Call for abstract: Nature-based Solution and Doughnut Economics

Peking University is hosting a Conference on Nature-based Solutions (NbS) between 19-20 September in Beijing, China. It is an academic conference, focusing on the connection between architecture, planning, societal transformation and NbS.

This is an open call for abstracts to "NbS Strategies for the Doughnut Economy" under the theme of Societal Transformation and Nature-Positive Economy. 

Important Dates

 ● Deadline for abstract submission: June 30, 2026 

 ● Notification of abstract acceptance: July 15, 2026  

 ● Deadline for registration: August 30th, 2026

Conference Information

At a critical moment when the world is jointly confronting climate change, biodiversity loss, and broader sustainability challenges, the second International Conference on Nature-based Solutions aims to bring together leading scientists from multiple disciplines, policymakers, practitioners, businesses, and community representatives from around the globe to explore and advance actionable pathways for Nature-based Solutions (NbS). The conference seeks to strengthen climate solutions grounded in NbS through interdisciplinary dialogue: enhancing climate resilience by protecting and restoring forests and wetlands, planning green infrastructure to address urban flooding and improve human well-being, and promoting the ‘Doughnut Economy’ and embedded sustainability frameworks to achieve tiered synergies across ecological, social, and economic dimensions.

We firmly believe that advancing Nature-based Solutions is not only about placing nature at the centre of decision-making, but also about identifying pathways that can enable people and the planet to thrive together. The conference explores how NbS can be operationalised as integrated pathways to deliver climate mitigation and adaptation, biodiversity recovery, and nature-positive economic transformation. Through this convening, we aim to build international consensus, share cutting-edge knowledge and successful practices, and catalyze more ambitious collaborative commitments and action agendas, thereby laying a solid foundation for a resilient future in which people and nature coexist in harmony.

The conference will also include site visits to Nature-based Solutions projects in Beijing. Participants will have the opportunity to engage in in-depth discussions on how NbS can be integrated into infrastructure development and renewal, addressing challenges that conventional approaches have struggled to resolve.

Organizers

Host 

College of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, Peking University

Co-organizers

IUCN（International Union for Conservation of Nature）

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)

Nature-based Solutions Asian Hub

Climate Resilience Committee, Chinese Society of Landscape Architecture

Beautiful China & Landscape Architecture Committee, Chinese Society for Urban Studies

Nanjing Forestry University

Beijing Key Laboratory of Spatio-temporal Perception and Urban Resilience