Dresden Nexus Conference

DNC 2025: A Decade of Progress, A Future of Possibilities

From April 8th to April 10th, 2025, the global Resource Nexus community will come together in Dresden, Germany, to discuss the future of integrated approaches to environmental resources management in research, education, capacity building and practice. DNC 2025 marks the 10th anniversary of the Dresden Nexus Conference which first took place in 2015 with a focus on Nexus approaches to Global Change and the SDGs.  

DNC and Global Development Agenda

DNC 2025 will coincide with other major events and anniversaries. DNC 2025 – the Future Nexus aligns with the United Nation’s mission to develop a post-2030 agenda for sustainable development, which was initiated by the Summit of the Future (2024) and the Pact for the Future. DNC will be one milestone event in the celebrations of the 50th anniversary of United Nations University, with UNU Rector and UN Under-Secretary-General Prof. Tshilidzi Marwala among our guests of honor. 

A Key Moment

On April 8, 2025, a joint opening event of DNC 2025 and the Dresden Forum for International Politics, will be held at Frauenkirche Dresden, with UNU’s Rector and the Prime Minister of Saxony, Michael Kretschmer, among the honorary guests and speakers. For the city of Dresden, 2025 also marks the commemoration of 80 years of peace following World War II, and 35 years as the capital of Saxony within a re-unified Germany – a great moment for having the World as our guests