How can we produce food throughout Sweden in the shadow of climate change?

There will be opportunities for all participants to interact and share reflections.

Invited speakers

Professor Markku Rummukainen

Markku Rummukainen is a climate researcher and professor at the Centre for Environmental and Climate Science (CEC) at Lund University. His research is about the development and evaluation of advanced climate models, as well as their use for climate projections and scenarios and studies of climate effects in the wake of climate change. He engages in collaboration with societal actors in various sectors and activities and has extensive experience as an advisor and expert, for example in the UN climate negotiations and the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). He is now an active member of the scientific committe of EEA. 

Markku Rummukainen will talk about the climate change we are already experiencing today, what it looks like in the longer term and what significance it can have for food production in northern Sweden.

Professor Stefan Jansson

Stefan Jansson is Professor of Plant Cell and Molecular Biology at Umeå Plant Science Centre (UPSC), Umeå University. His research deals with how plants capture sunlight and use it in photosynthesis, and genetics and genomics in trees. UPSC is a collaborative effort between Umeå University and SLU and is one of the strongest research environments for experimental plant biology in Europe. UPSC conducts research of both basic and strategic importance and covers a wide range of disciplines in plant biology including ecology, genetics, physiology, biochemistry, cell biology and molecular biology.

Stefan Jansson will talk about how UPSC and Umeå University together with SLU want to increase research on food production in northern Sweden.

Professor Jennie Barron

Jennie Barron is professor of agricultural water management at SLU. Her particular interests include development and transformation of agro-ecosystems and landscapes, through water and land management, policy engagement and capacity building, with a focus on sub-Saharan Africa and Asia. In her research, she uses both empirical approaches and models, often in collaboration with researchers in other disciplines as well as with farmers and decision-makers.

Jennie Barron will talk about climate related water risks in Swedish agricultural production and how Sweden’s food security can be boosted by handling these risks.

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