REGISTER TODAY!  SDGs Symposium 2023 on February 28 "Cities and nature: exploring linkages and designing solutions for sustainability"

Springer Nature Advancing Discovery: Support and Serve the Research Community [Springer Nature Advancing Discovery]( [SDGs Symposium 2023 - Cities and nature: exploring linkages and designing solutions for sustainability]( [SDGs Symposium 2023]( We invite renowned researchers from Japan and abroad, working at this interface of cities, nature, and SDGs to actively discuss how research can explain these multifaceted phenomena and develop solutions with high societal relevance and impact. We look forward to your participation in this event. [Register here]( Date: 28 February 202315:00-16:00 pm, JST (Student poster session) 16:30-19:30 pm, JST (Symposium) Venue: Ito Hall, Ito International Research Center (The University of Tokyo, Hongo Campus) and Online (Zoom webinar) Language: English (simultaneous Japanese translation) The event registration is free of charge. Speaker Information (Listed by order of presentation) - Teruo Fujii (President, The University of Tokyo) - Xuemei Bai (Professor, Australian National University; Visiting Professor, The Univesrity of Tokyo) - Philip Campbell (Editor in Chief, Springer Nature) - Thomas Elmqvist (Professor, Stockholm University; Visiting Professor, The University of Tokyo) - Masashi Soga (Associate Professor, The University of Tokyo) - Naomi Shimpo (Lecturer, University of Hyogo) - Monica Contestabile (Chief Editor, Nature Sustainability) Moderator: Yasuko Kameyama (Professor, The University of Tokyo) Co-sponsor: Springer Nature, The University of Tokyo In the past decades, many parts of the world have undergone rapid urbanization transitions, which have resulted in most people currently living in cities. Cities have become major centers of economic activity and innovation globally. At the same time, urban populations have also emerged as major consumers of materials from increasingly longer distances. Although urbanization transitions have unfolded through different trajectories across the world, they are almost always characterized by substantial shifts in lifestyles, and production and consumption patterns. Furthermore, urban activities are also major sources of pollution and greenhouse gases emissions, driving climate change and ecosystem degradation. In this sense, urbanization has affected nature and ecosystems further and further away through very different pathways. At the same time, many cities and their residents are becoming even more vulnerable to the effects of climate change, whether through higher exposure to more frequent and stronger climatic hazards, or increased scarcity of resources such as water. In many cities, particularly in the Global South, the pace of urbanization is faster than the capacity of local and national governments to develop infrastructure that is also resilient to climate change. What should be acknowledged is that many urban processes, ranging from consumption and waste generation to access to infrastructure and resources, sharpen inequalities within and among cities, and between urban and rural areas. For example, many cities in the Global South are characterized by high informality, poverty, and unequal access to resources, making them much more vulnerable to the effects of climate change and other socioeconomic risks. Arguably, to both enhance urban sustainability and reduce the impacts of accelerated urbanization, there is a need for different innovative solutions and interventions that, among others, seek to develop climate-resilient infrastructure via nature-based solutions, facilitate shifts to more sustainable lifestyles with lower environmental impact, or improve the livability of cities leveraging the multiple tangible and intangible benefits provided by nature. Such interventions should seek to reduce pervasive inequalities existing within and among cities (and between urban and rural areas), if we are to ensure a sustainable urbanization trajectory that does not compromise nature. This is particularly important for rapidly growing cities of the Global South where poor formal governance, limited social safety nets, and lack of formal infrastructure already make it difficult for majority of the urban dwellers to live sustainably. The 2023 SDGs Symposium will explore intersections between cities and nature, both in terms of how cities and urban activities affect nature, as well as how nature can help solve urban challenges. Research at the interface of SDG11 (Sustainable cities and communities), SDG13 (Climate action), SDG15 (Life on earth) and SDG3 (Good health and wellbeing) is the focal point of the Symposium. To highlight these transdisciplinary connections and to achieve progress and impact, the University of Tokyo and Springer Nature is co-hosting a symposium on 28 February 2023 (in English). In alignment with the UTokyo Compass strategy, this event is an effort to provide ideas and perspectives for early career researchers seeking to conduct impactful and transformative urban-related research. We wish to take this opportunity to invite renowned researchers from Japan and abroad, as well as students and young researchers, working at this interface of cities, nature, and SDGs to actively discuss how research can explain these multifaceted phenomena and develop solutions with high societal relevance and impact. We look forward to your participation in this event.. [Click here for program details and registration]( Program 15:00 - 16:00 Student Poster Session 16:30 - 16:40 SDGs Symposium Opening Remarks Teruo Fujii (President, The University of Tokyo) 16:40 - 17:20 Keynote Xuemei Bai (Professor, Australian National University; Visiting Professor, The University of Tokyo) Philip Campbell (Editor-in-Chief, Springer Nature) 17:20 - 17:25 Break 17:25 - 18:05 Panel presentations - Thomas Elmqvist (Professor, Stockholm Univerisity; Visiting Professor, The University of Tokyo) - Masashi Soga (Associate Professor, The University of Tokyo) - Naomi Shimpo (Lecturer, University of Hyogo) - Monica Contestabile (Chief Editor, Nature Sustainability, Springer Nature) 18:05 - 18:15 Break 18:15 - 19:25 Panel Discussion (with all presenters) Moderator: Yasuko Kameyama (Professor, The University of Tokyo) 19:25 - 19:30 Closing Remarks Antoine Bocquet (Managing Director, Springer Nature Japan) [Click here for program details and registration]( Advertisement [SDGs symposium 2023]( [© Nature]( Portfolio [ ] [ ] This email has been sent to {EMAIL}. 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