includes Dinner, but not accommodation. Hotels are available in Copenhagen and Lyngby. 

See programme, practical information and sign up for the conference here.