About DNC2027

Since 2015, the Dresden Nexus Conference has been the leading international platform for the Resource Nexus approach, bringing together researchers, policymakers, practitioners, UN agencies and civil society. After ten years in Dresden, DNC now leaves Germany for the first time: DNC 2027 convenes in Barcelona for a Mediterranean Edition to link the conference's focus on integrated management of environmental resources to the host region's environment that is characterised by water-scarcity, and the question of managing the land–sea continuum that is of particular relevance to coastal regions such as those of the Mediterranean.

What is the Resource Nexus?

The Resource Nexus treats environmental resources, such as water, soil, waste, energy, land or materials as one interconnected system rather
than separate silos, since action on one resource creates trade-offs and synergies elsewhere. It is the umbrella under which other nexus
framings sit: the Water-Energy-Food (WEF) Nexus and the Water-Energy-Food-Ecosystems (WEFE) Nexus each foreground a particular set of
resource interactions, while the Resource Nexus situates them within the fuller system of resources, governance and planetary health.

Thematic Areas

Global Nexus Case Studies: research and implementation experience from around the world
Mediterranean Nexus Case Studies: water scarcity, coastal and marine resources, agri-food systems, and the source-to-sea continuum
Advancing Nexus Concepts: definitions, data, methodologies, modelling and standardisation of the Nexus approach
Nexus Governance and Policy: science-policy interfaces and institutions for integrated resource management
Nexus Education and Capacity Development: teaching, training and curricula for the next generation of resource management
practitioners

Abstract and Session Proposal Submissions

Abstract submissions open on 15 October via www.dresden-nexus-conference.org and close on 15 November.

Submission Guidelines

Submissions can be for individual contributions (presentations, posters) or for whole sessions (e.g., panel discussion, World Café, Speed
Talk, etc.)
Abstracts of max. 350 words, in English, submitted via the DNC 2027 online submission portal
Contributions from researchers, doctoral and early-career researchers, policymakers, practitioners, UN agencies, the private sector and
civil society