Registration here until September 26

Land is a scarce resource that faces competing demands, ranging from urban growth and infrastructure to environmental protection and agriculture. National governments—such as those of France and Germany—have set policy goals to reduce land take and the European Union has adopted a 'No Net Land Take' (NNLT) target for 2050. At the same time, cities are accelerating development for housing or commercial purposes, both by implementing densification strategies and by expanding urban perimeters. Thus, the provision of housing and the policy of reducing land take often contradict each other. Moreover, densification raises new conflicts over the use and distribution of land.

Unter dem Titel „Mehr Landschaft wagen – Landschaftsentwicklung in Zeiten von Planungsbeschleunigung und multiplen Krisen" findet am 24. Oktober 2025 ein Update 2025 zur Landschafts- und Umweltentwicklung statt. Die Veranstaltung ist eine Kooperation zwischen dem bdla und dem Bundesamt für Naturschutz in Leipzig.

Die Tagung widmet sich aktuellen Herausforderungen in der Landschafts- und Umweltentwicklung und stellt hierzu integrative Lösungsansätze zur Diskussion. Angesichts von Planungsbeschleunigung und multiplen Krisen rücken integrative Ansätze der Landschaftsentwicklung in den Fokus der Veranstaltung. Vortragende und Teilnehmende diskutieren, wie sich gestaltende Landschaftsplanung anwenden lässt und welche Instrumente dabei am wirksamsten sind. 

ARL / Lea Molina Caminera

The ARL – Academy for Territorial Development in the Leibniz Association – is bringing together researchers, policymakers, and practitioners for its congress on

European Regional Policy in Times of Transition

to be held in Cologne, Germany, on 1 – 2 October 2026.

European regions are undergoing multiple, overlapping transformations. While the green and digital transitions offer new opportunities, they also risk reinforcing existing spatial and social inequalities. Disparities within and between regions – urban and rural, central and peripheral, growing and shrinking – persist or are even deepening. The problem of ‘left-behind places’ has, for good reason, gained increasing attention in recent years. At the same time, geopolitical instability, demographic change, and environmental risks are adding new layers of territorial vulnerability and contestation.