Swedish Climate Symposium 2026

The Swedish Climate Symposium brings together researchers, policymakers, and stakeholders from across Sweden to deepen our understanding of climate change and explore pathways for action. The 2026 edition will focus on climate research under three interconnected pillars: 

• Science: We are creating a symposium to improve the scientific understanding of climate change and to identify existing knowledge gaps and research needs. 

• Society: We promote reflection, interaction, and the exchange of experiences between academia and societal actors. Together, we explore how findings from climate research can be used to better understand the challenges facing the environment and society. 

• Action: We explore the direct and indirect climate-related challenges facing Sweden and how to act on these challenges, both through climate adaptation and emissions reduction.  

Call for Abstracts

Are you an academic, a public sector stakeholder or a private sector stakeholder working with climate change in one way or another in Sweden? Make sure to mark 20-22 May in your calendar! See the Call for Abstracts  to submit a proposal by 30 January. 

Learn More and Stay Tuned

Visit the Swedish Climate Symposium website to stay updated with the program and other news: swedishclimatesymposium.com 

Organised by a National Consortium

The symposium's main organisers are six Swedish climate research organisations:  

• The strategic research area MERGE (ModElling the Regional and Global Earth system): MERGE Startpage | MERGE

• The strategic research area BECC (Biodiversity and Ecosystem services in a Changing Climate): Start | BECC

• Bolin Centre for Climate Research: Bolin Centre for Climate Research

• Centre for Climate Science and Policy Research: Centre for Climate Science and Policy Research, CSPR - Linköping University

• KTH Climate Action Centre: Start | KTH Climate Action Centre | KTH

• SMHI: Forskning för ett hållbart samhälle i en värld i förändring — SMHI 

Co-organisers: 

• Climes: climes – Swedish Centre for Impacts of Climate Extremes

• The strategic research area EcoChange: EcoChange at Umeå University

• Nature-based future solutions: Nature-based future solutions | Lund University  

About the event

Location: The Loop, Lund

Target group: researchers, policymakers, stakeholders, societal actors interested topics related to climate change

Language: Mainly English, some sessions in Swedish