Abstract
Ecosystems are subject to multiple anthropogenic pressures: changes in land use, climate change, pollution, overexploitation of resources and the invasion of exotic species. In this context, adaptation is a central issue for environments and the species that live in them.
How can species' resilience enable them to adapt to global change? Is this enough, given the speed at which environments are changing? How can human beings contribute to this resilience? Can they act in a fair and ethical way?
In the face of the climate emergency, the surprising capacity of ecosystems to adapt may give rise to a form of hope. However, this alone is not enough, and should instead encourage societies to take action. Nature alone does not hold all the solutions.
The guest speakers are Nathalie Machon, urban biodiversity specialist at the Centre d'Écologie et des Sciences de la Conservation (CESCO), and Robin Goffaux, biodiversity and agriculture expert at the Fondation pour la recherche sur la biodiversité (FRB).
Jean-Marie Tarascon, Professor at the Collège de France, will open this third session.
