Security from the Ground Up: Soils and the Foundations of Resilience
17. November 2025
10:30-12:00
Ukraine Pavilion
- Day theme: Forests, Oceans, and Biodiversity, while spotlighting Indigenous peoples, Local and traditional communities, Children and Youth, and Small and medium entrepreneurs
- Greifswald Mire Centre
- IKEM
- Kernel
In Ukraine, where the devastation of war meets the accelerating impacts of climate change, vast areas of land, millions of hectares of farmland, forests, and peatlands, remain mined, contaminated, or waterlogged, threatening ecosystems, livelihoods, and future recovery. Restoring these landscapes is not only an environmental duty but a strategic act of resilience, stability, and peacebuilding.
This high-level session will explore how land restoration, soil governance, and ecosystem recovery (e.g. peatland rewetting) can advance climate resilience, post-war reconstruction, and regional stability — building security from the ground up.
Speakers
- Prof. Michael Rodi, IKEM
- Dr. Franziska Tanneberger, Greifswald Mire Centre
- Till Reinholz, University of Greifswald / IFZO/ IKEM
- Marta Trofimova, Kernel
- Oliver Ruppel, Development and Rule of Law Programme, Stellenbosch University, South Africa and Research Centre for Climate Law, University of Graz, Austria
- Ievgeniia Kopytsia, MSCA4Ukraine, Yaroslav Mudryi NLU, IKEM