Join us for a webinar to launch the “Nature-based transformations: Evolving human-nature interactions under changing climate” thematic stream working group.
The webinar will take place on Tuesday, 27 May 2025 at 9:00 am Central Time (Africa/Europe – UTC+2). Register here to attend via Zoom.
This webinar marks the official launch of the “Nature-based transformations: Evolving human-nature interactions under changing climate” working group within the SocSES Nature-Based Adaptations and Transformations thematic stream.
More information on the webinar:
In this one-hour webinar, we will introduce the thematic stream working group’s background based on two recent publications by the Programme on Ecosystem Change and Society (PECS) Nature-Based Transformation (NBT) working group:
1) Colloff, M.J., et al. (2025) Changing the decision context to enable social learning for climate adaptation. People and Nature.
2) Locatelli, B., et al. (2025) Intertwined people–nature relations are central to nature-based adaptation to climate change. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences.
We will outline suggested working themes and activities, and invite participants to introduce themselves, suggest research ideas, and volunteer to contribute or lead activities in the group.
More information on the working group:
This working group explores Nature-Based Transformation (NBT) as a strategy to address global challenges, such as climate change and biodiversity loss, by fostering sustainable human-nature interactions. While NBT is recognized as essential for sustainability, research has been largely localized, lacking a structured, evidence-based understanding of how to scale successful initiatives across regions and institutions.
The group aims to analyze NBT processes – including governance, decision-making, and social learning – and assess their outcomes on biodiversity, ecosystem services, and adaptation. It will also examine the social-ecological networks driving transformative change and identify global NBT archetypes to support scaling strategies. Additionally, the working group seeks to bridge the knowledge-action gap through Living Labs, fostering collaboration between researchers and practitioners. By linking theory with practice, this effort will provide pathways to expand and sustain NBT initiatives, ensuring inclusive, evidence-based approaches that contribute to global
sustainability transformations.
Register now to attend the webinar.