Landscape-scale Climate and Nature Resilience Forum: Making the change for Nature and Resilient Water Services
Date: Monday, 5 October 2026
This forum is by registration only and capacity will be limited – we strongly encourage early registration of your interest.
Successful registrants will be notified by 31 August 2026.
Investing in nature is more crucial than ever with the ever-increasing pressures from climate change and knowledge of the water sectors dependency on nature. This forum will consist of three sessions around nature resilience, systems planning and incentivising action for all. Recommendations to deliver success at scale will be discussed, documented and fed back as part of the drive for action to reach the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Description
Through three sessions, the forum will delve into the climate and nature crises and our current reliance on nature; contrasting examples and experiences from across sectors and the world. It will explore how long-term resilience can be implemented in rural and urban contexts. The second session will discuss ‘Systems Planning’, and how it has the potential to break through some of the current blockers to delivering catchment scale restoration by driving collaboration and collective action. The final session, ‘Incentivising Action for All’ will explore how we can include and incentivise others to deliver for nature. The whole day will incorporate audience participation to galvanise meaningful action.
Delegates should attend to gain practical insight into tackling real-world policy and governance issues, including how to build effective partnerships, secure funding, and ensure positive outcomes. The forum will provide exposure to examples of approaches for designing resilient water catchments at scale, examples of successful collaborations. It will provide an opportunity to challenge current practices and share ideas for the future to transform your own organisations and communities.
Objectives
- Facilitate meaningful action and collaboration.
- Foster inclusive participation and engagement, bringing together stakeholders from within and outside the water sector and promoting international cooperation.
- Drive action via collaborative and impactful projects across two or three priority areas
Forum Session Schedule
| 10:30 – 12:00 | Session 1: Nature Resilience |
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| 13:30 – 15:00 | Session 2: Systems Planning |
| Panel discussion: Exploring the potential of Systems Planning to integrate the needs of nature, people and places, and enable us to breakthrough some of the barriers preventing action and change.
Interactive activity |
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| 15:30 – 17:00 | Session 3: Incentivising Action for All |
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