Symposium 2023

Global forests under pressure: Impacts on economy and climate

Lectures given at the 2023 Marcus Wallenberg Prize Symposium held in Stockholm on 13 November 2023. Watch the complete broadcast here

Moderator: Professor Gert-Jan Nabuurs European Forest Resources and Coordinating Lead Author 6th IPCC Report, The Netherlands

Welcome and Opening Remarks

Mr. Marcus Wallenberg, Chairman of the Marcus Wallenberg Foundation

Global modeling to project wood production and prices: Implications of climate change

Professor Joseph Buongiorno, co-recipient of the 2023 Marcus Wallenberg Prize, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA

Does the European forest industry have a future?

Professor Gert-Jan Nabuurs European Forest Resources and Coordinating Lead Author 6th IPCC Report, The Netherlands

Lacking a holistic, dynamic systems view for policy analysis

Professor Sten B. Nilsson CEO, Forest Sector Insights AB, Sweden

Announcement of Winner of the Young Researchers’ 3MT presentations

Presenter: Professor Joris Van Acker, Member of the Prize Selection Committee, Ghent University, Brussels, Belgium

Panel: How to utilize the Forest Sector Models in a broad context: for analysis of conflicting topics

Jussi Kumpula, Managing Director, Metsähallitus Forestry Ltd, Finland
Elisabet Salander Björklund, MWF board
Maximilian Schulte, Young Researcher program, PhD student SLU
Dr. Liisa Rohweder, CEO, Secretary General WWF Finland